Happy Vampy

Good morning Quixotic-ers! :) Sorry this project is going up a little later here on my blog, it was up on Quixotic yesterday evening - I hope you had a chance to look! :)

I've used a cute? if you can call it that, Halloween stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie - Happy Vampy.. nothing but sheer delight on their faces!! A bit like me nearer Halloween. I love it. I wish the UK made a big deal of it like the US - it would be fab-o-lous!!

I've coloured these two characters using a mix of ProMarkers and Copics. I felt like going for an unusual hair colour and Halloween is the perfect time for some bright green do's - so there ya have it! I've used a strip of lime green cardstock to stamp the sentiment, also from the Happy Vampy set to tie in. I've used a square punch on each end to create a banner. My usual doodling and distressing ties the pieces together.

I hope you have a great day, whatever you're doing - despite the weather. I'm off to work in about 20 minutes and then I'm off to the doctors later on for my flu jab. THEN I gotta come home and (have a nap) get cracking with my DT work.

I finished my order of tags for Floating Vintage Design's next jewellery collection - Make, Do and Mend!! Yippeee. I had great fun doing them, all 20! :) Pictures to follow soon. Kate is in York tomorrow, so if you could stop by and check her out she would really appriciate it! :)

No rest for the wicked, as they say! ;)

Sentimental Sundays

A FOND FAREWELL.

Earlier this week I decided that it was time to step down from this wonderful team. It was a really tough decision and I've been too-ing and fro-ing with it for weeks. What with my job and my DT stuff going on both in the public eye and behind the scenes I knew it was time to step back a little and stop stressing over so many DT commitments.

I am on a few teams which have regular new releases as well as new up and coming products which need to be showcased so to speak. I also get regular over time at work which I always welcome, so that eats into my craft time too.

A lot of you may know that Ann Vento recently stepped down also, and the ladies over at the challenge blog have worked extra, EXTRA, hard to keep this challenges up and running and for that I take my hat off to them!! Thank you all SO much for having my along for the ride - I really have had a blast. I remember when I applied for the DT position, I honestly didn't think I stood a chance. But thanks to the lovely Ann and a great friend, Susan, I got in!! :) You girls ROCK!!

Anyway, enough of the soft talk!! Here is my project for my last ever challenge which is one we all love.

ANYTHING GOES

Some more Christmas goodness for ya! ;)

Really clean and simple, these are part of a commission. They're only small square cards, the exact size of them escapes me right now. I've used a gorgeous stamp from a Waltzing Mouse stamp set which I have embossed in silver. The SU! Real Red cardstock has been cut using a labels four die. The card base has been embossed using an embossing folder from Sizzix and the olive grosgrain has been in my stash forever. A good cover up between the embossed and none embossed area of the card! ;)

I would like the enter this card into these challenges:

× CES Challenges - Seeing Red

× Little Claire - Christmas

× Floweret - Christmas

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Cream Linen; SU! Real Red 

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse - Compliments of the Season, Vintage Labels Four

Ink: Versamark

Tools: Sizzix - Holly EF; Papermania Heat Gun

Dies: Nesties - Labels Four

Embellishments: Olive grosgrain

Misc: silver embossing powder

Thank you to everyone who has followed me on my Sentimental Sundays journey, and I hope you keep checking in on my blog for new creations!! Lots of love.

La La Land Crafts Dots & Spots

It's all about the Spots and Dots over at La La Land Crafts this week. Team Friday coming at ya! ;) This is my second post for LLLC and I'm having a BLAST so far. All of the girls are just awesomely inspirational, I can just tell these two months are gonna go by far too fast!!

Anywho, this time round I wanted to make a boy card. I don't know if you seen my Pollycraft post earlier this week, but I gotta stop being a push over and get those male themed cards in my stash built up!! Fisherman Luka was the perfect answer.

I paired this cutie up with some Pink Paislee papers which arrived in my GDT kit earlier this week. Seriously.. Irina ROCKS! One of the reasons I hold back doing boy cards is because you can't embellish them so much. But I dunno, I ain't done half bad with this!! I've added some interest around the image panel using a detail stamp, added some ribbon as well as a snap and some brads!! Heyyy! ;)

Head on over to LLLC now to check out what the rest of the Friday Team have got for ya! ;)

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Southern Girls - Slugs, Snails and Puppydog's Tails

× Crafts and Me - Use a Digi

× Fab 'n' Funky - Dies and Punches

× Ruby's Rainbow - For The Boys

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Cream Linen; Bazzill Kraft;

Patterned Papers: Pink Paislee - Old School

Digi/Stamps: La La Land Crafts - Fisherman Luka; LOTV - Mixed Circular Sentiments; Stempelglede - Grunge Collection

Colour: Copics - Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, E02; Hair: E57, 59

  ProMarkers - Shirt: Putty, Tan, Cinnamon; Reds: Cardinal Red, Burgundy; Greens: Holly, Forest Green, Pear Green; Greys: Cool Grey 3, 4, 5

Ink: DI - Frayed Burlap; Versamark

Tools: Seeing Spots EF; Fiskars - scallop edge punch; WRMK - Crop-a-dile

Dies: Nesties - STD Circles LG

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - 9mm white spot organza; Papermania - neutral brads, glazed brads, jumbo snaps

Misc: brown fineliner; white embossing powder

I'll be finished work at 1:30PM today, YIPPEE!! A whole day of craftyness ahead, cannot WAIT! But FIRST I gotta get my ass into gear and find something to wear for my boyfriends nephews christning on Sunday - good lord!! Wish me luck! ;)

Some Odd Girl Sketch Challenge

Good afternoon ODDies!! How's your week been so far?! I've got a long day at work today, and early tomorrow and then I'm off all weekend. Hallelujah. I am knackered with a CAPITAL K!! I'm not really one to suffer from headaches but BOY they've been getting me real good this week. I'm not really one for taking tablets either, not because I don't/can't - just because I'd rather stick it out and then my body won't be bloody immune to them in times of greater need. Know what I mean?! I'm waffling. Sitting glued to the laptop when I have DT projects and orders to get on with won't help much either, but you guys are so entertaining, and don't even get me started on that FB lark!!

Let's get to what you're here for. Time for a new challenge over at Some Odd Girl Challenge Blog!!

This week we've got a little something for ya in the shape of a SKETCH!!

Ohhhh yeah, totally Kristy's style, right?! I had such fun with this as it's not something I would usually work with. Definitely a keeper though.

Here is what I came up with using 70'S KAYLEE from the September Digi Release. I needed to take a break from Christmas cards and this sweetie was the perfect remedy. I paired her up with a Thank You sentiment from a PTI set, just because she looks sorta shy and 'thank you-ish' :)

I don't think I could have stuck to the sketch any better!! I had a right ordeal tryna get an interesting edge for my bottom layer, though. In the end I took a die cut negative from a sheet in a Kaisercraft 6x6 pad I had and traced it then fussy cut it out. I hope you can't tell!! LOL!!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Anything Goes - Die Cuts/ Punches or BOTH

× Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

× Shopping our Stash - Thanksgiving or Thank You

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill - Kraft, Vellum; Papercuts - Baby Pink

Patterned Papers: Echo Park - Victoria Gardens

Digi/Stamps: Some Odd Girl - 70's Kaylee; PTI - Sending You, Butterfly Dreams

Colour: Copics: Skin - YR000, YR00, E11, R30, Hair - E50, E51, E53, R00 ProMarkers: Cornflower, China Blue, Midnight Blue, Cocoa, Henna Walnut, Honeycomb, Sprice, Ginger, Baby Pink, Salmon Pink, Cocktail Pink, Pastel Gree, Soft Green

Ink: SU! - Sage Shadow; DI - Antique Linen

Dies: Nellie Snellen - MF020 Flower; Nesties - Big Scalloped Circles LG

Tools: Fiskars - Scallop border punch

Misc: brown fineline; Sakura white souffle pen

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Blog and leave the other awesome ladies some love, you know they love reading it! :)

What's Cooking?

Good afternoon everyone! :) How is the weather where you are today? Autumn is definitely on it's way in this part of the world, and I'm loving it!! Chilly mornings and golden leaves. Bliss. Anywho..

Here I am with my second project for Quixotic, let's just say I'm a LOT happier with how this one turned out! :) I had a lot of fun colouring this cutie up!

I have made a Christmas card with a stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie called Merry. Isn't she the sweetest?! I bet she gets a lotta guests around her house on Christmas day serving a turkey THAT size! I couldn't decide to go with oranges or lemons on top of it, so I done one of each!! 

I have coloured this cutie using Copics for her skin and hair and ProMarkers for the rest of her, fussy cut her out and adhered her to a vellum oval. I have used some delicious papers from Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas 6x6 paper pad. Are those colous not lovely?! I'm really loving the non-traditional papers coming out this year!! The sentiment and the cute little oven gloves are part of the stamp set, I just had to use all three stamps! :)

Some aqua embellishments in the form of ribbon and brads are just enough to finish off this card.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - White Linen; Bazzill - Kraft; Vellum

Patterned Papers: Echo Park - Holly Jolly Christmas

Stamps: Kraftin' Kimmie - Merry

Colour: Copics: Skin - YR000, YR00, E11, R30; Hair - E55, E57, E59 ProMarkers: Cool Grey 3, 4, 5, Carmine, Salmon Pink, Cocktail Pink, Baby Pink, Tea Green, Pastel Green, Mint Green, Soft Green, Ginger, Raw Sienna, Terracotta, Yellow, Canary, Mango

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Dies: Nesties - Standard Ovals LG

Tools: SU! Sprial Border Punch

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - Aqua Ruffle Edge Sheer ribbon; Papermania - aqua pearl brads, yellow pearl brads

Misc: brown fineliner