Ladybug Crafts Ink - BLOG HOP and NEW RELEASE!!

Good Afternoon All

Just a quickie from me to tell you that Ladybug Crafts Ink are having a blog hop next Tuesday to celebrate the release of some new images!!  

Make sure you grab the badge below and display on your side bar and remember to pop back to the challenge blog on Tuesday morning to join in the fun.

Be there or be !

Love and Hugs

An Inspiring Evening

Good Evening Everyone

I hope you are having a lovely weekend.  Mine has been relaxing so far and I had a great start to the weekend. I managed to get tickets to go to the Paralympics and saw the swimming at the Olympic Park last night.  

It was very exciting just to be able to go into the Olympic Park and walk around and even more amazing to go and see an event inside the Aquatic Centre.  It was a memorable evening.  All the athletes are truly inspiring and the whole evening was very emotional.  I felt humbled, inspired, excited, emotional and even tearful, particularly when the blind swimmers got their medals.  

I know we all have problems and issues in our lives but when you see what these athletes have overcome and what they can achieve, well it just completely inspires you and I feel very lucky that I was able to go.  I was going to share some photos but blogger won't let me as it says I have run out of free space!!  If anyone else has had this problem can you let me know what you did!

So, onto my card for this evening!  I have had this little lady coloured up for a while so I thought I would make her up!  Here is my card:

She is called Dandelion Clock from LOTV which you can get here. I coloured her with my copics and prisma pencils.  The paper is V&A Hanoverian and is very pretty which I thought was perfect for her!  I used my Doo Hickeys fence die again and also my MFT fresh cut grass die.  I also bought some labels dies from Doo Hickey as well and have used this to place my sentiment on.  Just added some flowers and pearls and lots of glamour dust!!!

I hope you like her!  I think she is gorgeous!

OK, I am off now, have just had some red wine put in front of me!! 

Have a great evening.

Love and Hugs

I would like to enter into the following challenges:

• In the Pink - Things With Wings; (I hope this is enough pink ladies!!)
• Heck of a Challenge - Anything Goes;
• LOTV - Anything but Square (DT Call);

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Dandelion Clock from LOTV; Sentiment - Pebbles Rub On;

Paper/Card - V&A Haneverian Pad; Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics/Primsas - Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E74, E71, E70, E40; Clothes - G85, G82, G80, R85, R83, R81; Shoes - W6, W5, W4;

Dies/Punches - Lovely Fence Doo Hickey; Tag Dies Doo Hickey; MFT Fresh Cut Grass; Grand Circles; Grand Scalloped Circles;

Other - Glamour Dust; Pearls; Mulberry Flowers; 

Flying High at MAWTT

Morning Everyone!

I hope your week is going well, almost the weekend!  

We have a brand new challenge starting at Moving Along With The Times today and our fabulous Claire has set the challenge this week:

"Flying High"

So anything that flies - birds, planes, kites, insects - you get the gist!  

We are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Stamps.  Here is my card:

I have used Bee and Flower which you can get from Stitchy Bear.  I teamed him with papers from Echo Park, Country Drive.  I have used my brand new Lovely Fence die from Magnolia, I have been wanting one of these for a while!!  The sentiment is from Stampavie.  I added loads of glamour dust to his wings and bling to the flowers!  

I hope you like my fun card.  Pop on over to the challenge blog to see all the inspiration from the gorgeous DT girlies.  

Have a lovely day and I will see you soon!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Bee and Flower from Stitchy Bear Stamps; Sentiment from Stampavie;

Paper/Card - Echo Park - Country Drive; Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics - Y18, Y17, Y15, Y13; E11, E00, E000;

Dies/Punches - Grand Scalloped Circles; Grand Circles; Magnolia Lovely Fence;

Other - Marianne Flower Ribbon; Glamour Dust;

Paper Piecing at LCI

Good Morning All!

Did you all have a great weekend!  I had a great one and feel quite depressed today being back at work!!  Still its a short week so that's something! 

I am hosting the new challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink this fortnight and the theme is:

"Paper Piecing"

I don't do this technique often enough so thought this would make me do it!  I really like the effect!  Here is my card:

Now I haven't had Nikki out for some time, and she is the reason why I am now stamping so I thought I must use her today!  This is "Wine Stool Nikki", all the Nikki range, and others, can be found at the LCI store here and if you are quick you will be able to purchase any of these cling stamps at half price! 

I paper pieced her dress with the gorgeous background papers from Maja Designs - Vintage Summer.  I added some Marianne flower ribbon and mulberry flowers.  Some glamour dust and pearls to finish off.  I wish I looked like her whilst sipping my champagne!  

I hope you like my card.  Please hop over to the LCI challenge blog to see all the inspiration from the Ladybugs.  

Have a great day and will see you soon.  

(PS - watch out soon for my birthday candy!)

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Winestool Nikki from LCI; 

Paper/Card - Vintage Summer - Maja Designs; Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics/Prismas - Skin - E11, E00, E000; Hair - E74, E71, E70; Chair - W6, W5, W4; Prismas - Warm Grey IV; Light Cerulean Blue;

Other - Glamour Dust; Marianne Flower Ribbon; Mulberry Flowers; Pearls

Christmas at Elisabeth Bell's World

Hi Everyone!  

I hope you are having a nice weekend so far!  We have a nice long weekend here in the UK which is GREAT!!  

So I am here today for the brand new challenge at Elisabeth Bell's World.  There were some wonderful summer scene projects last month, really gorgeous!  I hope you can join in again this month where the challenge is:

"Christmas" - without using a Christmas Image

Here is my card:

I have to admit I am really finding it hard to do Christmas themes at the moment!  I just can't get my head around it!  I have used "What's in the Box Peeker" - Elisabeth Bell for SCACD which you can get from Quixotic Paperie.  The papers are MME Be Merry and I have used my Memory Box tree die and MFT flower trio.  Not very exciting but as I said, I really couldn't get my head around Christmas.  Oh well, we have to post the good and the bad right!?

My teamies have done a much better job though so please pop over to the challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration. 

That's it from me today, have a great weekend and speak soon!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - What's In the Box Peeker - Elisabeth Bell for SCACD; Sentiment - computer;

Paper/Card - MME Be Merry;  Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics/Prismas - Skin - E21, E00, E000; Hair - E74, E71, E70, E40; Dress - R29, R27, R24; Present - YG67, YG63, R81, R83;  Prismas - Dark Brown; Dark Green; Tuscan Red; Warm Grey IV;

Dies/Punches - MFT Flower and Leaf Trio; Memory Box Flowering Christmas Tree;

Other - Glamour Dust; SU Ribbon; Pearls; Felt

The Sugar Bowl - New Challenge

Good Morning All!

I hope you all well and having a great week!  Its been a pretty relaxed one for me as have had a few days off with my nephew.  Back to work tomorrow though :-( Although at least we have a bank holiday coming up!

I am back today as we have a brand new sketch challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.  The optional theme this week is "Love and Romance".  Here is my card:

I have used the gorgeous "Star Dust - Simply Sassy" at Sugar Nellie, which are available at Funky Kits.  The papers are by Cosmo Cricket called Tea for Two and I have coloured her with copics and prisma pencils.  I have added some glamour dust, ribbon and some little hearts which I have had in my stash for ages!  The corner swirl is from Make it Crafty.  

I think this is another favourite of mine!!  Here is the sketch and I hope you can join in with us this fortnight!  

Have a great day and I will see you soon.

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Star Dust - Simply Sassy - Sugar Nellie from Funky Kits;

Paper/Card - Cosmo Cricket Tea for Two; Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics/Prisma Pencils - Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20; Hair - E53, E51, E50; Dress - R29, R27, R24, R32, R30; Shoes - E42, E41, E40; Prismas - Light Cerulean Blue, Pink, Cool Grey IV, Tuscan Red;

Other - Glamour Dust; Hearts from stash; Ribbon; Love Heart Swirls from Make It Crafty

Blog Hop at The Digi Bells!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all well!!  I am back today as we are having another blog hop at the Digi Bells to show case a brand new digi image from the uber talented Elisabeth Bell!  The new image is called "Pumpkin Fairy Ellora" and you can buy her now from the Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection.

You should have arrived here from the gorgeous Lynda, if you are lost then pop over to the Digi Bells blog and start there!  

Here is my card:

 

Isn't she adorable!!  I coloured her with Copics and Prismas.  The papers are from MME Indie Chic which I used on top of some bazzill and kraft cardstock.  I haven't done a round card for a while, I had forgotten how much fun they were to do!  

I hope you like my little card.  You now need to hop on over to the super talented Sofia.  

The hop will end at 9am Arizona Time on Friday 24 August so just one week to join in the fun.  Two winners will be selected at random from comments left on the DT blogs and on the Digi Bells blog.  

Have fun!!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Card - Pumpkin Fairy Ellora from Elisabeth Bell; Sentiment - Pebbles Rub On;

Paper/Card - Kraft CS; Bazzill CS; MME Indie Chic Saffron;

Colouring Mediums - Copics/Prisma Pencils - Skin - E11, E00, E000;  Hair - E74, E71, E70, E40; Dress - Y21, YR23, YR24;  Pumpkin - YR18, YR16, YR15, YR14, YR12; Prisma Pencils - Sienna Brown; Goldenrod; 

Dies/Punches - Grand Scalloped Circles; Grand Circles;

Other - Glamour Dust; Mulberry Flowers

Shape It Up at MAWTT

Good Morning All!

I hope you are all fine and having a good week.  I am back today with a new challenge at Moving Along With The Times.  I have had a little break from the team and I want to thank Hazel and the girls for bearing with me!  

So onto this week's challenge which has been set by our lovely Leesa.

"Shape It Up - Nothing Square"

We are sponsored this week by the brilliant Sir Stampalot who are offering some fabulous Christmas goodies.  Please check out the MAWTT blog for more details.  So onto my card:

Now I have to admit this card was made a while ago on a colouring class that I attended at Crafts U Love which was run by the fabulously talented Jacqui - Cats Whiskers. Its a great class to attend so if you live in the area and fancy fine tuning your colouring skills I would highly recommend this class!  

The image is Waterlily Tilda and I am ashamed to say that this is the first Magnolia stamp I have used!!  The paper is also from Magnolia but I am afraid I can't remember the name.  The tag is finished off with gorgeous ribbon, pearls and a touch of glamour dust!

OK, you now need to pop on over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the fabulous inspiration from the team!  Hopefully you will be able to join in this time.  We are currently running challenges for two weeks over the summer so plenty of time to enter!

Have a great day and see you soon!

Love and Hugs