Special Friends...

Good Morning lovely friends...

Oh dear!  This week is rushing by sooooo quickly, which in some ways is a good thing because I have a mega exciting weekend to look forward to!

My son's gorgeous girlfriend is 21 so it's party time!

plus - I am off on a crafty outing with my best crafting buddies on Sunday!

Phew!  Starting to wish I was the one who was 21 - I could do with a 21 year old's energy!

Anyways, we have a new challenge starting today at

In The Pink

and it is

Flower Power

It will be lovely to see as many of your gorgeous mainly pink flowery creations as possible!

Our generous sponsor this time is 

Bugaboo

with a wonderful 7 digi's for the lucky winner! 

For my card I have used the gorgeous Bugaboo digi stamp - Mouse - Big Flower.

I have been playing with the Distress Inks again!  I love the delicate effect you can achieve. 

I have made a little stepper - type card using papers from Bo Bunny and finished off with a twirl of twine and a sentiment from Paper Smooches.

...and here we are - little mouse - big flower!...

Ingredients

Bugaboo digi stamp - Mouse - Big Flower

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Papers from Bo Bunny's Isabella Collection

 Sentiment Sampler by Paper Smooches from Dies to Die For 

Archival Ink in Watering Can

Twine from The Ribbon Girl

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

...and remember to pop straight to 

In The Pink

to look at the other lovely DT Creations and join in the fun.

from Sue...xxx

Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx

It takes two...

Good morning everyone - Happy Wednesday

We have a new challenge starting today at

ABC Christmas Challenge

and it is 

T is for Two

(Christmas two's only though)!

Oh my - we are certainly ripping through the Christmas alphabet now - and the less said about that in September the better!

Our sponsors this week are 

Sweet Stamp Store

with a generous $10 voucher for the lucky winner

T is for two then!  What a fab theme, there are so many options with that!  

I eventually went for an image that had two cute skating bunnies, two different papers and two strands of twine!

This gorgeous image is from The Stacey Yacula Studio at Purple Onion Designs.  For a change I coloured them with Distress Markers.  I absolutely love the effect of distress inks but I think more practice is required!

Ingredients

Cora and Thomas Skating Bunnies - Stacey Yacula Studio Purple Onion Designs

Canson Watercolour Card

Versafine Ink pad in Onyx Black

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Papers from Wild Rose Studio Frosted Lace Collection

Twine from The Ribbon Girl

Charm from my trinket box (possibly The Hobby House)

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

and remember to pop straight to ABC Christmas Challenge to look at the lovely DT Creations there and join in the fun!

from Sue...xxx

Please leave me a comment if you pop by, I am always very happy to see them and do enjoy reading them all. 

Pix's Favorite Gift Box!...

Morning everyone, 

Happy Monday!
 I hope you are all well and have and have some crafty fun to look forward to this week!

I might possibly have made a gift box similar to this recently but I loved it so much I made another!
irresistibubble!

This cute gift box design - (Look away now if you don't want all your Christmas pressies issues solving)! is quickly becoming an absolute favourite of mine.  I have made it with some gorgeous Dies To Die For goodies.

Stamps - Mama Elephant, Pix's Favorites

Sentiment - Mama Elephant, Mini Messages

Dies - Mama Elephant, Mini Tags, Die-namics Stitched Square Frames,  

Lawn Fawn Pillow Box Die

Papers - Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics 7th December 

Other Ingredients

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad in Frayed Burlap

Woodware Leaf Punch

Flowers and Twine from The Ribbon Girl

Thank you for popping by.

Happy Crafting!

Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy! 

from Sue...xxx

Please leave me a comment if you pop by, I am always very happy to see them and do enjoy reading them all. 

Flutterbies...

Happy Monday everyone.
Yuch!  This morning was the first one I have had to put the lights on for when I got up!

Today I am sharing a card full of Dies To Die For gorgeousness.

This card is one of a set I made for Tracy for Die Cutting Essentials Magazine.

Something a bit different but such fun to make.

Ingredients

From Dies To Die For

Dies - Poppystamps Bellina Butterfly Ribbon Die

Your Next Stamp Happy Die

Stamps - Your Next Stamp - Happy Everything

Papers - Pion Design Flax Vintage Garden 6 x 6

Other Ingredients

Frayed Burlap Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Flowers and Gems from The Ribbon Girl

Thank you for popping by.

Happy Crafting!

Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy! 

from Sue...xxx

Please leave me a comment if you pop by, I am always very happy to see them and do enjoy reading them all. 

A Gift For You (t...wit...t...woo)!

Good Morning lovely friends

We have a new challenge starting today at

A Gem of a Challenge

and it is

Female Birthday

It would be lovely to see your gorgeous makes for all those wonderful ladies in our lives.

The prize for the lucky winner is 

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from 

Pink Gem Designs

I decided to make a little Pillow Box from a Lawn Fawn Die. 

The box is cut from a piece of gorgeous Pink Gem Designs digi paper from the 

Shabby Daisies Collection.

I have decorated it with flowers and some die cut leaves.

The sweet little owl is the cute Pink Gem Designs digi 

Owl In Hat which I have coloured with Copics.

...and here we are...hands up!  Who would love a little gift like this?

Ingredients

Pink Gem Designs digi Owl In Hat

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Copic Markers

Lawn Fawn Pillow Box Die from Dies To Die For

Pink Gem Designs digi paper from the Shabby Daisies Collection

Mama Elephant Mini Tags Dies from Dies To Die For

Mama Elephant Mini Messages from Dies To Die For

Twine and Flowers from The Ribbon Girl

Inks Used

Copics - 

Owl E47, E44, E43, E41, YR23, YR21, Y21 and Glossy Accents for beak

Hat R85, R83, R81 plus Diamond Stickles

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

and remember to pop straight to

A Gem Of A Challenge

to look at the lovely DT Creations there.
from Sue...xxx

Please leave me a comment if you pop by, I am always very happy to see them and do enjoy reading them all. 

I'm late, I'm late for a very important date!

Happy Friday lovelies,

Do you know, I am so far behind this week I have convinced myself I'm just early for next!

Anyways, my gorgeous teamies In The Pink at  are so patient with me and here I am joining the pink party a day late!

Our new challenge this week at

In The Pink

is a photo inspiration challenge

Now - DON'T PANIC! (Like what I did  (-:)

We would love to see your gorgeous creations based on anything about this picture not everything about this picture!  

Our sponsor this time is 

Live And Love Crafts

with a £10 voucher for the lucky winner.

This card is a sneaky peeky of a set of cards I have featured in this months 

Die Cutting Essentials magazine for lovely Tracy at Dies to Die For

I have used Pion Phlox Vintage Garden Paper , a Poppystamps Bellina Flora Die, and some flowers and twine - all something a bit different  for me but I really enjoyed making this!

Ingredients

From Dies to Die For  -

Pion Phlox Vintage Garden Paper

Poppystamps Bellina Flora Die

Mama Elephant Mini Tags

Mama Elephant Mini Messages

Other Ingredients

Kraft Cardstock

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One Die Set

Magnolia Doohickeys Old Swedish Lace Die

Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

Vintage Sepia Versafine Ink pad

Flowers , Pearl and Twine from The Ribbon Girl

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

...and remember to pop straight to 

In The Pink

to look at the other lovely DT Creations and join in the Birthday fun.

from Sue...xxx

Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx

The Santa Express...

Good morning everyone,

Well, so much for yesterday being a heatwave and the best September day in the history of the world!

it wasn't either of those here!  Wall to wall thunder and lightening and really muggy!

Anyways, seems like a perfect day to think about Christmas cards!

We have a new challenge starting today at 

ABC Christmas Challenge

and it is 

Sew What - Real or Faux!

so (sew)! - we want to see your gorgeous Christmas cards with some real or pretend stitching on them.

Our generous sponsor this time is 
Freckled Fawn
with a fab $15 voucher for the lucky winner.

I have a bit of a thing for stitched dies so I decided to make a card with faux stitching using an MFT die.

I used two images from gorgeous Little Miss Muffet Stamps - (I was lucky enough to win a recent challenge at LMMS and I had no difficulty using my generous gift voucher)!

Swings 'n' Slides Christmas Morning and Linking Train Winter.

I coloured these images with Copics, cut them out with a stitched rectangle die and made a trifold card.  The centre panel is made with Grunge Christmas Postmarks sentiments from Lili of the Valley

...and here we are...too cute - I loved it when my boys were little 'uns!

Ingredients

Swings 'n' Slides Christmas Morning and Linking Train Winter digital stamps by Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Make it Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Copic Markers

Christmas papers from my stash (very ancient)!

Grunge Christmas Postmarks sentiment set from Lili of the Valley

Archival Ink in Watering Can

Stitched Rounded Rectangle Stax from Dies to Die For

Frayed Burlap Distress Ink Pad

Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Archival Ink in Watering Can - Sentiments

Frayed Burlap Distress Ink pad - Edges of card

Copics - 

Skin E04, E21, E11, E00, E000, E00

Hair E41, E42, E43, E44

Clothes, E41, E42, E43, E44, R29, R27, R24, R22, YG97, YG95, YG93, E30, E33, E34, E35, YR27, YR24, YR21, Y21

Train, YG61, YG63, G99, N7, N5, N3, N1, BG0000, BG000, W1 and selection of colours from above

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

and remember to pop straight to ABC Christmas Challenge to look at the lovely DT Creations there and join in the fun!

from Sue...xxx

Please leave me a comment if you pop by, I am always very happy to see them and do enjoy reading them all. 

Nuts for You...

Mornin' all...

Now don't go thinking' it's Monday!

I'm only a day late with my Dies to Die For card - which is what happens when you go out to play all weekend! 
(Mind you, I wouldn't have swapped it! - We went to see the Tour of Britain - last day in London - it was brilliant!  I got so excited when the peloton rode past, I could have cried)!

Anyways, better late than never and here is my card.

I have used the super cute MFT new release Harvest Buddies  - go on, you can all say aaaaahhhh!

Ingredients
Dies to Die For goodies.

Stamps - MFT Harvest Buddies
Dies - Die-namics Harvest Buddies, Die-namics Stitched Circle Frames, Mama Elephant Mini Tags
Papers - Echo Park - Keepin' Cozy
Embellishments - Divine Twine - Natural 

Other Ingredients
Canson Watercolour Card
Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Water Brush
Collall All Purpose Glue

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy! 

from Sue...xxx

Please leave me a comment if you pop by, I am always very happy to see them and do enjoy reading them all. 

Much love...

Morning all!

Oh dear - what has happened to the sunshine?

It is very bleak here today so the only thing to do is stay in the dry and craft!

Today's card is made with goodies from Dies to Die For

Stamps - Impression Obsession - Floral Heart Whimsy Stamps - Everyday Mini Sentiments

Embellishments - Taylored Expressions Sequins - Summer Nights

I stamped the image with white pigment ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

I painted the flowers with Kuretake Color Clean Brush pens.  
(Used for the first time- eeeeek)!

I then masked the heart and flicked some paint about - oh yep - that went everywhere! /-:

I added a simple sentiment and some sequins and finished off by matting the image on a piece of blue card.

...and here we are...much love on a wet Monday morning...xxx

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:-

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - STAMPtember Stamp It!

Ingredients

All of these are available from Dies to Die For

Stamps - Impression Obsession - Floral Heart Whimsy Stamps - Everyday Mini Sentiments

Embellishments - Taylored Expressions Sequins - Summer Nights

Other Ingredients
Canson Watercolour Card
Frost White Pigment ink by Colorbox
Ultra Thick Embossing Powder by Ranger
Zig Kuretake Color Clean Brush Pens
Archival Ink pad in Watering Can
Blue Cardstock
Collall All Purpose Glue

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

Don't forget to pop straight to the Dies To Die For inspiration blog to look at the lovely DT creations there, and then straight to Dies To Die For for some essential retail therapy! 

from Sue...xxx

Please leave me a comment if you pop by, I am always very happy to see them and do enjoy reading them all.