Warmest Winter Wishes

Morning guys! :)

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers.

This week we wanna see your feminine makes! 

MAKE IT FEMININE

I wanted to go against the grain a little, so I opted out of pink and frilly. Instead I went with blue and texture. I hear ya, I hear ya! ..but I took some inspiration from a gorgeous photo I came across while scouring Pinterest! 

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/474918723177846146/

I loved the colours and the texture in this photo. So I used this as my starting point to create this card. I wanted to create a winter card, so I used the gorgeous Super Cute Hat from Time for Tea Designs.

I really wanted to practice my hair, as I feel like I've let it slip after concentrating on folds and creases for so long, so this was the perfect image for that. This took me almost three hours to colour up - good job I wasn't in a race.

I added an embossed panel to a kraft mat before layering a doily and my image on top. I then added a strip of snowflake paper from LOTV and edged it with some loopy trim. I then dug out some die cut vellum snowflakes and attached them by stitching white buttons over the top.

I added my sentiment from Amy R Stamps before looping some white cord around and around and tucking it under the image panel. I adhered it with glue dots and kept fiddling until I like how it looks. I really like how that turned out - I'm glad I've now found a use for all the colours of cord I seem to have sitting in my stash that go unloved! 

To finish the card off I added a sprinkling of Doodlebug sequins here and there to match the doily which I also sprayed silver with my Fireworks (although you can't really tell from the photo, it's super shiny IRL).

That was that! I hope I've inspired you to think a little more outside the box with this challenge. 

Be sure to stop by the Passion for ProMarkers blog to see what other amazing girls have come up with! xo

Pretty Summer Dress

Yooohooo! :) It's Wednesday and it's time for some NEW inspiration for My Mum's Craft Shop using products which can be found over at the store.

This blog post is a bit of a double whammy, as I'm bringing you a card which features a digi image from the lastest release over at Time for Tea Designs.

This gorgeous lady is Pretty Summer Dress and I've coloured her up with my ProMarkers and made her dress a lovely distressed blue colour. LOVE! 

I kept this new paper pack from Echo Park in mind when colouring this image, hence the pink shoes and necklace and bright green grass. 

I stamped a sentiment from MFT - Clearly Sentimental in some Spearmint Hybrid Ink and added it to the design. As for froofroo I addeda bunch of lime green and pink flowers, lime green polka dot ribbon, a bunch of rhinestones, sequins and some cute polka dot buttons. 

Be sure to stop by the My Mum's Craft Shop Blog for DAILY inspiration from the awesome DT girls! Thank you for stopping by today. I'll be back next Wednesday for more crafty inspiration. xo

Santa Baby

Mooorning! :) 

Time for some My Mum's Craft Shop inspiration for you all this morning.

TIME FOR TEA - SANTA BABY

I just know I'm gonna be colouring this little beauty up over and over this Christmas. I LOVE her dress and her cute little expression. Perfect for girls of all ages. I paired her up with some of last years Christmas papers from Echo Park.

I stamped and embossed a sentiment from MFT - Cheerful Christmas Greetings onto a piece of vellum and adhered it across the bottom of the image. Bam.

I added a bunch of liquid pearls, a hand made holly berry doodad and a bunch of buttons. Pretty CAS for me.. I think. 

That's all I got for ya today! I hope you've liked some of this Christmas in August! I really gotta get the ball rolling with my Christmas makes, so I hope you're prepared to see more over the next few months! Thanks for stopping by. xo

My Mum's Craft Shop BLOG

My Mum's Craft Shop STORE

HB2U

Morning guys! :) Some of you who follow me over on FB may recognise this card that I posted on the Time for Tea Designs page early last week. I told you I still had to get my butt into gear and get a blog post typed up for that card.. so here it is! :)

I printed the image out pretty large at 5.5 and went to town colouring up that gorgeous gown of hers. I used a bunch of blues.. and then stumped myself as to what colour to make the banner. She looked like a classy lady, so I went with a red ribbon and red polka dots on the flags (soo not classy!! LOL!)

I kept the rest of the card pretty simple using some red cardstock from SU! to matt my patterned paper from a Teresa Collins 6x6 pack. I edged my image panel with a Kaisercraft stamp in Memento Dandelion ink, and added some yellow gingham ribbon to match.

With the sentiment already being a part of the image (super handy, and another excuse to print her out a little bigger than you normally would) I added a sprinkling of yellow embellishments, including a Prima flower, a couple buttons some yellow and gold sequins and some gold liquid pearls.. all in a diagonal across the card of course! :)

That's all from me today. Be sure to stop by the Time for Tea Designs blog regularly to catch up on DT makes, updates and new releases coming your way. It's always happening over there. xo

Eat, Sleep, Skate.

As my week off work comes to an end (back to work on Monday.. Booo!!) I have tried to cram as much crafting in as possible. With the pressure of upcoming orders, and flagging with my DT work I have definitely regained my mojo!! Yippeee!!

So I've created a card using the latest T4T design (late.. I know)..

This is Sk8R Ronny.

I also used Sk8R Ronny Sentiments.

I've coloured this dude up using my ProMarkers to match papers from My Minds Eye. I printed him out at almost 5", so he took up most of the card. I decided to embellish the image panel and go easy with the patterned paper. I LOVE that plaid though! 

First I stamped a bunch of circles from My Favorite Things - Bokeh Builder with Love Letter, Teal Zeal and Dandelion Memento ink. I then layered a bunch of polka dot buttons, yellow and blue brads, Papermania shimmer domes, red gemstones and blue sequins. I LOVE the froofroo. 

Off to get my colour on! ;) xx

T4T APRIL CHALLENGE COMPETITION

There is just under a week left to enter our *TIME FOR TEA APRIL CHALLENGE COMPETITION!!*

If you haven’t entered already.. where have you been?! Under a rock?!

Have you SEEN the prizes up for grabs?!

The prize on offer for the lucky winner consists of 4 T4T Limited Edition set of clear stamps, the new range of T4T Treat bags & 2 digi stamps of your choice so you can crafting right away.

.. but our lovely Jo didn’t want to stop there, so she has included a 2nd prize too! This prize will consist of 2 of the Limited Edition T4T clear stamps sets of your choice as well as a T4T treat bag.

Really.. what are you waiting for?!

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING IS

CREATE A BRAND NEW PROJECT featuring a Time for Tea Image or sentiment (you can include T4T @ Whimsy images too), and share it with us. Either via your Blog, by hitting the Follower button or add us via BlogLovin.

Be sure to head over to the original post HERE to share your creations with us. We all look forward to visiting! xo

Oh Happy Day

Morning Guys! :) 

It's definitely a HAPPY MONDAY for me today. This is the first day of my week off from work. I cannot even begin to describe how excited I am. I haven't been off work for any more than two days at a time since.. last August?! I KNOW!! 

Well earned.

So the title of this happy post is very apt. It also matches the card I'm sharing with you all today.

This is another BRAND NEW digi design from Time for Tea Designs!!

PEDAL POWER

I coloured this cutie with my ProMarkers with no particular papers in mind, but I did end up choosing some My Minds Eye goodness.

I kept this card pretty simple, as I had a lot of comments about my LAST TFT CARD which you can find HERE. I added some twine, a Prima flower, some twill ribbon and a lovely little heart button from My Mum's Craft Shop. 

I added the 'Oh Happy Day' sentiment from Amy R Stamps to a little scalloped oval and added it to my image panel which *notice* I added a jaunty angle. It almost killed me!!

That's all from me for today. I'll be back with more to share throughout the week. :)

xo

Finally Friday.

Good evening guys! Finally Friday! Yippeeee!!

Five more shifts at work and then I'm off for a week. I cannot WAIT!

So.. if you follow me over on FB, you'll know that I have been seriously lacking mojo this past week. Things got so ridiculous that I decided to rip apart my craft desk and have a couple nights just reorganising my stash.

Last night I decided to create this little treat. I didn't dare make another start on any more orders incase I messed them up - which had happened earlier in the week. A total face/palm moment.

Onwards. Here's hoping the weekend is a little more productive. Please keep your finger crossed for me!

This is the adorable Hugs from the latest release from March. LOVE this girl - so cute. She's my new favourite.. but I say that about every one. I kept this super simple, the less things I added, the less things to go wrong, right?

I used a card base I had decorated with some embossing paste on Monday night and added some papers from an older Echo Park collection. I then used some May Arts black twill ribbon which I picked up from The Button Shack sale added a yellow Prima flower and a black clay doodad to finish the job.

I left the sentiment from this card (which is unusual for me) but I couldn't frickin' decided on one. Meh!!

HAPPY FRIDAY GUYS.

Thank you for stopping by. xo

Sleepy Cat

Good evening guys! :)

Sorry this post is going up a day late. I literally wasted the whole day yesterday just sleeping and cabbaging watching TV, I had no energy. So today I have ran around like a headless chicken and I've managed to squeeze this card in for the new monthly challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop.

SPRING OR EASTER

This is one of the gorgeous cats from Time for Tea Designs February release. I just had to colour this cutie up to look like Shadow Cat. I took a lot of inspiration from the amazeballs Faye, and added her to a grass digi from Make it Crafty.

Now onto those delicious papers. Ohhhhh. They're some newbies from My Minds Eye Now and Then - Dorothy *LOVE*. I've used a MFT Postage Edge stamp die to create some interest above the sentiment. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Mother's Day and I've stamped it in some new Grey Flannel Memento Luxe Ink. Yum! :) Good job craft supplies aren't edible, I'd gobble the lot up.

Of course, as a finishing touch I just had to add some Fireworks, this time in Summer Sky!

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- Crafty Calendar - Animal Antics

- Hiding in my Craft Room - Spring Colours

- The Doodle Garden - Anything Goes

Be sure to stop by the My Mum's Craft Shop BLOG and have a spy at the gorgeous Spring/Easter cards the girls have whipped up to inspire ya this month. 

.. oh, and be sure to stop by tomorrow when I will *hopefully* have a card with a new image from the BRAND NEW Time for Tea Designs release for March! That's if I have any energy left tonight. :) xo

Spotty and Stripey

Afternoon guys! Sorry this post is going up a little late, as usual time has gotten the better of me this week! That seems to be the story of my life lately! 

Anywho, I'm here now. In amongst planning my Saturday I thought I'd quickly get this post typed up! 

*nip and a punch for the first of the month*

With it being the first of Feburary today, I still can't quite believe it - where did January go?! It's time for a new challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop.

SPOTS AND STRIPES

This is my take on the theme. I used a new image from the latest Time for Tea Designs release, this is Daydream Believer, but all of Jo's images can be found HERE in her Etsy shop.

I teamed the image up with blue, red and white papers from a Teresa Collins pack that I've had sitting around for a while now and I've only used it a couple times. Crazy, because it's gorgeous - and so easy to team up with ProMarker colours.

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- Bloggers Challenge - Embossing

- Delicious Doodles - Die Cuts and/or Punches

- Sister Act Card - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today, and please be sure to stop by the MMCS blog and join in with our challenge this month. We all love spots and stripes, right? xo

You make me SMILE!

.. trust me. Not many things make me smile. If you wanna hear a short list it'd be: paper, animals, sunsets and sleep. Everything else is just.. meh! LOL! ;)

I always get told I look miserable (even if I am bursting with smiles.. inside) - I just can't help that the face my mother gave me looks sad! Hahaaaa. Plus, people rarely make me smile, so I don't care! 

All in jest, my friends. This is a total tangent from the real reason you're here today!!

It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers.

ANYTHING GOES

It's only once in a while Denise spoils us with such a laid back theme, so I wanna see a TONNE of entries!!

I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone today (awful expression - doesn't make me smile) and showcase a new stamp from Time for Tea Designs today too. This is the gorgeous FIRST LOVE. Her expression just kills me, and if you wanna practice your hair, this image would be PERFECT - there's a load of it!!

I used papers from Echo Park - For the Record 2. Love the reds and pinks in this pack, although there are not many. I thought I'd keep in line with the big black hair I'd coloured and add a few black die cut hearts, rhinestones and Stickles too. The sentiment is from an Amy R set and I stamped it in Versafine and Memento. Yummyyy.

Yet again, I have been getting asked a bunch of questions about my colouring - I love it!! Perhaps I should do a QandA kinda post some time? Yeah..

So a couple people have asked me what cardstock I use when colouring. Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White cardstock. It's the best cardstock I have ever come across for alcohol markers, and I've tried a lot. I gotta say, it is down to your colouring style as to how well your cardstock will work for you. Try them out, that's the best thing I can suggest.

I also get asked a lot about how I colour with reds. For her trousers I have used:

Lipstick Red,

Red,

Poppy,

Crimson,

Burgundy,

Rosewood.

WORK FROM LIGHTEST TO DARKEST. Remember, you can always add colour, but it's definitely harder to take it away!! Map out with your lightest colour where you want your darkest to be, and build it up from there. Keep repeating this til you get to a depth of colour you're happy with. I went over her trousers twice using the same colours and technique.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR QUERIES ABOUT COLOURING, THE PENS, MY CARDSTOCK, HOW TO PICK COLOURS. Anything re. PMs/FMs - leave me a comment and I'll get around to compiling a QandA post when I end up with a decent amount of questions.

Now, I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- Ahola Friday - Something New

BRAND NEW DIGI

- Sketch Saturday - #294

- The Hobby House - Ribbons

Thank you for stopping by today. Sorry for the super long post, but I hope you made it through til the end. Be sure to head over to the Passion for ProMarkers blog and join in with our ANYTHING GOES challenge, including ProMarker colouring. xo

TFT - New Years Resolutions

I know yesterdays post was gonna be my last, but I just had to squeeze this cutie in.. on New Years Eve too! :) Now I really have fulfilled a post a day. I am pretty proud of myself. 

Onwards. This is an image from the November release over at Time for Tea Designs. All of Jo's amazing images can be purchased over at her Etsy Shop. 

This girlie is aptly named New Years Resolutions. I totally took my inspiration from Jo when colouring up her dress. Jo is an absolute magician when it comes to ProMarker work! She holds regular Demo Days at Hobbycraft in Sheffield - oh how I wish I lived closer!!

I decided to create another easel card so I had room for a 2014 calendar on the base. This card would be good to keep out on a desk or side table to remind yourself of all the promises you made at the beginning of the year, hehe. I kept the colour scheme in blues, yellows and kraft. I used one of my faaavourite My Minds Eye paper packs which I've been holding on to for a ridiculous length of time.

I was watching.. something on Create and Craft the other night and it spurred me into thinking about my Fimo and the few molds I bought waaay back earlier in the year. I only used them a couple times, and then they got thrown in the drawer and forgotten about. Naughty me!! So, off I went to dig the stuff out.

I knew I'd be using a lot of turquoise, with it coming up to Valentines, and taking a look at the papers in my drawer I knew that it'd be a common theme, so I decided to make up a bunch of turquoise bits and pieces. Afterwards I hit eBay and bought a few more molds, mainly buttons. Can't wait to have a play with those. I also treated myself to a pack of Martha Stewart paper clay. Fun times ahead! 

So I used one clay doodad in the little sentiment/ flower cluster on the card, and another underneath the calendar. I dusted my molds with talc, and some of it stuck to the little flower design, so instead of brushing it off I put them in the oven with the hope that it'd bake into it - result! It looks so pretty.

I added a few Whimsy Stamps Tickets to the design as well as some die cut swirls (both in Kraft cardstock from Papermania) some organza ribbon (anyone know the width of that? 23mm? 25mm? - I need some more in my life. See what happens when I promise myself I'll use stuff up?! Hah!!), some Wild Orchid Craft goodness and a little clock charm. 

I was going to go crazy with buttons too, but I thought with the busy patterned paper I used in the background and the larger image panel, I thought I'd let the things I'd choose speak for themselves without adding more for the eye to take it. 

I think I've learned a lot over the last year about embellishments, their placement and having 'empty' spaces on cards for your eyes to rest. Thanks to a lot of YT and blog hopping. 

So with all this in mind I thought I'd set myself 5 Crafty New Years Resolutions

1. Experiment with my colouring.

Don't worry my little ProMarker buddies, I will continue flying the flag for us, and I hope you will too (yes, I'm talking to you Coops and Donna!!) I want to push myself to create backgrounds, groundings, more intricate clothing, more detailed hair, more shading. The whole whack!! 

Pussssssh myself.

2. Leave more love.

I don't think I've done too badly this year. I have burst of blog commenting every few weeks or so. If I haven't stopped by your blog lately and left you love, I can only apologise.. but I will be there! Soon!!

3. Be more organised in my own personal card making.

So, almost everyone who knows me knows I make my own cards now.. and if they don't receive one for their birthday or anniversary.. or Christmas.. I always feel like I've let them down. So from now on I will have a calendar up above my desk a month a head so I can see all of the cards I need to make in the next month to get sent out. 

Fingers crossed all goes well! ;)

4. Keep a better record of inspiration.

Whatever it may be that I find when browsing the web, or checking FB, or blog hopping - I always seem to.. lose. I might be under the impression that it's tucked away somewhere in the depths of my brain, but when I get sat at the craft desk.. *poof* it vanishes, and I might as well not have bothered spending 4.5 hours searching for said inspiration.

Long story short - make better use of my sticky notes and note pad. 

5. Use. It. Up.

I say this every year, but every year I get even better at it.

I've already mention in previous posts that I think I've found my *hotspots* in my craft area, so every couple months or so I plan on rotating some of my stash, like the stuff that I haven't been using very much will get moved into the areas I dip into all the time. That's the plan anyway.

Who's with me?! LOL! Thanks for stopping by today. 

Best wishes for next year, everyone. Let's hope it's the best yet! :)

Happy Birthday Boss Lady

Evening guys!! Thank you for stopping by tonight.

I'ma make this a reaaaaaal quick one, as I'm a sleepy little sausage tonight.

It was my bosses birthday today, and because I know she truly appreciates and loves the cards I make, I thought I'd create something a little extra special for her.

This is an easel card I created using a brand new image from the latest Time for Tea Designs digi release.

My boss is always in her black UGG boots and I remember her telling me that she wanted a way to wear a hat in the colder weather without spending the rest of the day with hat hair.. (to which my answer was.. pretty much impossible) - so when I seen this image, I knew it'd be perfect for her birthday cad.

I coloured the image up using my ProMarkers - to which I am becoming more and more attached to with each passing day. I see many people heading over to the dark side (Copics) and I'm afraid they will never return!! Never fear, I will continue to fly the flag for the under dogs!! 

I used papers from an older Echo Park pack which I had been struggling to use, I wasn't really feeling the colours or patterns, but this time when I got it out - everything just seemed to fall together. 

Just a little FYI - you may be seeing more swirly kraft die cuts arranged underneath flowers and it's you, Donna Mosley, I have you to thank for that *hearts* - LOVE that woman's work!! I always spend waaaay longer than I actually have time for just staring at her work. I know I don't always leave a comment, but I hope she knows I appreciate what she does. :)

I think I'll wrap this up here and head back over to my bottle fo Jacques before bed time. I cannot wait for a decent enough hour to face plant that pillow of mine.

Peace. xo

Warmest Winter Wishes

Morning guys! :) I know this post is long overdue, but I thought I'd stop by with a Christmas card I've whipped up using an image from the latest Time for Tea Designs November release! 

Ready?

Is she not the sweetest thing ever?! This is Catching Snowflakes which is available to buy from the Time for Tea Designs Etsy Shop HERE. I love her cable knitted hat (I think that's right?) and those little mittens she's wearing. So cute. I coloured her up with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers but kept the colours pretty simple as I knew I wanted to use this busy paper from an older Basic Grey pack on the card.

I added a postage stamp edge around the image panel, an ickle Christmas tree which I had jazzed up with some Distress Stain, Stickles and liquid pearls, a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps and a sentiment from Amy R Stamps. :)

Image - Time for Tea Designs

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps, Amy R Stamps

Inks - Versamagic - Oasis Green, Memento - Rhubarb Stalk

Papers - Basic Grey

Dies - Whimsy, Xcut, Dee's Distinctively, My Favorite Things

Ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

Embellishments - Bo Bunny, Hobby House, Stickles, Liquid Pearls

I've added this little list as I've had a few questions about the papers and dies I've been using lately. I hope this comes in useful for some of you. :)

Thanks for stopping by today! xo

Fright Night

So I made this card a while back for the September release over at Time for Tea Designs. As soon as this image landed in my inbox I knew I neeeeeded to colour her up.

This is Frankencutie and she's available to buy over at Jo's Etsy Shop.

I've coloured her up using ProMarkers with a Zombie-ish dullness to her skin! LOL! She also had to have purple hair, as a standard. I thought* I had nailed a purple combo I like.. until I rammed my pens back into the case and forgot to write then down. Meh. Back to the drawing board.

I have stamped a sentiment from an Amy R set using Memento Dew Drop inks and added it to a black scalloped circle mat. My papers are from an older Echo Park pack from last year. 

Hmm, I added a C.C Designs fence die cut behind the image panel. I also die cut some black swirls.. aaaaaand added some orange polka dot satin ribbon from The Ribbon Girl.. some buttons.. delightful. Or, as delightful as ZOMBIES go! ;)

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- City Crafter Challenge - Trick or Treat
Orange as your main colour

- Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

- Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes
- Ribbon Carousel - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by today. xo

Conkers - Thank you.

Good evening peoples! :) Thought I'd stop in to show you a card I just whipped up earlier today. Now that is a novelty.. making a card and posting it on the same day! BAM!!

You guys have seen the new Time for Tea Designs September release, right? Scroll to the end of this post or pop over to the BLOG to spy them!! There are some cuties for ya, and a brand new character, Polly - you're gonna love her.

So today, as a break from revision (perhaps a longer break that I could really afford..) I decided to colour up a cutie from the new release and make an Autumn themed thank you card!

This is Conkers. Isn't she adorable?! 

I've coloured her up to match some oooold papers from Basic Grey, that I can't remember the name of. Very dark and earthy colours, not my usual thing, but I kinda like it. Especially that red jumper and matching socks! 

I teamed some Amy R stamps and Whimsy Stamps to create my dual sentiment. I stamped them all in my new little Dew Drop inks! :)

Hmmm.. a length of olive green grosgrain ribbon, some kraft and black twine, a homemade clay doodad, a green flower pin, some handcoloured pearls aaaand a mini wooden peg.. finish up the embellishments. 

So you ready to ponder the rest of the release?

Amazing, no?! Hah!! My most faaavouritest is Frankencutie, followed closely by Conkers and Polly!! Who is your fave?

Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with with this release! 

I'm off to sort out my file and plan my revision for tomorrow.

TEAMIE!! xo

Bad to WORSE!

My. Word.WHAT A BLOODY DAY!!

It has literally gone from bad to worse from the moment I woke up. Although some good has come of it, I wish I had just stayed in bed.

Anywho, I came on to share a card with you all, but thought I'd have a moan at the same time too.

So last night I discovered that my printer won't print BLACK and WHITE when then COLOUR cartridge is empty. Absolute nightmare. So until I can afford, or.. justify spending almost £25 to buy a colour cartridge to print out my BLACK digis, I shall be using all of those digis I printed off and filed in a time of prosperity LMAO!! I guess those stamps and Memento won't come in wrong either.

Then, I sat down to finish off my last order for this month and BOOM, my Making Memories Slice machine won't turn on! I've had it on charge almost all day and it still isn't playing, so it can't be that it's dead. It must have something to do with the battery. Meh, I dunno. I feel like just selling the cartridges and being done with it! Bloody nightmare. So, the awesome plan I had in my head for the card, ain't happening. Not to worry, onwards. 

.. some of my FlexMarkers have been giving me jib. Some of the nibs are either all fluffy, even though they have plenty of ink in them, or they have chunks out of the tip, so I can't get a precision line like I'd like. 

.. oh, and to top it all off, I just realised I'm using up my last roll of DST. Yip. 

Best make the most of these cards boys and girls, because I don't know how much longer I can keep going with this crap! LMAO!

So I thought I'd share another Time for Tea Designs card with a new release for this month. So this is the fun Giant IceCream which is available from Etsy. I've coloured her up to match some papers from My Minds Eye. I've added some Glossy Accents to her sunglasses for a fun touch. I created my own little pinwheel from some yellow felt. The sentiments are from Whimsy and Amy R stamps. 

So after being in a fettle with myself for most of the day I decided to rip some stuff apart and get some things sold. I've sorted almost 100 DVD's and games for Music Magpie, and I've listed a few bits and bobs on eBay. Let's see how they go. I need money people!!

For anyone who doesn't follow me on FB I have decided to take the plunge and start the embalmers course I've wanted to do since leaving school.. and let me tell ya, it ain't cheap! Donations my way, please! LOL.

I feel a little better now I've got all that off my chest. If you've got this far, thank you for listening!!

Out. xo

Think Happy Thoughts

Just checking in with you all to share a card using one of the new digis from Time for Tea Designs for the month of July. Love this girl. The flowing hair and the midi skirt are perfect for summer. There are four more releases this month and I'll be bring you another card using a different one later on in the week, you can find them all in Joanna's Etsy shop.

This lady is Beach Girl. I've coloured her using ProMarkers to match my papers from My Minds Eye. I've kept the card pretty simple, as I wanted to join in with the Sketch Saturday challenge today. 

I've added a sentiment from Amy R Stamps which I stamped onto a scalloped circle and then die cut a mini doily from MFT to layer underneath. Hmm.. I added a SMASH tab to the right hand side, as I tilted the sketch and needed something for that top right corner. I kept the rest of the card pretty simple, as the papers are quite bizzy, and left it at some gemstones and brads. :)

That's it from me for tonight. I'm off to do some stamping! :) xo

Wedding Belle

So.. it's not often I post work on there that I ain't really feeling. You colourists will know exactly what I mean.

I had an idea in my head, I was sitting in front of the TV watching some Big Bang, and I made the mistake of just rolling with it without really thinking it through.

This was the result.

Sad times. Can you guess what I absolutely HATE before I break down and tell ya?!

Yuh. The colours I chose for her bouquet. What a M-E-S-S!!

That is all. I'm off to dunk my head into a biscuit. xo

Dancing with Ginger!

This girl has a kinda salsa flair to her I think. She's such a treat to colour - I love that dress. Next time I'ma be brave and colour her up as a platinum blonde with a rich red dress. For now, I stuck with more pastel colours.

This is Ginger from Time for Tea Designs. 

I've coloured her with ProMarkers to match my papers from My Minds Eye, which I can't stop using at the moment. In case anyone is interested in the combo for her dress - Tea Rose, Dusky Rose, Antique Pink.  

I used a bunch of die cuts on the right hand side of the labels 10 spellbinder. (That was a challenge I set myself last week. I don't have many Spellbinders and I always use the same ones over and over, my labels 10 just sits unloved as it's kinda a silly shape. I used to use it all the time for home made tags). There are some Whimsy Stamps things, Xcut, Amy R Stamps and La-La Land Crafts. I stitched some buttons here and there and added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. That's about it from me today.

Thanks for stopping by. xo