New Stash from Natalie's and Amy's shop...

Hello I hope you are all enjoying your day. I have been doing a mahoosive clear out of stuff as my craft storage needed to be tended too. I needed to relax afterwards so I made this little Thank You card using some gorgeous stash that arrived today from Natalie and Amy's Shop.

I used this stamp called Little Dawn Watering a real cutie from Nellie Snellen. I coloured her with my new Spectrum Noir Pastels really love these alcohol pens.

I used First Edition Family Ties papers and Papermania Capsule Chelsea Green papers to create a background on my card. I used some punches from my craftroom to create the flowers and added gems. The ribbon is available in the shop HERE!. I used some glossy accents which you can buy HERE! on the watering can to give it a bit of dimension. Finally I added a sentiment to the image using these wonderful alphabet stamps from Dovecrafts. I have to say at 99p they are a must have.

I am entering this card into the following challenge:

The Secret Crafter - Bright and Cheerful


Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Sneak Peek of Quiet Contemplation

Hi hope you have all had a great weekend. I got to do lots of crafty things after my H*******K so I am sharing with you a canvas I made for myself for my bedroom. This gives me the opportunity to share a new release from Delicious Doodles called "Quiet Contemplation". She is due for release Wednesday in the SHOP. I love her so calming and elegant.  I am going to make some miniature ones to accompany her. I dream of a grey and pink bedroom so this will inspire me to design my room.

I opened the image up in my Serif craftartist on a custom page 20cm by 20cm however the lines from the umbrella did not reach across the page so I extended them. I then printed the image out and coloured using just cosmic shimmers paints. I painted the canvas sides and back with an acrylic black paint. I modge podged the image to the canvas. I then added a few twigs I created using a Martha Stewart punch. The blossom on the twigs is the flower in her hair which I cut away from the image digitally and resized.

Challenges entered

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes

Come and get it Challenge - Anything but a Card

Stampalot Challenge - Whats Your Crafty Passion? I love using digital techniques with craft techniques. I have made this canvas using a digital image which I altered slightly and I have painted with cosmic shimmers and Acrylics and added a punch. 

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

So Happy today because.....

Hello I am the happiest bunny today as I got picked to be on the DT for a fantastic new challenge blog called Natalie and Amy's Shop Challenge Blog. I am really excited as the shop is full of wonderful products for all your crafting needs. It has alterable items, stamps, decoupage, CD roms, Jewellery and loads more. These are all the things that I love to play with. Also if you spend £10.00 or over you get Free P&P I think this is an unbeatable offer. Please go to the links in the sidebar to find the SHOP.

These are my amazing Teamies:                           Lisa

 Wendy

Susie

Chanelle

Donna

Natalie

Shell

Amy

I have made this cute christmas card using products from the shop. I used the wonderful stamp from the Mulberry Wood range called Merry and Bright the image is colored with Spectrum Noirs Lights. I also used co-ordinating papers from the Mulberry Wood CD rom. I punched a few snowflakes and added some gems for  a bit of sparkle. I doodled some stitching.

I am entering the following challenge:

Crafters Companion - Ho Ho Ho Christmas
C.R.A.F.T - Stitching

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Natalie and Amy have a DT Call

I am really excited Natalie and Amy have opened a shop called Natalie and Amy it is a crafting oasis where you can get dies, pens, stamps, jewellery making stuff and so much more. They also have a DT call for the Challenge Blog.

Here are the details and even there is a chance of winning a prize too.

Are you up for a challenge and would you like to get some free and discounted crafting goodies?

If the answer is yes and you live in the UK then this could be the DT for you :D

We are looking for 5 DT members that will be able to make at least 1 creation a month from the products in our store and help us get the word out about our little shop.

You will be joining 

NATALIE

AMY

and

SHELL

In return for your hard work you will get 25% off in our store and some free goodies every month.

If you would like to try out please leave your link with the little blue frog (make sure you put DT by your name) and put a shout out on your blog about the new shop and the DT call showing us some of your favourite creations. We will give bonus point if you use some items we stock even if you didn't buy them from us. It doesn't matter if you have no experience of being on a DT enthusiasm is much more important to us.

You have untill the 15th of August  to enter.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

So Addictive...!!!

Hello again I am sharing with you my big princesses name canvas. Can't do one without the other. The boys will be getting one each too.Well these gorgeous images by Saturated Canary are so addictive. There is a deal on at the moment to get a 30% discount so I purchased a few images. This one is called What the Librarian Reads.

Big Princess Georgina is a bookworm and wants to be a writer/illustrator so I thought this was a great image.  So I ask her what colours do you want Red, Black and purple my favourite colours. So I have put together this little ensemble. I hope you like what I did the papers are a mixture of DCWV (Mariosa and The Chateau Lavender) and Basic Grey. I added the text from a prima pad.

Challenges entered into are

Totally Papercrafts Lots of Layers

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

No longer a Saturated Canary virgin xxx

Hi I hope you are all well. I am busy as a bee with one thing and another. The holidays are soon so should be able to blog more. I had a bit of time this afternoon to make a little Name canvas for my Bradie. She loves my Arc (Art) and tells everyone I am an Artist. I found out she has Dyslexia as well as her DCD this week. Her Phonological awareness is not very good and her short-term and Working Memory are poor so her IEP is going to be radically reviewed in September.
I have never ever coloured a Saturated Canary image I have admired them for ages. So this is the first go for me. I used Butterfly Princess I coloured with Spectrum Noirs and glitter pens for the bling. I used Prima papers . I modge podged them onto the canvas. I then coloured the edges with a Spectrum Noir. I added lots of gorgeous Embellies to finish it off xxx

Challenges entered are:

Saturated Canary - Bling it On 

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Summer Holidays....!!!

Hello we are on our Summer Holidays from this week over at Delicious Doodles. So our theme this week is Summer Holidays. I managed to get out last night to Greenwich with a couple of good friends. We went to Nandos my first ever time. We sat on the terrace over looking the Cutty Sark, Canary Wharf and The Shard. I must say I was a bit disappointed with the laser show it was not visible from a distance. I could of stayed home and watched it from my balcony....!!! I hope everyone is safe in this rain over the weekend.

I have had another busy week. My Dad is poorly his lungs are deterioating with age and he has had some problems breathing so I worry as he is in Cornwall. I am off to Occupational Therapy with my daughter to see how her Theutaputic Listening is going. I also had a job interview for a role as a SEN and Families Adminstrator. I did not get the role but they offered me  a maternity cover in January. I have applied for some other school admin roles too so  hope that they are successful xxx

I have used the gorgeous Fern the Forest Fairy from Delicious Doodles for this challenge. I coloured her with Spectrum Noirs lights set (love this set). The DP's are from a Prima set called Almanac. I made my flowers with these DP's and added some pretty rosebuds.

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Challenges I am entering are

Crafts and Me - 1 Image, 2 DP's, 3 Embellishments

My Mum's Craft Shop - Photo Inspiration ( I used the colours for inspiration)

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Sneaky Peak of Thorne

Hi Everyone hope you had some sunshine this weekend. We did here intermittently however I have been working on some sewing projects and I managed to make this card with this STUNNER which will be released at Delicious Doodles this week. She is called Thorne. I love her tattoo and her expression.
I coloured the image with my Spectrum Noir lights boxset. I love the colour pallette in this box. I then used the spectrums to create a moody background. I added two DP's from my DCWV papers. I added a  sentiment and then cut out the flowers from her hair to add as an embellishment. I added some gems to finish. I love this card and I am giving it to a really good friend for her birthday.

Challenges I am entering are:

Crafting When I can  - Summer Fun

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Summer Daze

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale