Kim's candy

This is some beautiful candy and it includes BG papers so go and check it out!!!! Kims wonderful candy is HERE

Check out Michelles blog candy!

Pop over to Michelles blog HERE.

Yet more so much around - Ana's candy

You will be delighted when you view what Ana has to offer. To be in with a chance you must enter before Jan 23rd. Go and see HERE.

More Candy

Check out Emma's blog for some yummy candy to celebrate 3000 hits! You will find it Here

BEVS BLOG CANDY NOT TOO BE MISSED!

Pop over to the lovely Bev's blog and view her delicious candy HERE!

Blog candy available at the lovely Lorraines blog!

Hello over at Lorraines blog there is some candy available! Check out her blog HERE.

Friday sketchers

This is the sketch at Friday sketchers this week. It was designed by Kristine. It is a great sketch and I decided to make a boy baby card. Those of you who read my posts regularly will know that I have lots of pregnant friends and a lack of cards. I always like to have at least 3/4 spare baby cards available. Here it is.

I used the versitile Basic Grey "Granola" papers once more. I stamped my new Forvever Friends image and coloured him with a mixture of promarkers and brush pens. I used my nestibilities to create a frame for him. I cut out two squares and tied together with gingham ribbon. I then created my sentiment. Part of which will make up the image. I then made a DL card and added some backing papers. Fininshing touch and always great on a baby card, some buttons!

Basic Grey Challenge - Use chipboard

I coloured my Leanne Ellis "wish" stamp last night, for the first time and this is what happened. I have been eyeing up the stamp for a long time. I need practise as always. I decided to use her for thisBasic Grey challenge. I used chipboard hearts one I coloured with promarkers and added some leather and the other 2 I covered with "granola" papers. I used coredination card for the layering.

2 in one - Sketch Saturday and Charisma cardz challenge!

Hi again, I have combined Charisma card challenge and sketch saturday to make this baby card. I have short supply of baby cards and I have lots of pregnant friends. I really enjoyed working with the sketch and I loved using my new forever friends stamp for the first time. I used brush pens to colour it in. The challenge at charisma cards is pink which I am using a lot of at the moment so again it was just fun, fun, fun!!!!

An award and Penny Black Challenge - Pink and Brown

Hello on this cold and wintery morning!!!! Yes even London is freezing today. I had a lovely surprise when I logged on this morning my crafting friend Lorraine all the way over in Gozo has awarded me this lovely award . Please click on her name and go over to see her wonderful blog. I am passing this too all my followers as they are all as awesome as one another!
I am so chuffed and it matches the challenge at Penny Black Challenge this week. I have made the card using this versatile cutie hedgie. I used papermania simply elegant(now a firm favourite of mine) papers layered with normal cardstock and cordinations. I cuttlebugged some pink card and inked with a marvy pen. I added a prima flower and gem and chipboard sentiment. Click on the image to get a better look! I used a water colour technique for the background from a tutorial by the lovely Chris

Tag your're it - stripes

The challenge at Tag you're it! is to use stripes in your tag. I have made this using some striped paper free with papercraft essentials. I used some cream card stock. Made a bouquet of flowers and ribbon from stash. I used a paper artsy stamp for the sentiment.

Cute card Thursday

The challenge over at Cute card Thursday is to create a card with something you got or brought over the christmas break. Well I brought quite a few goodies as a final splurge before my partners redundantcy starts. I brought this adorable sugar nellie stamp and the cordination card and the papermania papers. I have used brush markers as watercolours to colour in Summer Ice cream and I used some embellishments and ribbon from the stash. I have a purple thing going on at the moment. I am quite excited as yesterday I got a bonus for my little partime job. I am a rep for an agency called Women Like us. 7 people from my childrens centre signed up last term so I exceeded my target. This means I got £15.00 of pampering goodies(a tad upset that it is not £15.00 of crafty goodies myself).

Whiff of Joy - Sketch #13

This is my entry for the Whiff of Joy challenge. I have purchased these stamps very recently and this is my first attempt at using them. I think they are beautiful to use. I have made a generic card and therefore I have not added a sentiment. I used the cuttlebug to emboss some cordinations card which I then sanded. I used some basic grey backing paper. I coloured the image using brush pens, pro markers and sakura sardust pens. I used a ribbon and brads from the stash to complete my card.

A spoonful of sugar - Sketch

This week at A spoonful of sugar the challenge is a sketch. I have flipped the sketch and I used a beautiful Sugar Nellie stamp which arrived yesterday. I used papermania paper and some chipboard letters. The flowers are prima and I put on some sequins to glam them up. I coloured in using a mixture of brush pens and promarkers. The ribbon is from the stash. It is the first time I have entered this challenge. I loved the sketch. I have been to my friends today for a haircut and I feel like a new woman

Papertake Weekly - Spots

I am freezing!!!!! My feet feel like icicles. I don't normally feel the cold, so it must be cold. The kids are back so have had a bit of time for a challenge or two. My lovely partner Jimmy had gone to pick them up now. Just a couple of mentions check out Craft Stamper this month. Among some brilliant articles there is a publication of a tag made by the lovely Dawn . Also go and check out the lovely Kim who is Cardmaker of the year for Papercraft Essentials.


I made this for the Papertake weekly challenge. The theme is seeing spots and this is to include spots and or cirlces in your design. I am low on baby cards so took the opportunity to make one.

Arty girls challenge -Anything but a card

The challenge at arty girlz this week is to create anything but a card!!
To satisfy my addiction to colouring in Tilda's I made this calender for my daughter. When we get rehoused she wants a green, pink and black room. Infact she has designed it....chip off the old block.......I got the calendar off a google search. Cut it out and layered onto card. I stuck December to the backing paper and then stapled all the other months on top, so we can pull them off. I coloured in Tilda with promarkers and placed her in the frame. I created the background using papermania papers and some green paper from my stash and stuck Tilda on. I then laminated the background. I stuck the calender on top of the laminated background so next year it can be used again. You never know how long we are gonna wait to be housed!!!!

I then added prima flowers. I used my crop-a-dile to punch holes and place eyelets and used some ribbon to make the calender into a hanging calender.

Kazans sketch #17

This is my take on the sketch on 2 sketches 4 you I have purchased some dies and cardstock and papers in the sales ,so I thought this was perfect to try them out. The Basic grey papers are from the Eva pad and are delightful. I used some chipboard letters and covered them with the paper and this is the first time I have done this. A great sketch!

Sketch and stash - #1

Hi this is a brand new challenge where you get to use old and new stash to compliment a sketch. The challenge is called Sketch and Stash. I used a Andy Carolan Cd I won on the arty girlz challenge blog called Card Toonz (OLD stash). I am running low on boys cards so I made one. I decoupaged the image. I matted and layered it onto some coredinations cardstock (NEW stash) I added the backing paper as the border element. I made the embellishment and the sentiment is from the CD. I also added some stickles from the old stash. Thanks for introducing this great concept to the world of blog challenges.

Magnolia meets Stampavie challenge - Thank You sketch

Hi hope you all had a good weekend! This is my entry for the Magnolia meets stampavie challenge . It is a Thank you sketch and it was lovely to work with. I had coloured this Tilda earlier in the week. As some of you know I have become a bit obsessed recently. I created a background to the frame using stamps from The English Stamp company. I coloured in the frame with my black promarker as it did not match the papers originally. I used papermania papers and I added a Thank you sentiment as your card must be a Thank you card. I did some paper folding to make the bunch of flowers. I also cut a strip to cover the paper join using my cuttlebug and my sizzix die. I cut out a daisy and used some stickles to add interest.

Penny Black challenge - Embossing

The theme over at the Penny Black Challenge is to emboss on your project. I have used the Basic Grey Granola papers again, as they are great for both sexes and are just lovely. I used embossing powders on the stamped image, used the heat gun and coloured in the image. I embossed one of my granola papers using the cuttlebug. I then added a versatile sentiment.