It's Geek Time

Yipppeee, time for a new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers.

Today, 'tis me, myself, who has came up with the challenge criteria this time round - so prepare to have me bombard your blog with comments if you decide to join in with the challenge!! ;)

IT'S GEEK TIME.

I wanna see those images you've got with glasses!! We all love a spectacled face, right? Use your imagination. I can't wait to see what you come up with. 

Naturally, with it gradually getting closer and closer to the big C, I had to use a Christmas image, right? This older stamp is from the Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy line by Krista Smith.

I'm ashamed to admit it, but this may well be the first time I've even coloured up this stamp. Very naughty!!

This is what these challenges are for though - to push your supplies, your techniques and your designs!! 

If you're after even more inspiration, be sure to stop by the Passion for ProMarkers blog where you can see what other designs the talented girls have come up with using an image with glasses, as well as checking out what prizes are up for grabs if you're a winner!!

I used some older papers from My Minds Eye. I bought them at the end of last Christmas and never got the chance to use them. Here's their moment to shine. 

I used sentiments from Whimsy Stamps and Amy R sentiments. I added a bunch of WOC goodness, some ribbon and crochet trim from The Ribbon Girl, a snowman charm and a jingle bell!! 

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

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Thanks for stopping by today, be sure to stop by the challenge blog and join in with us! xo

Ribbon Girl Guest Designer

Happy Sunday! :) I hope by the time this post goes live I will be lounging around in my pj's somewhere sipping some tea and enjoying a crunch or two on some toast or biscuits. I'm in desperate need of a lazy weekend. Only 5 more days at work and then I'm off for a week, so I best not complain.

So you might be wondering what you're stopping by my blog for on a Sunday of all days! Well let me tell ya.. I was approached by the ever so lovely Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl about being a Guest Designer for them this week. How could I say no?! I love their little shop, and always end up spending waaay more than planned. I can never wait for my parcel to arrive all wrapped up like a Christmas present! :)

So this week they've a new challenge, which is

ADD A BUTTON

I decided to colour up Butterflies and Pigtails from Simply Sassy, which I believe you can still purchase at Funky Kits. I just fancied stamping an image when I sat down to create this card and my little Simply Sassys were getting heavily neglected. 

I've used some papers from My Minds Eye and coloured my image with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers to match. :) The sentiment from Amy R has been stamped in Melon Mambo ink and die cut with an X-Cut die.

As for the embellishments, this is where all of the The Ribbon Girl goodness comes into it all. 

15mm pink rustic gingham, pink button twine, apple green bakers twine, wooden heart buttons, ivory beaded berries, pink aster daisies, small daisy flower charm.. and I think that's that!!

So I know you're itching to get over to The Ribbon Girl Challenge Blog and join in with us all. I know you've got some buttons somewhere! ;) There are two amazing prizes up for grabs too..

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

- Sweet Stampin' - Create a Scene

- Jellypark Challenges - Girly

- Really Reasonable Ribbon - Sparkle, bling and ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by. Enjoy the rest of your lazy Sunday! Lou Mac, out. xo

Monochrome Splashhh

Hey guys! It's another SMASH* page from me today. I'm sooo getting into it! So much so that I've started on my second book. It's my Black Mod book.. and it's gonna be much like my Green Eco - full of stuff that make's me happy. So naturally.. it had to have something to do with STAMPING in there. First in line were my much unloved Simply Sassy stamps! 

This fits with the new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers perfectly. A challenge set by yours truly! ;) Heehee.

MONOCHROME IMAGE, WITH UNUSUAL HAIR COLOUR

Easy, PEASY! I know you guys will have a ball, breaking out of the mold, and perhaps trying a few new colour combos!! The ususual run of the mill hair colours can get boring after a while! ;)

This week we're sponsored by Joanna Sheen. The lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher. 

So here's my offering.

This is the gorgeous Strike a Pose from Simply Sassy. I can't seem to find a link over at Funky Kits. I think it's got to the point now, when the Simply Sassys sell out.. they're not getting restocked!! Get yours while you can and ger your collection complete!!

She is gorgeous, is she not?! So freakin' SASSY!! She's been coloured using ProMarkers. Obviously her hair had to be BLUE. I've used a combo of Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Island Lagoon, Marine, Petrol Blue. I've also added some splashes of orange to other parts of the image. Turquoise and orange have gotta be my long term fave combo! ;)

Here's the whole page. You can only see half of the title as it extends over both of the pages. It's something like.. 'Everybody loves stamping, right'

A few scraps of paper from MME, some swap flowers, a delish SU! brad. All that good stuff! :) I'ma write my top 10 Sassy's on that little note as well as writing some fun stuff on the little tags. Can't wait to start filling this page up.

The SMASH* books are perfect for keeping those image you colour that you don't wanna give away! LOL. Selfish, I know - but they help me grow as a person! :P

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

- Charisma Cardz - Monochrome

- Crop Stop - Flowers, dots and bling

Please stop by the Passion for ProMarkers blog and drool overt the teams amazing creations! Seriously. Woah!!

xo

Olympic Inspiration

Afternoon guys. Late? Yip. Sorry? Nope!! LOL. This is the result of a whole weekend in the garden, in the sun. BBQing it large and having a blast!! After spending a week cooped up at work when it's glorious outside.. I make the most of my free weekends in the fresh air!! Now don't get muddled - I'm still as white as a sheet, but I ain't big on all of this tan stuff anyway. Good job though, eh? :)

Okay, okay. Enough of the mindless waffle. My blog is ridiculous right now - my posts are like buses!! For that, I apologise - but now, while I'm sitting.. I'll get a few scheduled for the coming week. :)

So this week - Team 1 - over at Passion for ProMarkers has some awesome inspiration for this weeks challenge criteria.. 

 

Debs has chosen an Olympic themed inspiration photo. You can use the rings themselves, a sporty theme, or even just the colours. As usual - you've gotta use your Letraset products to be in with a chance of winning.. 

The prize this week is a £10.00 voucher from our sponsor - Joanna Sheen, to spend in her online store.

 

So here goes!! 

I used a gorgeous (uninked) Simply Sassy image, and coloured her with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers - naturally. I love her little pose and those.. pom poms? are a treat to colour. This is Team Spirit. I've cut her out using a Labels Two and added some of my faux stitching using a Real Red SU! Marker.  

Blush, Soft Peach, Rose Peach, Baby Pink

March Hare, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Cocoa

Red, Berry, Crimson, Burgundy

Azure, True Blue, French Navy

Blender, Cool Grey 1, 2

Cool Grey 3, 4, 5, Black

Blender, Soft Aqua, Pastel Blue, Cool Aqua

Sandstone, Tan, Cinnamon

I've created the sentiment using my trusty Lawn Fawn Alphabet - Harolds ABC's. AMAZING set - like.. amazing. Gotta get my hands on more Lawn Fawn Alpha sets. I've stamped their names in Real Red ink to tie in with the rest of the card. This card is to give to my boss and a lass I work with who are doing the Race for Life next month. :) A little bit of encouragement for them.

I've used some papers from My Minds Eye Lime Twist - Out of the Blue. I've added a slice of yummy pencil stripe ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and some Doodlebug brads to my sentiment/ name panel which has been cut using an xCut die. :)

Me thinks that's about it - so I'm off to scout for some challenges to enter:

Celebrate the Occasion - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges - Patriotic Colours

Oldie but Goodie - Anything Goes

My Simply Sassy stamp - been sitting unloved for a lot longer than 6 months *sad face*

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

That's it from me for today!! :) Thank you for stopping by.

I'm here for you..

I'm back again, with some more Simply Sassy deliciousness. I fancied joining in over at The Sugar Bowl this week. Maria's sketch was too fun not to have a go, and the added theme was to use kraft. Who am I to turn something like that down?!

I used an uninked sassy of mine - Apple of my Eye. She's gorgeous. I thought she looked really sombre.. even with the basket of apples by her feet, so decided to use a sentiment from Amy R to make this into a sorta.. friendship type card.

I've used papers from My Minds Eye Mabel collection and coloured the image with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers to match. Some die cut kraft hearts, a few WOC flowers, buttons and pearls finish off this card nicely.

I'd like to enter this card into

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 78

 

Critter Sketch - Buttons 

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes 

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by tonight. Please stick in with me - hopefully my laptop problems will be a thing of the past sharpish and I'll be back on track!!

Easter Hugs

Morning everyone! :) How's your week started off? Well I hope. I feel like I've got a new lease of life now I have a car that is in full working order with new shoes!! Now all I gotta do is tax the bugger at the end of this month, then I can start saving my monies up again. :)

I had great fun over the weekend, rekindling my love for ProMarkers - which resulted in me getting a fair few images coloured up, now all I gotta do is get them onto some cards. I also ended up ordering a few more PM's and FM's to fill up some more blanks in my chart. :) Can't wait for those to arrive.

Here is the first image I coloured up using my new skin combo of Blush, Soft Peach, Rose Peach and Baby Pink for the blush. LOVE. I've ordered a few more orang-y PM's to try and create a little more depth, I'll let you know how I get on. I've used some papers from Basic Grey Origins collection - colours to match Week 5 of Sugary Sunday over on FB.

I followed the sketch over at Sketchy Challenge - love those girls. :) Some lace trim, gingham ribbon and mini bobble trim from The Ribbon Girl and a few roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, as well as a rolled rose. My new thing - got a lot of room to perfect my technique, I ain't gonna lie.

I also used the leaf from the set and die cut another slice of paper from the collection. These dies are a fab way to use up those little scraps of paper that, if you're like me, you hate throwing away. To finish off the embellishments I added a couple of Limeade Doodlebug brads. Yummy.

A quick shot of the inside of the card - again using a scrap of paper. That heart just happened to be in the perfect place :) I die cut another labels 18 and created a sentiment using alpha stickers and an Amy R stamp. :)

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

The Sketchy Challenges - #17 Bettinas Sketch

Dieing for a Challenge - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - Animal Antics

Card Crafters Circle - Dies

Totally PaperCrafts - Ribbons and/ or Bows

Thanks for stopping by today - enjoy your day. 

Mam

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. TO.. MRS MAC. Mother Goose. 

:) Love every bit of that woman. Thought I'd share the birthday card I made for her.. on her birthday. I ain't gonna tell you how old she is today, because if she ever found out that I'd shared that information.. my life wouldn't be worth living. :)

I followed the colour challenge over at the Sugar Nellies FB Group.

Blue, Green and White. 

Some papers I received from the lovely Tammy went perfectly with this. I think they were from Prima. Pixie Glen. Gorgeous. I didn't want to cut into them, but I can't hoard something someone has kindly given me.. gotta get them used up! I also used a slice of the white seam binding she had used to tie the lovely papers together. Nothing like a bit of frugalness.

I stamped the card base with a flower stamp from SU! in Sage Shadow and Bashful Blue to help break up the white. I doodled the edges of my patterned paper, but left the distressing out.. I thought it would be a bit harsh against the pastel colours.

What else? I used a new (to me) stamp from Whimsy stampedi n Sage Shadow onto Kraft and circled the date and added the month with a brown fineliner. I then punched that out and adhered it to the card using dimensionals. I seen a little bit of left over doily lying around on my desk, so that got snaffled up and added to the card along the side of the blue patterned paper.

I don't think I ever have.. or ever will use a whole doily on a card.. they're just too big for my designs. Plus.. cutting them up makes them go a little further! :) Uhh.. what else?! A few little Wild Orchid Craft goodies here and there in the form of some ickle roses and ickle pearl brads. 

I then filled in some of the area using my white Liquid Pearls in little groups of three. My style.

You guys know who this little character is, right? It's only a Simply Sassy - My Friend Kitty. Love her. She is one of the first ever Sassys I bought. Don't you wanna chub that face?! I know I do. Love her hair too. Just love her. Thought she'd be perfect for my mams birthday card. She loves cats, and this image is so happy and smiley.

Here is a shot of the inside. I used a sentiment from PTI stamped in Blue Bayou ink and cut using the Decorative Labels punch. I then doodled the edges of the rest of the blue patterned paper and adhered it at a wonky angle. :) Job done. I plan on writing my message on a little post it and putting it inside the card so my awful handwriting won't spoil the inside. This is what I generally do when I'm sending a card. :) That way it could be reused if the recepient chooses!!

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

× Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes

× PaperPlay Challenges - Ribbon Every Which Way

× I LOVE ProMarkers - #100 Anything Goes

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papercuts - White Linen
Patterned Paper: Prima - Pixie Glen
Stamps: Simply Sassy - My Friend Kitty; Stampin Up! - Vintage Vogue; PTI - Birthday Bash Sentiments; Whimsy - Everyday Circle Postmarks

Ink: SU! - Bashful Blue, Sage Shadow, Blue Bayou; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: WOC - pearl brads, blue aster daisy; 10mm antique blue rose; 10mm aqua rose; snowflake spacer; white doily
Tools: SU! - 1 3/8" circle punch, Decorative Label punch
Misc: brown fineliner; Jenni Bowlin alpha stickers; unknown white seam binding

Suuuuper long post. I'm offskies.

Joy to the World

I can't believe I actually forgot to post this little beauty! :) Twice. I was meant to post it last night, but as always time ran away with me and BOOM.. before I knew it.. it was way past my bed time. So it's being published this evening instead. I've already posted this on FB and stuff, so you may well have seen it already. :)

I used the gorgeous All Wrapped Up for this card. Traditional Christmas colours with a pop of blue. I've coloured the image using the normal markers and cut her our using the largest circle nestie. It totally dwarfed the card, so I left as much as I could hanging off the edge and cut off the excess before I threaded some gorgeous bright red seam binding from TRG through and tied a cute little bow. I then added a little stocking charm with some turquoise bakers twine and that was that.

The sentiments on both the inside and out are from Amy R sets, and I have punched them out using a decorative labels punch from SU! Some WOC roses and a few moonstone brads and I'd call it done. Oh, and some blobs.. of gold stickles. :)

Little shot of the inside (unwatermarked.. I know..) using some scraps from Eskimo Kisses. Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy the rest of your evening.

Ready to Part-a-y

My first post of the New Year, eh? I sorta missed the boat yesterday. Got too carried away crafting that I didn't have enough time for blogging.. but that's really how it should be - right? If you follow me on FB you'll know that I made a little few projects on New Years Day Night ;) - so I'm off to schedule some more posts after this one.

How was your new year? Good I hope! I had a night in with the boyfriend. We went and raided Blockbusters and got a few DVDs, then we came home and raided the fridge freezer. So we had a load of yummity goodies, a duvet and some films on TV. Then at 00:04 hours two of the neighbours in the cul-de-sac set some fireworks off so we quickly rushed upstairs and had our own little firework display. Perfecto.

So, onto the meat of the post. :) I've got a Sassy creation to share with you all. I'm going for a one picture post today - weird, I know. But I was looking through some of my other posts for my top 10 projects and stuff, and thought.. why do I need SO many pictures which.. really.. show the same thing from a different angle. Gosh. Here goes anyway.

Here is the gorgeous Tease Me from Set 11 of Simply Sassy which seems to be out of stock at Funky Kits. I've coloured her using markers and paper pieced those knee high socks!! I've used a few scraps from My Minds Eye Life of the Party collection. I've been really good at using up my scraps lately! Yippeeee!! :)

I've stamped the base layer of patterned paper as I thought it looked a little plain.. even though it's got a houndstooth pattern! LOL. I've used a mixture of flowers and brads from Wild Orchid Crafts and a stripe of ribbon (more scraps) from The Ribbon Girl.

The sentiment is made from a mixture of alpha stickers from Cosmo Cricket and Sassafrass. The heart is from American Crafts and the little cream and blue label is from.. Crate Paper?

Finally I finished the card off with some White Liquid Pearls around the image. Don't know why - I just fancied it.

I'll admit, this is not my usual style. It's like bright, bold and totally mishmash in your face. But it works, I think. I knew the girl I was making the for (this is my first commission of 2012 by the way - I don't wait around do I?! LOL!!) so I think it sorta fits her personality and stuff.

 

So I've come to the conclusion that the reason I add more photos is to break up ALL OF MY CHAT! LMBO!! Must. Cut. Down. On. Chatter. :/

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

× Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

× Kaboodle Doodle - Let's Celebrate

× Make it Monday - Anything Goes

I'm off for my tea. Some.. uhhh.. chicken fajitas me thinks. Yum! :)