Hello…

Good Morning…thanks for popping by.  Today sees another new challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge – ‘Pearls and Pins’…something I’m sure that most of you have in your stash somewhere!  I, for one, have a rather nice collection of both…helped by the wonderful stock that Elaine keeps getting in her shop…Quixotic Paperie!  If you love pearls, then you’ll love these new iridescent pearls that have just arrived…

…and there are plenty of gorgeous pearl pins to choose from too!

Thanks to everyone that joined in our Someone Special theme last week…hope you’ll be back for more fun this week!

My dear friend Janneke is our Guest Designer for February….welcome to PBSC Janneke…it’s great to have you with us.  I know your Penny Black cards are just beautiful

Card Recipe

Stamp - ‘To You’, SU sentiment

Papers – Basic Grey Sugar Rush

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers, Glossy Accents

Tools - Martha Stewart border punch, Martha Stewart flower punch, SU tag punch, sewing machine

Embellishments – Pearl brads, small pearls

Have a happy Saturday! 

Friday Sketchers…

Friday already…and a new sketch challenge over at Friday Sketchers.  My sweet friend, the lovely Tanja, is our host today and has designed a wonderful sketch for you.   So, with a great prize donated by our sponsor, Prairie Fairy Designs and some gorgeous card examples, why not  think about joining us? 

Be sure to check out all the card samples posted by the Design Team Diva’s on their individual blogs (links below)…and hopefully, you’ll be able to play along with us by just  posting the link of your creation on the Friday Sketcher blog.

Aud  Bea  Claudia   Jacque  Jacqueline  Jeanette  Tanja

Card Recipe

Stamp – Hanglar & Stanglar

Papers - Bo Bunny

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers, Glimmer Mist, Glamour Dust

Tools – SU border punch, blossom nesties, sewing machine

Embellies – Gardenia flowers ( a gift from my dear friend Claudia), Pin and pearls ( a gift from Tina), SU ribbon, charm from stash

Thanks for looking…and thanks, too, for all your comments. 

Have a great weekend.

Quixotic Challenges – I believe in fairies…

Oh…we’ve got a beautiful challenge for you this week at Quixotic Challenges…I believe in fairies    My DT stamp is the very cute ‘ Fidget Goblinspider’ and I absolutely love her!  Everyone from the Quixotic Paperie DT have been given one of these gorgeous  CC Designs Sweet November Stamps, designed by Amy R Young (thanks Elaine) - it really is a wonderful collection of images.  We’ve also been joined by Amy Young for this challenge…wow…how exciting – can’t wait to see her card!  Pop over to the challenge blog to see all our fairy cards and creations – and details of our monthly prize.

Card Recipe

Stamp – Fidget Goblinspider – CC Designs

Paper – Cosmo Cricket

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers, Glimmer mist and glitter for flowers

Tools - SU word window punch for handle, Leone Em fern punch, MS border punch, sewing machine

Embellishments – Pearls, ‘Be yourself charm’, various flowers

Thank you so much to the lovely Danielle for giving me this award

Thanks ever so for popping by…have a great day! 

So glad we’re friends…

Hi, just a quick post to show you a card that I made with one of the gorgeous new Manga stamps from Sugar Nellie – Coffee Time.  I love the bright and zingy Origins papers from Basic Grey….yummy colours and Elaine has them over at Quixotic Paperie.  The edges have been distressed and sewn..border punch by Martha Stewart and lots of Prima bling swirls.  Spellbinders label die…die left in place and lightly sponged with Distress Ink – Antique Linen.

Thank you to my very sweet friend Agnes for giving me this award…

I have to name seven things that I like…Schnauzer dogs, holidays in the sun, being with my family, driving my car, making cards (obviously!), ironing…yes really, anything with garlic and mushrooms…yum! 

Before you go…I thought you might like to see the gorgeous crystal butterfly accents that have just fluttered by over at Quixotic Paperie…along with lots of yummy stash in the New Products section.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate every one of your sweet comments.  Have a wonderful Sunday.

 

Special friends mean so much…

Hi there…long time no see    I’ve not been too good all week and haven’t been able to craft.  I felt up to making a card yesterday, so I have combined both my Friday Sketchers DT card and my Penny Black Saturday Challenge  DT card.  The very lovely Jeanette is our host over at FS and I’ve used her fabulous sketch for the ‘Someone Special’ theme at PBSC.  All my DT buddies, from both challenge blogs, have made some wonderful cards…you can find their individual blogs in my sidebar—->  I hope you find time to join us…there are some great prizes on offer again this week!

Card Recipe

Stamps - Dreaming Geraniums, PB Sentiment

Papers - K & Co

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers

Tools - Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinder’s tag die

Embellishments - Heart charm – gift from my dear friend Agnes, flowers, pins, pearls and brads from stash

Thanks for passing by…hope you have a lovely weekend. 

New Manga stamps in stock at Funky Kits…

                      

Sugar Nellie has released SIX new Manga stamps…and they are all in stock over at Funky Kits.  These three images, from top left are…Dreamy, April Showers and Coffee Time    Aren’t they adorable?  I’ve just ordered all six, so expect some giveaways soon!

Blog Candy Winner…

Good Morning.  The winner of my blog candy is…

Agnes…Congratulations Agnes…I’ll get your prize in the post asap.

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge…

Hello…and a very happy Saturday to you.  We’re back with a ’sweet’ challenge for you this week over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. This could be food related…or just an image that’s ’sweet’ to you   The PBST DT have made some extremely sweet cards for your inspiration…what a cute bunch of images we have for you!  If you’d like to see their creations, and also details of our prize…which is a Popcorn The Bear stamp set…just pop over here right now! Thanks to everyone that played along last week….wonderful cards as always…so pleased that you all got the colour combination right….LOL!

Card Recipe

Stamp – Lily Pond, PB sentiment

Papers- 3 Bugs In A Rug

Medium – Copics, StarDust stickles

Tools - Martha Stewart border punch, SU oval and scalloped oval punches

Embellishements – Pearls from my dear friend Tina, flowers from stash.

Thanks for looking…enjoy the rest of the weekend.  I’ll be back tomorrow with the winner of my blog candy.

Friday Sketchers…Webb Knitter from Sugar Nellie…

Good Morning…thanks for stopping by.  My sweet friend, the lovey Jacqueline, is our sketch host over at Friday Sketchers.   I love the cards that the DT have made with Jacq’s sketch…such a great variety of cute images and all things pretty     Thanks to our sponsor…My Creative Classroom…for their generous prize.

Be sure to check out all the card samples posted by the Design Team Diva’s on their individual blogs (links below)…and hopefully, you’ll be able to play along with us by just  posting the link of your creation on the Friday Sketcher blog.

Aud  Bea  Claudia   Jacque  Jacqueline  Jeanette  Tanja

Now then, I’ve gone a bit technical with this card         I’ve used one of the gorgeous new digital images from Sugar Nellie…Webb Knitter.  I’m not computer savvy at all…(as my very helpful, and talented friend Janneke will tell you!), so the thought of printing out images was a bit daunting…not to mention the possibility of having to buy a new printer that’s compatible with Copic Markers!  So, I enlisted the help of my son…resized the image and printed…I then photocopied the image so that I wouldn’t have any ink issues whilst colouring.  It all worked perfectly and I’m now looking forward to tying out a few more of the digital images from Funky Kits…though I’m definitely still, and always will be, a rubber stamp girl…bring on the black ink pad!!!!!!!!

Card Recipe

Digital Image – Webb Knitter – Sugar Nellie

Papers – Imaginisce

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers

Tools – Petite Scalloped oval nesties

Embellishments – Bling swirls (gift from the lovely Jacq), Prima flowers.

 

Thanks for your kind comments…hope you have a wonderful weekend….

Quixotic Challenges…

There’s another new challenge over at Quixotic Challenges today.  Kim has chosen the theme…’use something old, or something that you haven’t used for a while’…thanks  Kim!   I love this fairy from CC Designs…she’s one of two beautiful stamps in the set…there’s also some ‘fairy’ nice sentiments included too.  She’s not that old, but with the speed that new stamps keep coming out, you could class her as one of the ‘older’ Swiss Pixies…LOL!

Because I love all things sparkly…I thought I’d let you know that Elaine now has some of the gorgeous, diamante bling pins back in stock, along with some pretty pink and red heart pins…perfect for Valentine’s Day…as is this lovely heart charm :)  There are also new stamps from SCACD and also Paper Makeup.   To see all these items and lots more besides, just go to New Products over at Quixotic Paperie…have fun!

Card Recipe

Stamp – Swiss Pixie

Paper – Bo Bunny

Medium – Copic Sketch Markers, Shimmerz aqua paint, Icicle stickles

Tools – Martha Stewart Happy Birthday border punch,

Embellishments - Pom Pom ribbon, pearls, Prima Spritz flowers, heart charm