You and me, Cake & Tea

Ah so sweet!  It's making my tummy rumble... such a cute image from Cuddly Buddly, you can get it here . I used my Copics to colour in,  and Prima papers.

 

 

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Heartfelt wishes

I just love wee stamps, they are so cute, and such fun to colour in. I think they are suitable for any age and you can make your design to suit the person. I coloured her in with Copics, my new toy!  I also used Prima papers, hand dyed cotton ribbon and the Sizzix framelets "Butterflys".

Hope you like her! Thanks for stopping by

I am entering this into these challenges:

Sir stampalot - take flight
Just us girls colours Rust,Pumpkin pie,Kraft and Baja blue
Card Makin Mamas - try something new
Colour Throwdown - Green, blue, white, orange, mauve.
Bunny Zoes Crafts - Summer
Bearly mine challenges - Anything goes

The old thatched church

I love the perspective of this digi stamp, you automatically assume it's up a hill.. great for Christmas Cards,  or for a wedding... you can get this stamp here. but without the snowman. I coloured in with my Copic pens, and added a bit of glitter, well you just have to! The church is local to me at Icklingham in Suffolk,  my lovely OH took a pic and this is the result, ah such talent !!

A little bit of the history of this wonderful church can be seen here

 Hope you like my cards, thank you for stopping by. xx

Pressie Penguin

Well my very first Christmas card... er actually the 2nd but who's counting!  My card for Cuddly Buddly, using my super duper brand new wonderful Copic pens.  I don't think my first attempt is so bad lol.... the black shading is part of the stamp, and I decided not to colour this part in.  This wonderful little chap can be found here ,  he might well be my image for Christmas cards this year.. I might scan and print this pic though to save my pens!!

Hope you like him..

Thanks for stopping by xxx

Post card from Suffolk

I have just purchased some Creative Expressions stamps, having admired from a distance I thought YES it's time I jumped in!  I wanted some Christmassy stamps, and purchased " Christmas Post " as I might use these for my bulk card making challenge, sometime after the new baby has arrived!  We are all on tenderhooks for the arrival!! (Due Monday) Anyway, this time I used my WOW embossing powder to cover a circle of cardboard with a lovely white layer,  then my clear embossing powder to give some depth,  I did about 4 layers.

Then with the staz on inkpad made the beautiful scenic impression while still warm.  I then gave it a bit of a thumping to make it crackle!! Well I wasn't being too hard on it... I used the lovely Post Card stamp and versamark, again using my white WOW embossing powder,  and also used it around the edge of the pretty layer.  This layer was cut with my Cricut. I made my own washi tape, colouring with Promarkers (all my Copics come on Monday, OMG! watch out for soooooo much colouring in!!! I hope the baby has arrived or is late!  See above note about due date : ) ) and stamped the seasons greetings stamp randomly with distress inks.

The whole lot was mounted onto a black card base...

Well what do you think?

Thanks to my Mum I have some wonderful vintage cotton lace,  I couldn't bear to colour it,  so it's as is.

 I am entering this challenge:

Allsorts challenge - going round in circles

and this one:
My mum's craft shop - christmas in August

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Sebastian snowman

Yes yes I know it's August, but it is my first Christmas card this year, so I figure I'm allowed an early one !!  What a little cutie, digi stamp can be ordered here , coloured with my Prisma Pencils. I have used some Nellies multi frames for the border, I used some homemade washi tape. so simple its mad! I am going to do a little tutorial on that soon. A few buttons and bling and hey presto a lovely little Christmas card, well its actually A5.  And another thing,  I called this snowman Sebastian about 2 years ago, now my lovely daughter who is expecting her third, is going to call her new little man Sebastian ! Bloomin cheek, mind you my new little Grandson will always remind me of my snowman,  and he's due on Monday, probably going to be super hot!!!  Wierd !

I am entering this into the anything challenge

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Dancing fairy

For this Cuddly Buddly image I used my Prisma pencils, my craft artist to layer the digi stamps and loads of various dies. I'll list everything below. Somehow this has turned out quite bright, I wanted this to be subdued,  but I just can't seem to do that !

Lilyboo designs - Dancing fairy

Lilyboo designs - Fairy village

Marianne design creatables - hearts - LR0159

marianne design creatables dies – anja's leaves 2 LR0227

viva décor my paper world silicone stamps – springtime and easter bunnies #14 (The flower is the easter egg)

Kim's digi stamps - Twelve oval greetings

Kim's digi papers - Cottage collection - yellow

 

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Natures Friend

A beautiful peice of artwork from Cuddly Buddly, I so enjoyed colouring this in with my Prisma's.

I also used Marianne dies for the borders and leaves. Using Serif to show her off in a gorgeous frame, I love that graphics program!

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Another free digi stamp for you !

Just visit my little webpage here and you can save or print this image. I used my graphics program to make the background transparent, duplicated the image, flipped it and sent it to the back. I think it looks like a barn behind the cottage. I made a lovely man's card, nice and simple, coloured with Promarkers. My lovely OH did the graphics, thanks love!

Please visit my website, help yourself and just leave a little comment on my blog.

Entered into Alphabet challenge, M for Men

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So stylish

I'm quite liking The Paper Shelter at the moment,  I downloaded this sassy young lady here she is called So Stylish. The Paper Shelter give you a coloured image,  this helps no end if like me you are still learning to colour in. This time I used my Prisma pencils and a fab blender pencil. I'm not sure if the blender pencil is meant for Prisma's or pastel pencils but it works a treat.  I used almost the same colours as in the original to help me along,  and I think it's worked out ok. They also provide a backing paper,  so making it really easy. 

I used my Craft Artist Professional to "prop" the card into a frame.

I'm going to enter her into a challenge:

Simon says - Anything goes
and
Color Throw Down

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Free to print out!

I have created a rather basic web page so I could share some pages I created. You can see them here all you need to do is right click, either save picture or print picture. They are my first attempts at digital crafting for everyone to use... hopefully they will be useful for someone you know, or yourself! I'm thinking the images would be great for a craft club, school or a similar organisation. Easy to print, cut and stick.

Just chillin'

Another super Cuddly Buddly image,  Karen Middleton Party Girl, and Lilyboo Rose Fence, find them here!  I struggled with this one,  I think after 2 days of the 2 Grandchildren, Midwife visits with my daughter today and Addenbrookes with the first Grandchild tomorrow is beginning to take it's toll !  It's the early starts,  who told them that I would be happy to see them at 6am every morning... I love them dearly but not THAT much!   And why do they need cereal straight away !!!!!!!!!!!

 I used my digital programme to cut out some of the roses for her hair and shoes.. it makes it all work together quite nicely,  still working on my colouring in,  but I am going on a Copic course at Sir Stampalot in September, I can't wait !!! Yay !!!!

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The cutest pets

When I started to colour this image in, my OH said "Don't do a dalmation!"  'cos my eldest daughter has one,  so I did!  But not an obvious Dalmation though... Love this little image by Cuddly Buddly,  see it here And I've used the new stamps from Cuddly Buddly too, although it's perhaps not obvious.. see the grass!! I've had the Grandchildren this weekend,  they have just left...phew!  My house looks like a bomb has hit it,  oh well, best get on and get it cleared up. Lol

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Let's make a picnic

What an adorable little girl, I just couldn't help myself... and this digi from the Paper Shelter, click here to see the image, comes complete with a coloured in version, absolutely brilliant to help me learn more about shading etc...I used  my Promarkers.

I also used a backing paper from the same site, see here for the one I used.

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Fairy friends

My latest creation using my lovely Cuddly Buddly stuff !  Fairy good friends,  how cute.. I used the digi stamp here. I also used Fairy fun digi papers - Multi here, have you visited their shop recently, they do tons of good stuff !!  I used my Prisma pencils which I adore, and have yet to mix with my promarkers,  but I've been told it works well,  so maybe on the next creation, maybe!!

Thank you for stopping by xxx

Trevor the bear

This is Mini book about Trevor the bear, who now belongs to my sister. She found him in Dartmouth,  but didn't have time to buy him and bring him home. So I went to Saffron Walden, bought him and took him on some adventures,  he tried out our lawnmower, he sat for a picture with the garden gnomes, walked across our garden viaduct, which was very high up!  He went to Wimbledon, and watched the ladies quarter finals... so many things for a little bear to do,  but now he is on the lorry going down to Plymouth to be with his new Mum, Angela,  he will love it down there...

He's had too many pies!  No not John,  Trevor the bear of course!!

Each little pocket has a tag and a photo of Trevors antics.

This memory book was made with 1 sheet of 12 x 12 scrapbook paper

Hope you like little Trevor and his memory book Ang.  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



sweet blossom

So cosy, having a cuddle!

This shows all my passions, my Prisma pencils, my flower embelishments, and a bit of digital crafting for presentation.  I love love love it all !!

Such a cute little image from Wee Stamps, Sweet Blossom. I was so fed up with pink! So I thought orange and green, yes an obvious combination!!  It was so lovely to use some papers from Raspberry Road, oh my gosh what wonderful papers that site has. Coloured in with my Prisma pencils, which I adore, and need more... role on Christmas lol xx

Oh and I nearly forgot,  thank you Brenda for reminding me... I am entering this into :

sir stampalot challenge
and
CLP #49 sketch

Also so pleased to be doing a post again, my OH has sort of retired, and this has so messed up my days!! Bless him.xx

Relaxed pup

He's so laid back!  All the products are from Cuddly Buddly and can be found here .. I did most of this in the Motorhome,  due to windy, rainy and generally miserable days near Brighton. Not my favourite place in the world, and so appreciate Suffolk now that I am home. I have just been shopping in Saffron Walden, oh my goodness what a pretty place,  and they do the most delicious cheese straws on the market!  Whoops, bang goes the diet AGAIN!

 

Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully now my life has returned to normal, whatever that is I shall be visiting everyone's blogs next week, I can't wait to see what has been happening! xxx

sending hugs, just because

Having spent another day in the Motorhome on the West Sussex coast, I decided to have a go at crafting in the "van".  I obviously took enough stuff to do it justice, but was very very limited!! It just goes to show how we rely on our stash for a bit of this and a bit of that... I forgot the glitter, oh dear... but as soon as I get home it will be glittered to death, just because.....lol

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Pretty Kitty

Another super digi from Cuddly Buddly,  and not my photo,  what a difference it makes when a professional gets involved !  Thanks Kim xx

Heaps of products used from Cuddly Buddly, go to the website and find out!

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Take a break!

Super cute little Jake, taking a break.. I thought it would make a lovely Fathers Day card, I think I shall give this to my Grandson, to give to his Dad.  You can buy all the digi stuff from Cuddly Buddly here and I have listed all the products used at the bottom of this post. Thanks for stopping by xx

I have used:

Lilyboo - Take a break Jake

Lilyboo - Let's build a wall

Barbara Anne Williams - Sentiments one

Kim's digi papers - A portfolio of papers - slate

Patchela studios Digi papers - Toby Tumble's Floral Bouquet

Tim Holz - Walnut stain distress ink

Ribbon from my stash

Hope you like it! xx

I am entering these challenges :

cards for men

lexis creations


the secret crafter saturday challenge

Wild west ?

Not sure why,  but this image and the colours after I had worked on it reminded me of the Old West !  Goodness only knows why,  but my brain does go to odd places from time to time.  I found a new site here and along with my fabulous Cuddly Buddly digi here it seemed to make a perfect match.. and I used some wonderful sentiment ticket digi's from Cuddly Buddly too, you can see  them here .

And I would like to apologise for the rubbish quality of the photo,   I have borrowed my daughters SLR camera and photo booth, to try and make the photos look a little better, this I have failed miserably !!! However I shall keep on trying, so move over David Bailey !!! Anyway you get the idea. xx

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Who wants ice cream?

Another super little digi from Cuddly Buddly, and it just had to go onto a stepper card,  something I don't normally do!  You can find it here.

I cut a 2" circle of paper, embossed it with a criss cross pattern and curled it around to make a cone, I thought the flower made a super ice cream,  and SO not fattening!

I'm not a stepper kind of gal,  but this image was perfect for this card design.

 

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Wishing you happiness

Using the beautiful Lilyboo "Waving the flag" image from Cuddly Buddly.

I have used my super Prisma pencils, Marianne Dies, my Lilyboo digi stamp and all my papers and the sentiment are from Cuddly Buddly. Loads of glitter, hurrah!

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Just swimming by .....

How lovely to use such wonderful digi stamps from  Cuddly Buddly, here is Jake just swimming by to say Happy Birthday to You !!

An 8 x 8 twisted easel card. With an acetate overlay.

Using the wonderful safmat I have computer generated a sentiment.

I think you can see the background stamped and coloured to give a 3D effect.

I have used:

Snorkel Jake digi stamp - Lilyboo, Cuddly Buddly

Skool of fish digi stamp - Lilyboo, Cuddly Buddly

Enchanted wishes digi paper pack - Karen Middleton, Cuddly Buddly

Bits of Ivory - sentiments - Barbara Anne Williams

Printable acetate

Acetate pens

Zig Art & Graphic pens

Core'dinations card

Ribbon, buttons and peel offs from my stash

Pinflair glue gel

Computer generated sentiment onto safmat.

 

Thank you for stopping by, leave me a comment and I will visit your blog too!  xx