Peace on Earth - Clearly Besotted

How do?

So, not too long ago I received my ever first order from CLEARLY BESOTTED STAMPS.

Yeah, uh huh. I was NOT disappointed!! 

I'm not a one to do reviews and what have you on my blog, mainly because I never get asked.. but lemme just say this..

These stamps are amazing quality.

They stamp beautifully first time. I used both dye inks and chalk inks.. yum!!

The designs are outstanding - and some sets really fill a gap in the crafting world.

I cannot WAIT to have more time to play with these.

For these two incredibly quick and simple cards I used:

Background Builder 3

Holiday Sentiments

Love.

That is all.

Out. xo

Christmas at My Mum's Craft Shop

Morning all! :) We're even CLOSER to the big man in red arriving than we were this time last week, excited?! Heh!  Along those lines, I thought I'd share this gorgeous little Wryn who's kinda dressed up like a little girly Santa!! 

It's my turn to share some inspiration for My Mum's Craft Shop - this week the girls are doing CHRISTMAS. 

I decided to use Wryn from the Winter Friends set by Tiddly Inks.

I done a little selective stamping and drop the lovely podgy snowman - he wasn't really what I was after for this card! ;) I coloured Wryn up in red and black with my ProMarkers.

The papers are from the new Echo Park - 'tis the Season pack. So pretty. I love the contrast of the distressed blacks against the traditional reds and greens. Very unusual. If you haven't got your hands on this pack I highly recommend you do so, even if you have to wait for next years cards before you can use it! ;)

I added some goooooooooorgeous red saddle stitch grosgrain ribbon. Lemme tell you about this ribbon!! The top and bottom of it is - I've been waiting all my life for some like this! LOL!! I can't find this stuff A-N-Y-W-H-E-R-E. Me and Mother Goose went shopping the other day.. she wanted some PJs - in short.. I made her buy some she didn't really want - because they were wrapped with this ribbon! LOL! As soon as I got home I just KNEW I had to use it on a card. Wanna know the best part? I think I've enough left over to decorate another card. Yippeeee!!

So.. what else.. I added some green paper flowers, some die cut vellum snowflakes - I used my Die-Namics Let it Snowflake dies.. a little striped red button from Kitty's new line aaaaaaaand.. some red Hobby House rhinestones here and there.

EDITED TO ADD: I'd love, love, love to enter this into the Tiddly Inks Holiday Challenge.

A cute little Christmas card with the traditional reds and greens, but a little bit of black thrown in to mix things up a little!! Thank you for stopping by today!! xo

It's Sketch Time at PFP

It feels like an age since I last posted a Passion for ProMarkers post.. but I'm back.

Can I first start off with an apology. I'm sorry I haven't been around your blogs lately! As some of you already know, I've been having some difficulty with my laptop. It has about 15% cooperation with me lately, and sometimes the screen doesn't play nice, at all. I use the time I'm, on the laptop to schedule these posts, respond to messages and emails and edit my photos! 

So!! Brand new challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers.

Today's challenge theme has been set by our lovable Lou.

She's created a sketch for us, be sure to head over to the blog to ensure you're on the right lines.

Here's the Christmas (obviously) card I created using the sketch.

This is the adorable Lilli Claire - Warm Wishes from Tiddly Inks.

I've practiced some more of my black hair on this image. Not too sure the picture does it justice, I think it looks better IRL.

I've used some older papers from Basic Grey, die cut some fence panels from Kraft cardstock, added a little pre-made Christmas tree (added a star and a jewelled snowflake) aaaand, gone crazy with the liquid pearls to create the look of falling snow against the dark winter sky! :) 

Any questions, just shout.

I hope to get some time to tolerate my laptop long enough to hop around some of your blogs this weekend, but don't hold your breath! 

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to stop by the PFP Blog to soak up some sketchy inspiration!! xo

Muted Monday

My Mum's Craft Shop Do Winter

NIP AND A PUNCH FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH!!

DECEMBER!!

CAN YOU EVEN BELIEVE IT?!

No, neither can I!! Crazy!!

How do? Thank you for stopping by today. It's time for a brand new monthly challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop. I've got another Tiddly Inks creation to share with you this time.

CHRISTMAS

This is Skating By. Awhhh! I decided to practice my black hair again, I was pretty pleased with how this turned out! I coloured her up using ProMarkers and FlexMarkers in a lovely festive red outfit.

So I kept the card very simple. I added a postage stamp edge around the image panel, two papers from Echo Park - 'tis the Season paper pack, some die cut vellum snowflakes and a little wooden heart button.

So cute.

Be sure to head over to the My Mum's Craft Shop blog to gather some more Christmas inspiration from my talented teamies and join in with the challenge! xo