Thursday 7 January 2010

Digital Delights - sketch 14

Good morning girls
I hope your all fine and dandy this cold Thursday morning. There's still no let up to the cold snap here but as we can't control the weather there's no point in moaning is there?? It's a good excuse to stay locked in our craft rooms and play too (grin)

We've another fantastic challenge for you over on
Delightful Sketches sponsored this time by The Cutting Cafe
Girls believe me if your the lucky winner of this sketch then you will have a job on your hands choosing how to spend your pennies.
They stock everything!!!!!!! Remember though, you've got to be in it to win it:)



Since there is no new release this time Wendy told us just to choose our own image and go with the flow. I used Bonnie, coloured with copics and sat upon a frame. Isn't she sweet sitting there all pretty and girly? Papers are K & Co from the Sparkly Sweet range, brads are Bo Bunny and the flowers and ric rac are from my stash.
I'm entering it into a couple of challenges too:)

1. Fab'n'Funky - make anything for any occasion
2. ABC - L is for layering
3. One Stop Crafts - something with the letter B (brads)



Wednesday 6 January 2010

Trendy or not?

Morning bloggers
When oh when will this cold snap end? It's still icy cold here in Glasgow but at least the snow as stopped and we've not been as bad off as some others.
Would you believe my boiler has packed up!!!! Yip, the pilot light will not stay on so we have no heating or hot water AND they can't guarantee that they will get to us today as there is no one vulnerable in the house. So I'm sitting here in me little craft room with a plug in heater which is just about doing the job!!!

Now for the next tale of woe, yes there is more!! I just finished this card last night for my son's birthday next week. Now, I chose this image from Dotties World as Gordon just loves his hair, baldy bit and all lol it's all spiked up and sorted so you can't see it's thinning. Well last night we got a phone call, can you guess??? He'd only burned the front of it right off. Lighting a candle, he slipped and fell with it which resulted in him setting his well gelled hair on fire!!!! Now I know this could've been a whole lot worse and I shouldn't have laughed but I was pmsl until he sent me up a pic of him with it all shaved off. The poor soul looks terrible!!! So guess who is getting a bunnet for his birthday???
Right, we'll move quickly onto the challenges shall we?

1. Pollycraft - a winter birthday
2. Charisma Cardz - celebration
3. ABC - Layering

Tuesday 5 January 2010

Pay It Forward - a fab new blog

Good morning girls
My blogging buddy Joanne has been keeping a little secret from all her buddies and what a secret it is!!! She's had a wonderful idea that I hope you will all participate in.

Now we all love the postie when he comes bearing crafty stash and gifts right? So, the idea is you make or buy a craft gift for someone, anyone you choose. Here's what Joanne has to say:

Send a gift of a hand crafted item or a package of crafting goodies to someone you know, you may do this anonymously or you can include your name. The value of the item or items you send is entirely up to you, it can be as little or as much as you wish to spend. Please include in your package a little write up about 'Pay It Forward Crafting Style' stating the rules and including the Pay It Forward Crafting Style blog address.

So, are you joining the fun?? There's no deadline either, so you can do this whenever you choose, you can do it more than once, you can do it every week. It's entirely up to you:)
Pop over to the Pay It Forward Crafting Style blog to find out more and I'll sit and patiently wait for the postie lol
Go on girls, make someones day!!!!


Monday 4 January 2010

Dad's birthday card

Hi girls
I don't know about everyone else but I'm glad to be getting back to normal now the festive season has been and gone. Tomorrow hubby will be back at work and things should hopefully settle back to our normal routine.

I've made this one for Dad's birthday which is tomorrow. Nothing like leaving things till the last minute is there? The image I'd already coloured in me box so goodness knows where I got it from, DP's are again from my every growing pile of cut offs, not sure who made them either.
The little clubs and golf ball button I've had in my stash for goodness knows how long too. Isn't it amazing what you find when you start to clear out?
I've even covered a couple of challenges. I think that's what I've missed most over the holidays, not searching for a challenge or two that gets the inspiration flowing.

1. One Stop Crafts - something with the letter B (I've a brad and a button)
2. Crafty Pad - buttons
3 Crazy 4 Challenges - polka dots

Friday 1 January 2010

Thankyou and a sneaky peek

Happy New Year Girls
I just wanted to thank each and every one of you for making my first months of blogging such a fantastic experience and of course to show of one of the new digi's which will be available from tomorrow from Squigglefly


I adore sun flowers!!! They're such big, bright cheery flowers that they never fail to lift my spirits so I couldn't wait to play with this beauty.
I started by printing straight onto some pearlised card stock, added the greeting along the stem then coloured it with my copics. I printed a further three times, twice onto some yellow DP's from a bygone age and once onto a piece of gold paper which I then ran through the cuttlebug using the swiss dots folder, a little brown ink in places then some careful paper piecing gave me my finished card. I've purposely left this 'less is more' and I think it's worked. My opinion girls but I'm sticking to it lol and of course there are the obligatory challenges!!!

1. Fussy & Fancy - something new to celebrate their new challenge blog
2. C R A F T - Thank you
3. Magical Crafts - Thank you
4. Pile it On - anything digi

Exciting news....................

Girls I've been bursting to tell you all a little secret I've been keeping for a week or so now.
Guess who has been lucky enough to be chosen for another DT?? Well can ya guess????
Yes, little old moi is now a fully fledged member of................................


I'm so excited, I get to play with some more fab digi's for the next six months, life doesn't get much better lol I can't wait to get started!!!!! There's to be a new release tomorrow, Saturday 2nd Jan and I can tell you we're all in for a treat.






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