Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges - Something Sticky!

OMG how is it Wednesday already??!! The last few days have passed in a blur of being in bed, coughing, sleeping, getting up, going back to bed etc. and I have so lost track of time. Anyhow I managed five hours of uninterrupted sleep last night without coughing so think I may be on the mend - hurrah! Thanks for all your good wishes - they mean a lot.

This week on Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges the theme is "Something Sticky" which can be a peel-off or sticker etc. Pop on over to see what lovlies the DT and our Guest Anesha have come up with.

I have used New Year's Tilda coloured with Promarkers and the DP is from Basic Grey Euphoria 6cx6 paper pad, cut with a Fiskars border punch. An Anita's sticky ribbon, crochet flower from Poppycrafts, some pink Karen Foster Scrap Floss and magazine freebie sentiment finish her off.

I'm not well - AGAIN!

Well having that throat infection has opened me up for all the little germs to come and have a party in my body. I have a "virus" that's going around. Cough, cough, cough, cough and feel wiped out. In bed most of the time and feel dreadful. It's not fair!!

Be back very soon I hope. Keep well everyone.

Cute Card Thursday #42 - Something New

Well - who DIDN'T get (or buy themselves) something new over Christmas? Exactly!! That's why we want to see your new stash this week on Cute Card Thursday!!

This stamp is from Joanna Sheen's Messy Rabbit collection and as I had a gardening mad friend to make a special card for it was just perfect! I have coloured him with Promarkers and Sakura pens. The background is just a little blue ink on plain card over-inked with white "clouds". Paper is from Basic Grey Offbeat and Boxer 6x6 paper pads. Punch is Stampin Up and the button was off an old coat!!

We have a beautiful stamp this week to give away to one lucky entrant so don't forget to pop on over to the blog for details and to see the DT's wonderful creations (and have a nosey at their new stash too!).

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges - New Year, New Stuff!

It's great to be getting back to the DT stuff again and the first of the year is Tilda & Friends ATC Challenges. This week our theme is "New Stuff" - an ideal opportunity to play with your crafty presents and try out those new stamps, pens or papers! We have Anesha joining the Design Team throughout January and we will have another call for a February guest designer in a couple of weeks time. Also you can now use all different kinds of craft on your ATC, not just stamping, so downloads, printed decoupage and anything goes!!

This is Tilda with Tag from the Magnolia New Year collection. I have coloured with Promarkers and sakura pens and stamped part of a little SeeD sentiment stamp on the tag - boy that tag is tiny!! The papers are from the Basic Grey Ambrosia 6x6 paper pad. Some velvet ribbon and a couple of Swarovski gems finish it off.

Combining Challenges Again!

It always feels like cheating a bit but really I just made this card for the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog whose challenge this week is to sand your embossing, BUT when I saw the themes this week from both Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog and Stamp Something were to use something new on your card, then I'm afraid I just had to combine the challenges!! My Stamposaurus elephant stamp and the Basic Grey Boxer backing paper plus the leaf vine and corner dies are new so you can see why I gave into temptation!

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Sakura pens and I have used a scalloped square Nestie to cut it out. I have used Cor'dinations Black Magic card through the embossing folder and sanded it to show the pink core and also used the Cuttlebug for the vine swirls and corners.Whatever did we do without our die-cutting machines?!!

I now have caught up and we are back to "normal" tomorrow (whatever that is)!!

The Sugar Bowl Challenge #1 - Sketch by Tiets

Ooooooh isn't it exciting??!! All us Sugar Nellie lovers now have a new home and Tiets has provided a fabby sketch for the first challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. I have used this beautiful stamp by Sugar Nellie, designed by Elizabeth Bell, Sweet Art Ebony "Daisy". I have coloured her with Promakers and Sakura Souffle pens. The background papers are by Basic Grey and are a mixture of Eva and Urban Praerie from 6x6 paper pads. The vanilla card I stamped with Magnolia Stamp New Year's Swirl in red pigment ink and added a few tiny hearts here and there. Sentiment is by Joanna Sheen and a ribbon from Scrapz, ribbon slider from Maya Road plus a couple of Swarovski gems finish it off.

If you haven't checked the blog out and you are a fan of the House of Sugar be sure to pop on over as they have all sorts going on there, not just challenges. There's also a different challenge running set by Marlene to make paper beads which I am going to have a go at later!!

Stamp with Stampavie #24 & DCM - Giving thanks

Well, things have changed over at the Stamp with Sarah Kay that was. It's now Stamp with Stampavie and you can use all Stampavie and LeLo Designs stamps on your creations. It's also the first challenge of the year from Daring Cardmakers and their theme is "Giving Thanks" so this card fits the bill nicely!

This is a Lelo Designs stamp and I have coloured it with Promarkers and Sakura pens. The paper is all from Papermania Scruptious 6x6 pad and the sentiment is from Whiff of Joy. I have used a double corner punch on the image and sentiment and edged with pink pigment ink. Some twill and gems finish it off. Thanks for looking.

Penny Black Saturday #28 - Multi-fold

Just made this challenge too from Penny Black Saturday as there will be a new challenge tomorrow!

This PB hedgie has been coloured with Promarkers and sakura pens. Definitely time to go back to the Polychromos pencils for the hedgehogs I think - I just don't get the same effect in this particular instance with the Promarkers. Papers are K&Co McKenna, Zoomz from Stamp Galaxy and flowers are Scrapfairies and Prima. Some Swarovski crystals finish it off. Thanks for looking.

Stamp Something - DRS Sketch Something Challenge

Phew! Just made this as it closes today! Great sketch from Stamp Something that I just got around to and I have combined it with the January 6x4challenge from Stamping Mad Craft Forum which has a theme of "Stamping" this month.

I have made the background with alcohol inks on glossy card and stamped this Paperbag Studios stamp in black Versafine and clear detail EP over the top. I purposely tried to get the lighter area across the eyes and mouth to highlight these areas. The swirls is a Magnolia stamp with Denim EP. I used D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder on the background card to match the swirly stamp, ribbed some Coredinations card, added some ribbon, Prima flowers and a Dovecraft brad to finish it off.

Wishing a very Happy New Year to all my lovely blogging friends.

Sore thumb - Part 2!

Finished the two I had to make now - this is the Pinflair egg I have made for my mum. I am going to make acetate boxes tonight and then put them away. Hope I don't forget them when it comes to March!!

Am starting to get a bit of a callous on my thumb so it doesn't hurt QUITE so much but was still pretty sore. Oh how we suffer for our craft eh?!!

Sore thumb!

Keeping me out of mischief in the evenings are the projects I bought for Mother's Day this year (and yes - I realise it's not until March!). These great Pinflair eggs remind me so much of the Faberge eggs when they are finished and they are really easy to do - just fiddly and time consuming ........ oh and don't forget the sore thumb from pushing in all those pins! I tried wearing a thimble but I just couldn't work with it and still pick up all the fiddly bits. This isn't made any easier by my acrylics either!

I made this one for my MIL and am halfway through a different one for my mum. I'll share a piccy when I get it finished (if my thumbs last that long!).

Grunge

Just chewing a Quality Street Toffee Penny for the last half an hour! Off my diet for yesterday and today and really enjoyed the "naughties". I have lost 2 stones (28 pounds) and have another 2 to go so decided that halfway was a good time to have a few treats!


I made this card a few weeks ago for a special friend using an alcohol ink background done onto glossy card and overstamped with a Magnolia swirl in Adirondack Raspberry. I then stamped these Paper Artsy Squiggly Ink stamps onto acetate and embossed before adding the Grungeboard flower which was coloured with Adirondack Colour Washes in Cranberry and Stonewashed before spritzing over the top with Glimmer Mists in Cranberry Zing and Snowflake.

Gosh I have sticky teeth. YUM!! Going to do some tidying up at my desk tonight and hopefully make something new. Isn't it WONDERFUL not to have to make anything "Christmassy"?!!

Delight!

THIS is what Christmas looks like when you are four and come in the living room to find Santa has brought you "everything I wanted" which in fairness to our rascal was only three things (seems Santa brought him a bit more than that!). After weeks of threatening him for good behaviour or Santa wouldn't bring him anything it also seems that Ben "must have been a better boy than you thought". Well there's no answer to that is there??!!

Have a wonderful day wherever you are and whoever you are with. If like us you are spending Christmas without your beloved for whatever reason (ours is at work) then you get an extra big hug.

Talk about cheering me up!

These came today from my wonderful friend Annie. They are narcissus and freesia and cannot tell you how they have cheered me up and how stunning they smell. Thank you so much - I was moved to tears.

I have made some truly amazing friends through this blog and from the Stamping Mad Forum - real friends, not just "virtual" ones. There's a real support network going on here and I am just so pleased to be a part of it!

Pharyngitis

This is the name of what I have apparently! Anyway it's bloody sore whatever it's called!! I have anti-biotics now and should be fighting fit in a couple of days.

Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas.