Nose to Nose

I have wanted this stamp for so long. It is House Mouse and called nose to nose in flowers. I have coloured it using distressed inks and mounted it onto a sheet of Bo bunny Alissa Swirls. The Doily is new and from the hobby house, and the flowers are WOC. The little ticket can be got from Stamp and Create.

Challenges -
Sketch and Stash
House Mouse - Friendship

Stamp And Create - Product spotlight - Dragons

I have made this card for the Stamp and Create product spotlight. It is a card for a little boy using Dragon-go-round by high hopes. The papers are Basic Grey Origins, which have been distressed. The tags are from Tim Holtz and are called adage tickets.

NEC 6th November 2010

Well I went and hardly spent at all. This is all my purchases bar a patchwork bag kit which my sister is getting me for my birthday, and I plan to do a post bit by bit as I make it. There are 5 Lili of the Valley Stamps although the bottom right one is not stamping very well at all grrr.
ETA - Yay have emailed Lili of the Valley as per Jacqui's message and hopefully I will get a replacement x
I did get the house mouse I have wanted for ages though :)

I got the lunch place completely muddled and therefore waited 40 minutes for Jacqui and Bev in the wrong place, but I did catch a chat with Jacqui later on, next time I plan on giving them my mobile number and arranging the place and time before getting to the show, it was wonderful to see them though. Everyone else I managed to miss totally apart from Cathy whom I met on the train!

Music Saves my soul Saturday

Well I should be at the NEC when this publishes. A classic from my childhood and from the part of the country I was born

Wags and Whiskers DT Challenge Card - Sisters

I have to thank Cathy for the card as she kindly lent me the image stamp and also the die. The theme on Wags and Whiskers this week is sisters, yes I could not get the song out of my head either while painting this gorgeous image. Do try and join us, remember you don't have to use a W&W stamp x

Challenges - Basic Grey

Longtime no Tilda

Not sure if I am going off Tilda, not used her in ages and not sure of this card either.

Papers are Basic Grey Wassill, flowers are WOC.

Challenges

Just Magnolia - Sketch

Magical Mondays - Challenge 8 - Sketch

On Magical Mondays we have a wonderful sketch for you designed by our very own Heidi. I have coloured Wagsa dn Whiskers Hannah in with copics and used Infuse papers by Basic Grey. The flowers and lace are WOC. I do hope you can join us x

Music Saves my soul Saturday and some Candies

Sorry I find this so funny especially as I live in the rural part, it was a great tune to start with but this Chris Moyles version rocks!

This is one of the Candy's the wonderful Jacqui is currently holding. Please click here to join in.

Stamp And Create - Product spotlight - Halloween Week 2

This is my product highlight for Stamp and Create I have so loved being part of your team for the last two months Lacey, I am so glad that I am staying till after Christmas.

I have used Playing with Stars by Elaine Cox for sweetpea stamps and coloured her in distressed inks. I have then used Basic Grey Pyrus paper, gold organza ribbon tied using bow easy, the punch is Martha stewart, diamond stickles have been added to the flowers and gold gems have been swirled to finish the card off.

I hope you like it x



Challenges -
Totally Papercrafts - Bling it on

Wags and Whiskers DT Challenge Card - Black and White - New Rules

There is new rules on Wags 'n Whiskers!!

it is now opened up the challenges to ALL stamps!!

It is no longer a requirement to use a Wags 'n Whiskers image on your card. But there will be a separate prize if you DO use a WnW image!

Starting this week, one random participant will win a

Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber stamp of their choice.

And any entry using a Wags 'n Whiskers image on their card will be entered into a drawing for a free WnW Digital stamp of your choice!!

Therefore, anyone who uses a Wags 'n Whiskers image will be entered into both prizes of a rubber stamp and a digital stamp!!

The only requirements are that you link directly to your challenge project - not to the main page of your blog. You must have a new project (no back linking). And you must link your card to the challenge post.

If you do not have a blog, you can still enter the challenges by uploading your cards to an open gallery such as Splitcoast Stampers.

My card is made using one of the new fairies Iris and coloured her using one pad of distressed ink! The paper is from a papercraft pad I think, the lace is WOC, the flowers have been punched and the brad is the last of a K and Co that I have had years.

I hope you like and do please join in x

what's on your work desk wednesday

I thought you may like to see Paul's finished (part 1 of 3) Roman Soldiers.
Here is a wider shot of his desk, he has started undercoating the next lot. For those of you whom asked our desks are at a right angle I am under the window and he is along the wall to the right of me (I have my bookcase with all my embellishments and punches on to the left.

And here is my desk. The new stamps were an early birthday gift of my good blogging friend Heidi, the flowers and brads you can see are all autumn colours. There is a list of all the challenges, which I write down and take upstairs with me. The distressed ink is my favourite at the moment for edging papers with. The dark green ribbon was from Stamp and Create (also Lacey sells the Sarah Kay's)

If you are looking fo rmy ABC Card the glue dried terribly blotchy so I plan to do another one, have put the awful one on ABC rather than leave a blank space but it will be replaced as soon as I can get in my craft room tonight!!!!

I promise to visit more tables this week, this week has been hectic with the boys off school xxx

Music Saves my soul Saturday

Hi I know I am late but I went to see these play last night and they were so awesome. Here is Gaslight Anthem with the one and only Bruce Springsteen (whom I adore) singing my favourite song of the album of the same name the '59 Sound.

Wags and Whiskers DT Challenge Card - Merry and Bright (Christmas)

This week the challenge is Merry and Bright. I have used Say a Prayer and coloured it with copics. There is a close up of the hair below as for some reason the pixels on my camera in a wide shot is not catching the different tones. The paper is Basic Grey Eskimo kisses, the jury is still out on this pad. The lace and flowers are WOC.

Memories of Summer Days

A quick post today as I am not feeling too well. Sarah Kay Stamp a present of my wonderful friend and design team collegue Heidi. Coloured in distressed inks, papers are K and Co, flowers WOC.

challenges -
Papertake Weekly - Sketch
Wild Orchard Crafts - Pastels (she is coloured in pastel colours)
Pocket full of Posies - Champagne and Roses (the papers are champagne coloured)
Charisma - Vintage

Magic Mondays - Halloween and Stamp and Create - Halloween

A joint DT Card today, the image is Twilight Halloween by Elaine Cox for Sweetpea Stamps, coloured in copic, H2O's and distressed inks. The flowers have been edged in Stickles, the paper is Basic Grey Pyrus. There are brads added to the base and a piece of cream ribbon.

challenges
Allsorts - ribbon, flowers and brads
sweetpea stampers - brads and/or bows
simon says - 3 embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image
stamp something - halloween
crafts and me - halloween