A Gem of a Challenge #181 Snowflakes

Hi folks, hope you are all ok.

I've been a rubbish blogger over the last week or so, we've been on our holiday to Blackpool with family & friends and all had the best time. The weather was lovely too, for a change.

The day before we went, one of my cats knocked a cup of tea over my laptop keyboard and because it was on charge it shorted out and went kapput! Although I do back up my stuff. I hadn't done it for a few weeks so lost some of my stuff. I do now have another laptop but I haven't got all my stuff back on yet. Will definately be backing up everything more regularly now.

Anyhoo! I have a card to share with you all.

It's time for a brand new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge

Our New Challenge this week is 

"SNOWFLAKES"

Come & share your Snowy creations with us ANY Paper creation using 
ANY  Stamped OR Digi image just have fun..

Our hostess for this chall is Talented Teamie Marianne

The prize as from Jan. 2016 is  

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each 
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS.....

I used : Penguin Kisses digi stamp ( pre-coloured version)

Tattered Lace & Trimcraft dies

I hope you will join us for this challenge, pop over and check out my teamies gorgeous creations.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a lovely evening.

Spectrum Noir Illustrator's

Hi folks, hope you have all had a good week and have a lovely weekend ahead.

I have another card to show you that I coloured with the amazing Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens from Crafters Companion.

I used: Sheena Douglass Magnolia Blossom stamp

Illustrator pens - Magnolia – gold, moonlight & ivory

Leaves - camo green, bamboo & meadow

Branch - dark brown, earth brown & natural brown

Thank you for visiting my blog, I really appreciate all your visits.

Spectrum Noir Illustrator's

Hi folks, hope you are all happy & well and enjoying the week.

I have a card to show you all today that I really loved making. I used the amazing Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens from Crafters Companion & a very cute James the Bear stamp from LOTV. I do enjoy colouring James, he is so adorable.

I used : LOTV stamp

Illustrator pens - Bear - dark brown, earth brown, natural brown & sand
Ears – light yellow & ivory
Umbrella – gold, moonlight & ivory
Handle – Brown grey 6 & 2

MME paper pad

Gemini dies

Thank you for visiting my blog, hope you all have a lovely day.

Spectrum Noir Illustrator's

Good morning, hope you are all ok. Hope the weather stays dry this week for half term.

I was so lucky to get to play with the brand new & amazing Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens from Crafters Companion and had a lovely time making samples.

So here is one of the cards I made.

I used : LOTV stamp 

Illustrator pens - Plant Pot - earth brown, raw sienna & amber
Flower – goldenrod, gold & moonlight. earth brown & raw sienna
Leaves – moss green, olive green & khaki 
Grey cat – Ice grey 6 & 2, blender
Cat – earth brown, raw sienna, goldenrod, caramel & ivory
Ground – goldenrod, caramel & ivory

Leonie Pujol - Floral Bursts dies

K&Co paper pad

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you have a lovely day.

LOTV sneak peek

Good morning, hope you are all ok and enjoying the weekend.

I have a sneak peek to share with you all using a super cute stamp from the upcoming release from LOTV.

There are four adorable vintage boy stamps & three gorgeous animal stamps being released. OMG! they are all soooooooo cute. Trust me, you'll want them all.

So, here's my card.

I used : Under the Bonnet from LOTV

Sweet & Simple sentiments from LOTV

Spectrum Noir pens & pencils - Skin FS1, Saddle Brown, Cinamon & Russet

Hat - GB8, EB2 & 1, Walnut

Boots - GB8, EB5 & 2, Walnut

Trousers - TN7, 4 & 3, Paprika

Bumper - IG3, 2 & 1, Rock Pool

Grill & Hood - IG10, 8 & 6, Black

Car - DR7, 5 & 3 Black

Sara Signature dies

Thank you all so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a lovely day.

Colorista meets Illustrator

Good morning folks, hope you are all ok and have a fab weekend ahead.

I have a couple of cards to show you that I made with the brand new Colorista stamps, card blanks & Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens

I used : Background 1 

A6 Card Blanks & Envelopes 

Illustrator pens - Ice grey 6 & flame red, camo green, bamboo & meadow, orange & peach
Vintage pink & pink ice, Caribbean & duck egg, light yellow & ivory

I used: Elements 2

A6 Card Blanks & Envelopes 

Illustrator pens - Caribbean & duck egg, vintage pink & pink lace, orange & peach
Moonlight & ivory, camo green, bamboo & meadow

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a really lovely day.

New Pens! Eeeek!!!!!

Good afternoon folks, hope you are all ok.

I am so excited to be able share my make with you today, as it was coloured with the AMAZING new pens from Crafters Companion

The new Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens are being launched on Hochanda at 10 am with our lovely Leann. Make sure you tune in to get some as they are just so fabulous.

They are dual tipped with a fine nib and a brush nib and the colours are GORGEOUS!
I had the best time making my samples for the shows with them.

So here's my first make.

I used : James Butterflies digi stamp from LOTV

Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens - Bear – dark brown, earth brown, natural brown & sand
Ears – light yellow & ivory
Grass – camo green, bamboo & meadow
Butterflies – pink lace & blossom

GoKreate dies

Joy Crafts papers

Ribbon & pearls from stash

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I really appreciate all your visits.

Duchess the cat

Hi lovely bloggers, hope you are all ok.

I have been very busy over the last couple of days working on stuff that I can't share just yet, so I have a card to show you that I made a couple of weeks ago.

This little kitty is so cute isn't she?

I used : Duchess the cat digi stamp from Digistamp Boutique

Card base cut on Cameo

Sara Signature & Tattered Lace dies

First Edition paper pad

Spectrum Noir Pens & Pencils - Flower pot - TN4, 3 & 2 Russet

Flowers CR3 & Carmine

Leaves - CG1 & Sage

Bow BT3 & Prussian Blue

Cat - IG5, 3 & 1 Pewter 

Pearls from stash

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a really lovely day.

Festive Hugs

Good morning, how are you all? Hope you are all happy & well.

I have a Christmas card to show you all that I coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens.

If you haven't already tried these, you must, they are gorgeous, so sparkly and easy to use too.

I used : Nordic Christmas stamp & embossing folder

Sparkle Pens - Red Berry, Holly Leaf, Harvest Moon, Smoked Quartz & Crystal Clear

Ribbon, scrim & button from stash

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a lovely Sunday

Love to colour?

Hi folks, hope you are all happy & well.

I, like so many of you love to colour, I can spend hours in my craftroom, just me, my pens and usually stamps or digis. My new favourite thing to colour though is the fabulous Colorista pads from Crafters Companion & along with the new pads are the gorgeous Colorista pens. Oh! & they are glittered or foiled too. The best thing is though that you can still use what you have created to make cards & gifts.

Here is my Crafters Companion The Inpsirers DT make.

I used: Exsquisite Florals 5x7 marker pad

Spectrum Noir Colorista Markers : Canary & Lemon, Purple & Hot Pink, Forest Green & Pear Green, Cerulean & Cyan, Cream

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you have a lovely afternoon.

Think Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Good morning, hope you are all ok and having a good week so far.

We have another challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge that will run alongside our Halloween Challenge.

As October is Breast Cancer Awareness we are having a Special PINK chall.

Its a sad fact that Cancer has touched so many peoples lives so lets 

show our support with a PINK card 

This Special challenge is to create

A Prominently PINK Card

to be in with a chance to win the sponsored prize of 

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each 
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS.....

I used : Baby Girl in Pram

Magnolia Doo Hickey & Die'sire dies

LOTV sentiment

White frame cut on Cameo

Papers from scrap box

Ribbon & pearls from stash

I hope you will join us for this challenge, looking forward to checking out your pink creations.

Accordian Easel Card tutorial

Hi everyone, hope you are all ok.

I have my The Inspirers DT Tutorial make to show you all.

The tutorial & shopping list are all over at Crafters Companion Blog So pop over and have a peek.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a really lovely day.

Watering the flowers

Good morning, hope you are all happy & well and enjoying the weekend. It looks quite nice out the window this morning. It's probably a bit nippy though.

I have a card to show you that I made using a super cute Heather Ellis digi. I really love colouring these little cuties in.

I used : American Crafts paper pad

LOTV sentiments

Marianne Designs & Die'sire dies

Spectrum Noir pens & pencils - Skin FS1 Saddle Brown, Cinamon, Russet & Poppy

Hair LY3 & 1, Cider

Wellies CR3 & 1 Tangerine

Dungarees BT4 & 2 Lake Blue

Watering Can IG5, 4 & 3 Black OR1 Nectarine

Grass CG1 Sage

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a lovely day.

LOTV October challenge

Good morning, hope you are all ok and having a good week.

It's time for a brand new challenge over at LOTV FB

Our theme for October is.......... 

Christmas

There are 3 prizes on offer and the winners will be drawn at random from all the entries;
1st - £20 LOTV voucher
2nd - £15 LOTV voucher
3rd - £10 LOTV voucher

There are lots and lots of stamps to choose from and if you find you don't have any already there are lots of Christmas digi stamps, so you can download one and get started straight away :-)

To be eligible, your card or project will need to fit the theme and feature an LOTV image. 1 Entry per person please. The challenge closes at 6pm UK time on Sunday 15th October, so you have plenty of time to get those creative juices flowing :-) We will announce the winners asap after that.

I used : Christmas Noel Bunny Trio & Christmas Sentiment Trio digi stamps

Die'sire Poinsettia

LOTV pper pad ( sadly no longer available )

Spectrum Noir Pens & Pencils - Bunny IG3, 2 & 1 Blender Storm Cloud & Rock Pool FS1 & Cinamon 

Scarf & Post Box - EB2 & 1 Maple DR7, 5 & 3 Black 

Pearl Brad from stash

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a lovely day.

Feel better soon

Hi folks, hope you are all ok and having a good week so far.

I have been busy colouring a Pollycraft stamp. This lil' fell is Poorly Chester and he is soooooo cute isn't he?

I used : Poorly Chester 

Spectrum Noir Pens & Pencils Chester - GB8, EB2 & 1 Coconut & Timberwood 

Ears FS3 & 1 Cinamon 

Thermometer - IG3 & 1 Pewter 

PJ's - CG3 & 1 Sage

LOTV sentiment

Sara signature dies

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I'm off for a catch up.

Hope you all have a lovely evening.

Girls are giggles......

Good morning, hope you are all ok and having a lovely weekend.

I have another of my Scrapbook pages to show you. This is actually a page of a 12 x 12 book that I made to slot into the Brenda Pinnock Scrapbook Keeper.

This is my Daughter Sam messing around on one of our family days out, we went to Cusworth Hall and had a really lovely time. We took Bradley ( our Grandson)  to the park & Sam and Kyle ( my Son) spent lots of time playing on the park, just like they did when they were little.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, hope you all have a lovely day.

A Gem of a Challenge #179 Halloween

Good morning, hope you are all ok.

I've just been outside to hang out the washing and it's a bit nippy out there.

It's time for a brand new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge

Our theme this time is.....

Halloween

Our hostess for this chall is Talented Teamie Shirley

The prize as from Jan. 2016 is  

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each 
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS.....

I used : Halloween Chloe & Trick or Treat sentiment 

Papers from stash

Sara Signature & Memory Box dies

Textures Embossing folder

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I'm looking forward to checking out your Halloween makes.