HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY - MAWTT!!

Morning Everyone!

Well its a special day over at MAWTT today.  Its our 5th birthday and to celebrate we are offering lots of fun and surprises!  I just wanted to say special thanks and congratulations to our leader Hazel who works so hard to keep the challenge blog exciting for everyone! 

SO!  We still have a challenge this week but there are LOTS of sponsors so LOTS OF PRIZES to be won!  See the main blog for more details on those!  We are also having a blog hop with prizes along the way (more of that below)!  So loads of chances to win!  Firstly, the challenge which this week is:

"BIRTHDAYS, BUNTING AND BUTTONS"

Any or all of these things on your card will be eligible.  One of our sponsors is the fabulous Hobby House and I have made my card using their products today:

I have used the Cupcake Girls topper sheet from Mo Manning and teamed it with Cherry Flower and Cherry Flower Hobby House papers.  The embellishments are from the Springtime Embellishment Set.  I then just added a touch of glamour dust and my heart banner from La La Land.  

So now onto the BLOG HOP!!  You should have arrived here from the gorgeous SUE after me you then need to hop on over to the equally gorgeous Hazel.  If you get lost head on back to the main challenge blog.  I am offering the following prize which is an gorgeous embellishment set from the Hobby House:

To be eligible you need to leave a comment along the hop and collect letters on the way.  My letter is "N".  Once you have collected all of them, they make a word and you need to email Hazel at didosdesigns@yahoo.com.  

Remember to leave a comment on the way and have lots of fun!!  I am off to do the hop myself now!  Speak to you soon!

Love and Hugs

Moving Along With The Times - Birthday Celebrations - LOADS OF PRIZES!!

Hi All!

Just a head's up.  Moving Along With The Times will be celebrating its 5th Birthday next Thursday!!  We are having a birthday theme with loads of prizes to be won and a blog hop as well (over 20 prizes in total!!) 

Head on over to the challenge blog to become a follower, grab the banner and spread the word and don't forget to check back on Thursday at 9am when all the fun begins!

DON'T MISS IT!!

Love and Hugs

Summer Sweetness at The Hobby House

Hi Everyone

I am a little late posting this, today is just flying by!!   I have another inspiration piece for you using products from the Hobby House.  We are sill show casing the Ready to Colour Art Books.  Here is my card:

I have used the Elisabeth Bell - Summer Sweetness book.  She is coloured with copics and the paper is by MME Happy Day. The embellishments are from the Raspberry Cream Embellishment Set. 

That's it from me.  

Don't forget to tune into Create and Craft at 1pm today for some fabby Christmas goodies from the Hobby House!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients
Stamp/Image - Elisabeth Bell - Summer Sweetness Ready to Colour Art Book;
Paper/Card - MME - Happy Day - Six by Six;
Colouring Mediums - Copics:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20;
Hair - E21, E25, E29
Clothes - R89, R85, R83, R81, Y35, Y38, E15, E18;
Cat - W3, W5, W7;
Dies/Punches - Lil Inker Stitched Rectangle;
Other - Glamour Dust; Raspberry Cream Embellishment Set

Summer Daze - Inspiration at the Hobby House

Good Morning Everyone!

Yipppeee its the weekend!  I hope you all have something nice planned. I think it might be a lazy one for me, relaxing in the garden, watching the world cup (particularly the England game tonight!) and maybe some crafting in between!!

I have some more inspiration for you today for the Hobby House.  I have used another image from the new Ready to Colour Art Books and this one is from the Elisabeth Bell - Summer Daze.  

He is coloured with copics and I have teamed him with papers from Echo Park called Splash by Bella Road.  The dies are Lil Inker Stitched Rectangle, Die-namics Photo Corners and La La Land Cloud/Sun Set.  The gold gems and polka dot ribbon are also from the Hobby House.  

The quality of these Art Books are really good.  I used a LOT of ink doing the sea background and there was hardly any bleed through or warping of the paper.  I used a tutorial from Deborah at Deborah's Shining Cards to do the sea background and I am quite pleased with the result seeing as it was my first time!!  Its a great tutorial! 

OK thats all from me.  Have a super weekend.  COME ON ENGLAND!!!  

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Elisabeth Bell - Summer Daze - Ready to Colour Art Book;

Paper/Card - Echo Park Splash by Bella Road;  Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20;

Hair - E21, E25, E29;

Beach - E41, E43, E50;

Sea - BG18, BG49, BG15, BG13, BG11, BG10;

Sky - B000

Clothes - R29, R27, R24

Bucket and Spade - Y35, Y38, E15, E18

Dies/Punches - Lil Inker Stitched Rectangle; Die-namics Photo Corners; La La Land Cloud/Sun Set

Other - Gold Gems; Polka Dot RIbbon; Ice Cream Charm - Hobby House

Clean and Simple at MAWTT

Hi All!  

Hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine!  I am off to a concert at Hampton Court tonight which is all outdoors so I am so happy the weather is good!!  

I am back today with my card for the new challenge at Moving Along With The Times.  Our gorgeous Hazel is the hostess this week and the theme is:

"Clean and Simple"

I was scared for a bit!  And then I knew I just wanted to colour up a lovely image and make that the feature.  Here is my card:

 The gorgeous image is from Simply B Stamps and is called All Polished Up Betty.  She is coloured with copics.  I used my Lik Inker Stitched Square and just layered that onto a pink piece of Bazzill to match the outfit.  The sentiment came with the image.  I then just added some pearls.  The sharp eyed of you out there will notice that I forgot to do the earring!  I have since added a pearl so it looks ok now!!

I actually really enjoyed making a CAS card and you may be seeing a lot more like this!! 

Please pop on over to the main challenge blog now for some more wonderful creations and I can't wait to see your creations, I am hoping for some more inspiration!!

Have a wonderful day!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Simple B Stamps - All Polished Up Betty;

Paper/Card - Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics:

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20;

Hair - E21, E23, E25;

Clothes - R81, R83, R85, R89

Dies/Punches - Lil Inker Stitched Square

Other - Pearls

Inspiration at The Hobby House

Good Morning Everyone. 

I hope you are all well.  Its lovely and sunny this morning as I sit and write this, I hope it stays that way! 

Its my turn today to share some inspiration using products from The Hobby House.  You may have seen the show last week where the new Ready to Colour Art Books were featured.  This is what I have used today.  Here is my card:

These books are super quality and can be used with all your favourite colouring mediums.  I have used copics on mine and the blending was great.  I have used an image from Elisabeth Bell - Summer Sweetness book

Other products used from the Hobby House are:

Mulberry Rose Flowers

Rhinestone Sparkler

Pearls

Pearl Brad Spacer Set

Other products used are listed below!  

Please pop on over to the inspiration blog now for much more wonderful inspiration using the Hobby House products!

OK that's all from me for today!  Have a super day!

Love and Hugs

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Elisabeth Bell Summer Sweetness Ready to Colour Art Book;

Paper/Card - Authentique Flourish; Bazzill CS;

Colouring Mediums - Copics - 

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20;

Hair - E21, E25, E29;

Clothes - B93, B95, B97, B99, R81, R83, R85, R89;

Log - E23, E27, E29;

Dies/Punches - Lil Inker Designs Stitched Rectangle; Cheery Lynn Designs Olive Branches; La La Land Heart Fence; Tonic Butterfly Punch;

Other - Glamour Dust; Mulberry Rose Flowers; Rhinestone Sparker; Pearls; Pearl and Brad Spacer

Buzzing Betty!

Good Morning All

Back again so soon!  I hope you are all looking forward to your weekend!

In an attempt to find Mr Mojo and to try and start enjoying my crafting again I signed up for some colour classes with the super talented Alyce over at Kit and Clowder.  I am doing the Skin and Hair Class using copics.  

I have to say, if you are at all interested in perfecting your colouring techniques then you HAVE to do these classes.  Alyce has worked so hard and produced so much material for each of the classes. I am learning so much and I am enjoying it.  I have only just started though so I hope it will get easier and I will get better as time goes on!!  Also check out their facebook page, there is so much inspiration and a great community there!

So as well as the classes Alyce does the occasional live colour class (she is having one this weekend, check out the facebook page and blog for details) and a few weeks ago she did Buzzing Betty.  I have to admit that I didn't do this live with her but the day after in my own time!!  I have only just made it up into a card:

Its by no means perfect, I need a lot of practice on hair and clothes!  But I am happy with the skin blending!  The image is from Simply B Stamps and she is called Buzzing Betty.  I am afraid I can't remember who the papers are from.  I coloured with copics and there is a list below of what we used.  The purple flower is my new Die-namics Rolled Daisy die.  The other bits are all from the Hobby House.  

Did you also notice I have a new watermark and I love it!  It was created by Nikki over at Creative Junkeez.  She was super quick and I would definitely recommend you use her if you want a new watermark!! 

OK, I think that is enough waffle from me.  Have a great day and a great weekend!

Love and Hugs

I would like to enter into the following challenges:

• Kit and Clowder - May Challenge - Flowers;

Card Ingredients

Stamp/Image - Buzzing Betty from Simply B Stamps;

Paper/Card - Bazzill CS; ?

Colouring Mediums - Copics - Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R20;  Hair - W3, W5, W9; Outfit - Y35, Y38, E15, E18; Flower - V000, V01, V04, V06, V09;  Stem - G21, G94, G99;

Dies/Punches - Lil Inker Stitched Rectangle; Die-namics Rolled Daisy;

Other - Mulberry Rose Flowers; Heart Doily;  Pearl Brads; Pearls

No Image - Moving Along With The Times

Good Morning All!

I hope you are all well.  I am back here today for our new challenge over at Moving Along With the Times.  This week our hostess is the gorgeous Carole and the theme is:

"No Image"

I panicked for about 5 minutes and then remembered a card I had made a couple of weeks ago just using some gorgeous buttons.  Here is the card:

Now the photos aren't great and I did try a few times.  In real life the card is very crisp white and the buttons really pop off.  They are a selection from the Hobby House from the Peach & Green Embellishment Set.  I just added a rub on sentiment and Bob's your uncle. 

I hope you can join in with us this week, you need to check out all the inspiration on the challenge blog first though, there are some fab projects!  

Have a great day and I will see you again very soon!

Love and Hugs