Flapper Anya........shake ya booty!!!

Good evening fellow lovely crafters, hope you have all had a fabby explosive weekend lol...... sorry for the pun but I just couldn't resist he he hee!

Right less jibber-jabber & onto tonights card. I have decided to try & get through all of my neglected stamps, whilst searching through I have found all of my Anya stamps.....I have neglected them sooo much infact except for 1 I have not made a card with any of them!!! How darn shocking is that??

Well tonight peeps for your eyes onlyyyyyyyyyyyyy....la la la laaaaaa (sorry getting carried away wit the singin) here is 'Flapper Anya'..........

I absolutely love the sepia look & I thought this Anya was the perfect stamp to create this look with & also I am sooooo in love with these papers......ssssshhhh dont tell hubby!!!

For this card I followed the sketch over at Anyone For Anya, this is the 1st time I'm entering their challenge. My 1st Anya card I ever did was actually the 1st card I made & the 1st time I had used Promarkers & stamps back in March.....I then started blogging a few weeks after....its been nearly 8 months already...gosh!!!

For the charm I cut a small oval piece of paper from the patterned paper used for matting & then glued it inside the charm & then covered it in glossy accents & put it aside to dry. I think these look fab & there are quite a few things you can do with them, once dry I just attached to a foam pad to raise it up a little on the card. For Anya's hairband I attached a cream feather & a smaller black feather.

Paper edge has been distressed with my scissors cus sometimes I can get a better effect than with the distresser they have then been glittered up with Diamond Dust stickles. All layers that Anya stands on have been inked with 'Vintage Photo' distress ink. A Flapper girl needs her sparkle so Copper stickles have been added to her dress & some on the backing.......

Flower were also edged with Vintage Photo & the middle rose has touches of Copper stickles also. The tag is a set of digi stamps I won I just printed it off, inked the edges in the same ink & attached a sparkly gem & adhered it to the card with a foam pad.......it says 'To The Birthday Girl'.

I am quite pleased with the card.....I think lol. I certainly love the stamp & papers lol.

List Of Materials Used & Links.....

Promarkers for colouring, Gcd 'paris Nights' 8x8 paper, Cream Curly Mulberry Rose & scalloped card are all available at Crafty Emma's Store......she has a sale on at the moment so why not pop over you REALLY ought to look at these GCD papers.....OMG they are just lush!!!

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Beige Mulberry Stem paper flowers - Wild Orchid

Tag digi image - Cutting Cafe

Magnolia Flower Doo Hickey Dies - Bunny Zoe's

Feathers, gems, stickles, distress inks, charm & Anya Flapper rubber stamp are all from my stash.

Well peeps thats it for me I'm off to link up then will go calm down my daughter cus she has a screaming tantrum on her........just what anyone needs at this time of night....you gotta love her lol.

Nightey-night all thankyou for stopping by & leaving all of your lovely messages its funny how your messgaes can really cheer a girl up & brighten her day.....so thankyou so much, MMWAH

Loadsa huggles Vicky xxx

Challenges I Am Entering......

http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/ - Use 3 Different Shapes

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Birthday

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ - Square Card

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/ - Vintage

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/ - Distressing

CES Challenges................Challenge 11

Well good morning peeps hopefully this posted at 8 0'clock this morning whilst I am still lying in bed....fingers crossed that is!!!

Well how is your crimbo shopping doing?? I have 1 item but I've also got 3 reserved which get picked up next week I've had them pre-ordered since January....its these new Kinetic for the Xbox 360, hubby & boys want 1 each......boys & their toys lol. Other than that I have nothing I have however got all the money saved in the bank its just a matter of me actually physically moving my left & right hands on the keyboard to actually do some shopping!! On the internet of course I'm NOT venturing out there to do crimbo shopping, I know I will end up going through to the toon (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) sometime soon but I'm gonna try my best get EVERYTHING online, including their blooming I-pads if I can lol.

Anyway enough of my gibble-gabble lets get on with what you have come here for because as you know its Saturday so you know what that means dont you..........................yayyyyyyyy

CES Challenges

Can you believe we are on week 11 already I cant believe how quick these weeks are flying by before you know it mr easter bunny will be here!!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Chocolate & Caramel challenge we were drooling over a LOT of cards.....yummmy-scrummy!!!

This week its the bosses turn to choose the theme/challenge....the fabulous Emma has set the theme of

'Forever Autumn'

You can interpret this however you wish....be it an Autumn image, colours, papers.....you decide!!

The design team have come up with fabulously gorgeous creations this week pop over to the challenge blog to give them some love & see how talented the girls are.......NO!!! Dont go yet....wait til the end its gonna get good you havn't even seen the prize yet....& I'm gonna keep you in suspenspenders a ickle while longer.

Here is my wee Autumn Creation.......

This is 'Autumn Harvest Ride' its a digi image from Whimsy Stamps which you can get here & also the sentiment is from Whimsy's too. I brought a few of these horse digi images a while ago unfortunately I lost them when my hard-drive choked. So I went over there this week & replaced 2 of my digi images & this is 1 of them which I thought was perfect for my DT card this week.

I absolutely love this horse, I have a few of the rubber stamps as well which I am getting round to inking up, well I've inked 1 up lol. These are lovely to colour I must admit I was a bit nervous cus I'm not big on colouring animals & I've never coloured an horse before, but I'm quite pleased with my 1st effort its not bad.

Both the horse & the pumpkins have been coloured with Promarkers.

All the leaves are from my stash which I've had for long & ages lol.

This is to try & show you all the bling & gems I added, well its a very posh horsey, a girl has gotta have her ker-ching-bling!!!

Finale picture........

Now I will tell you the fabby-delicious prize you could win........ actually go on then I'll show you instead....only because its you mind!!!!

A gorgeous box packed with fabberlicious embellies from Crafty Emma's Store & you have to be in it to win it peeps. So what are you waiting for pop on over take a peekskie at the fabulous talented girlies on the DT including our fabby GDT & then get yourself entered. We really love looking at your cards & creations, the more the merrier......so get digging in your stash & come along & join in.

List Of Materials Used & Links

DP's - Websters Pages 'Hollywood Vogue & Wonderful', Brown Curly Mulberry Rose & Promarkers all available @ Crafty Emma's Store

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Image & Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps

Beige Paper Stem Flowers  - Wild Orchid Crafts

Bronze & Cream Card For Matting - Papermill Direct

All pearls & teardrop gems are from my stash & also the leaves & the ribbon buckle which was silver but I coloured it with a Gold Promarker. All matting card has had their edges inked with 'Vintage Photo' distress ink & the actual easel card has been inked with 'Rusty Hinge' distress ink. There has also been glitter added to the horse & pole, they are Stardust Stickles & Rangers Copper stickles.

Well thats it sorry about the long post I tried to convince the photo's they didn't all need to be in the post but they just wouldn't stand for it.....so whats a girl to do!!!!!!

Anyway thats it from me for now I am slowly catching up with my commenting I am doing my rounds, or at least trying so please bear with me, I will visit you ALL this weekend.

Thank you for once again stopping by & for your lovely sweet comments they mean the world to me.

Bye-D-Bye for now

TTFN

Hugs to all

Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering.......

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/  - Relish To Embellish

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/ - Autumn Love
http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Curves

Crafty Purple Frog..............Challenge 2

Good morning every1 hope you are all fine & dandy. Well the weather is as miserable as ever today up here in the North East.......yuk!!!!

Today its time for.........

Crafty Purple Frog Challenges

WOOOOO HOOOOO

We want to say a HUGE Thank You to everyone who entered our 1st week, the amount of entries we had were amazing. Everyone made stunning creations you are all a very talented bunch of crafters.....you all totally rock!!!!

This week we have a new challenge & this week it is.....

Sparkle

Thats right as long as it sparkles in some way then enter our challenge & we know how much you all love make your creations sparkle.

Here is my own bit of sparkle...

This is Northern Most Serenity decoupage which of course you can get from the fabulous Amy's shop here.

This week the prizes are as follows....

1st place - 3 downloads of your choice from Crafty Purple Frog

2nd place - 2 downloads

3rd place - 1 download

4th place - winds 4 images of their choice from the fabulous...

Delicious Doodles .......love this place its just fab I think a shopping trip for me over here today is called for!!!

There is also a fabulous extra prize from the very generous & uber talented Vanessa

Here is what Vanessa had to say....

''Cause Amy's sheets sparkle!!!!

Amy said I could pick the winner so...

simply enter your blinged up card & I will pick my favorite

from those of you using an image from the crafty purple frog!

Good Luck to you all!"

hugs Vanessa

Pop over to the blog & have a look at the talented DT's creations they are truly gorgeous plus we have a fabulous GDT this week....they have all made amazing cards.

This is to show you the decoupage built up, its soooo pretty!!!!

The charm I got off Ebay a few weeks ago & I just filled it with Glossy Accents & then sprinkled Diamond Sparkles 'Angel Whispers' on top & left it to set.....I quite like the effect.

The curly roses got spritzed with Glimmer Mist & then again Angel Whispers sprinkled on.

Underneath the rose I punched out a love heart using my MS punch.

List of materials used......

Northern Most Serenity decoupage - Crafty Purple Frog

Diamond Sparkles - Crafts & Me

Roses - Crafty Emma's Store

White ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Snowflake cuttlebug folder. MS punches & gems from my stash

So sorry I'm late today peeps its been 1 of those weeks with 1 thing & another. We hope you can join in our challenge this fortnight we would love to see what you all create.

Thank you for stopping by & thank you soooo much for your wonderful comments you really are the best.

Will hopefully be back later with another card, if I can catch up with everything else lol.

Bye-D-Bye for now

Big HUGE huggles to you all

MMWAH

Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm entering.............

http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Dry Embossing

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - No Designer Paper

Love Is Forever............................

Good evening peeps this is gonna be a lightning post as I'm pooped & ready for my bed....I heed is screaming for the pillow & my ass wants its mattress lol.

Tonights card is VERY different for me & a 1st of 1 of these kind but I would really love to know what you honestly think..................

See I told ya..........its good to break from the norm & do something different & I totally luuurrrvvveee things that are different....   List of materials will be at the end.

Well what do you think peeps????

List of materials used......

Paper - GCD 'Paris Nights'  -  Crafty Emma's Store

Black Card for card & for matting - Papermill Direct

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Roses - Wild Orchid

Punched Heart - MS Punch & black stickles added.

Punched Card Edge - MS Punch Around The Bend

Love heart sentiment is off the net somewhere & it was inked with 'Black Soot' distress ink & pearl button is from my stash.

Rose head coloured with Copics & Green stem coloured with Promarkers lol

Last but certainly not least the image is from the VERY talented Teri at Delicious Doodles I printed 3 copies off all the same size & then coloured each rose in & then made a decoupage from the 3 copies to layer it up

I soooo thoroughly enjoyed making this & I think the image is awesome & whats more is its great for male or female.....how great is that!!!

Well thats it can I say once more Thank You to everyone who entered my candy I'm still not over the guilt lol but the entries were just phenomenal......my hubby is now laughing cus despite me being able to spell this word I CANNOT say it instead I always say 'Banannaman' & my hubby translates to people for me lol.

Its m's & n's they get my tongue in a ravel & I end up stuttering & making a complete fool of myself lol.

Thank you sooo much for stopping by you know I love reading your comments & I really do appreciate each & every single 1.

Goodnight every1, sweet dreams & take care.

Loadsa huggles & kisses

Vicky xxx

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ - B = Black

http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Monotone

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ - Lets Punch It

http://mypartnerincraftingcrime.blogspot.com/ - Material World

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - A Haunting We Will Go



B.F.F. Best Friends Forever with Tilda............

Good evening peeps I've kinda been missing in action here the last 2 days. I popped on briefly yesterday morning to wish my fab teamie Carrie a very Happy Birthday, well I couldn't of forgot its on Halloween!!!

Anyway I'm at my scan on Friday & then my yukky test in 2 weeks...they cant come quick enough cus I'm sick of this pain....... & the pain in my tummy & kidney as well as the hubby....lol, just kidding!!!! LMAO

Right onto tonights card its based on a challenge over at PFP which has been set by Debs & the challenge was 'Friends'. Now as you know I'm not 1 to miss PFP if I can help it so I had an afternoon of crafting the only thing was I decided to make 2 cards at the same time cus I started get another idea but more of that tomorrow. Here is my card tonight.......

Meet 'Giggling' Tilda...both of them lol. The 1 with her hand to her mouth was off Ebay & the 1 with hands on hips is from the newish Apples & Cheeries collection which I got from Sir Stamp A Lot. The letters B.F.F I printed off on my printer & made templates & coloured them with markers & spritzed them with glitter which unfortunately you cant see. Of course B.F.F stands for Best Friends Forever. This is of course an easel card.

The papers are Prima 'Fairy Flora' & are available at Crafty Emma's Store. The flowers are from my stash & the gems & butterfly are also. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons & the cream lace is from Bunny Zoes.

This is of course the bottom of the easel card. The sentiment is from Sentiments 4 You & I printed it off then added cream lace around the egde. I also used cream lace along the secret pocket....

The tag is of course cut from a Magnolia Doo Hickey thingy-ma-jig...there names are oh sooo funny lol. I inked the edges in 'Vintage Photo' distress ink & then dipped my fingers in cosmic shimmer twinkles & spread it around the edges, then added ribbon & stamped 'To' & 'From' with Magnolia stamps.

Here are the giglling friends which to me is what friendship is about, its that person who always makes you laugh & cheers you up.....for me my bestest friend is my hubby Craig he is absolutely fantastic & he is my life!!

Anyway we will brush past the mushyness lol. The 2 Tilda's have of course been coloured with Promarkers & 1 has Cosmic Twinkles added to her socks. There is also a 'Friend' charm & the pink love heart doily which are from my stash.

Well I'm off to link up then to peepies I go cus these last few days have took it out of me. I promise though I will catch up on ALL my commenting tomorrow & I will come & visit all you fabulous bloggers.....I need my fix of inspiration!!!

Thankyou soooo much for stopping by you truly are the best.

Hugs & xxx to you all

Vicky xxx

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Friends

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Pink

COME GET SOME CANDY........YUMMY FOR YA TUMMY!!!!

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Helloaaa all you lovely crafters I've not made anything & what I am in the middle of making is DT work but as promised here is my Candy post. I had a prob with Mr Linky, they were not accepting any new registrations just yet.....ARRRGGGHHHH I was panicking just a wee bit, I didnt want to not post & you think I was a fraud or something!! Well help was at hand for me, 1 of my lovely teamies over at CES gave me a link to another 1, thank you Sandie you are a gem.

I didnt realise how much stuff I had, there is a 1st prize & there is a 2nd & 3rd prize.

Here is the sweet candy......... this is 1st prize......



I havnt done a list yet but I will try get 1 together for you. I have took a few pics tho so hopefully you will see everything you will get.

There is about 45 tibetan charms & of course I had to put a Magnolia stamp in & there is a few stamped images in there too. I will put a list on tomorrow of everything there is.

Now for 2nd & 3rd prize....

2nd & 3rd prizes are the same.....you will each get 1 8x8 Dovecraft designer scrapbook album & just under 40 tibetan charms.

Now for what you have to do to get this candy....

The candy starts tonight & will run until midnight 1st November & the draw will take place on the 2nd November by the random thingy-ma-jig. All you have to do to enter for these sweeties is become a follower, put your name in the linky wizard & leave a comment......thats it, easy as ABC.

Anyone can enter so I wish you all good luck.

This is my thankyou for all your words of encouragement & your lovely comments you all ROCK!!

Of course its also to celebrate my DT positions including my GDT.

You can put a pic on your side bar if you wish to, if you do I say THANK YOU SOOO MUCH

Hugs to you all & thankyou for stopping by I wish each of you the best of luck & send you hugs.

Take care all

Bye-D-Bye for now

Hugs Vicky xxx

CES Challenge DT Card & Sweet Stampin' DT Card............

Well good morning everyone hope you are all feeling bright & cheery......I am actually typing this at 1 o'clock this morning & sceduling it......fingers crossed it posts when I ask it to.....I will ask it nicely.

As you can tell by the title I have 2 DT cards to show you this morning so I'm gonna get straight to it....

Firstly we have

Sweet Stampin' Challenges

I have combined my DT work this week so I'm posting the challenges to refer to my work, hopefully you will understand once you have read/seen it all lol.

So sit yourself down with a nice cuppa, grab a few choccy bickies & put your feet up & relaxxxxxx...

This week over at Sweet Stampin' it is Challenge 50 & this week its team Carrie's turn.

The challenge this week is a fab Sketch.......

Here is my interpretation of this weeks sketch......

This is Henry from WOJ & he has been coloured with Copics, list will be at the end of post. I love this little fella he is soooo cute & he is carrying sweet stuff mmmmm yummy!!!

Here is the sketch to follow this week...

Now you can rotate it however you want as long as we can still see the sketch. For my card I have used My Mind's Eye 'Holly Jolly' papers from Crafty Emma's Store they have been distressed & then inked with 'Bundled Sage' distress ink.

To make the corners I used my corner die cut run through the Bigshot. The mint coloured & the dark brown card are from Papermill. I also put a Dew Drop on each corner which are also from Emma's as is the Curly Brown mulberry flower (I love these things) & also the pearl hat pin which I coloured in with a Copic to make it green. The heart is from my new MS punch which I got from here I then inked the edges with 'Vintage Photo' distress ink. There is also some gorgeous pretty lace under there which I got from Bunny Zoe's

The sentiment is actually from a set I won on Charisma's challenge blog & won a few sets from The Cutting Cafe which has a lot of fab sets & so it was sooo hard for me to choose. I printed it out onto card & then inked the edges with 'Bundled Sage' distress ink & stuck a Dew Drop on. Henry has diamond stickles to all his white fur on his hat. The flower has been sprayed with Glimmer Mist & then had a sprinkling of magical dust. The flower at the bottom corner I made using my Magnolia Doo Hickey die which works a whole lot better in the Bigshot, it got inked with the same inks used throughout the card & then a button from my stash added.

Get yourself over to Sweet Stampin' Challenges & check out my fabulous teamies creations, they are stunning!!!!

Onto my next DT creation. This 1 is for none other than

CES Challenges

This week it is the lovely Sandie's turn & the theme this week is.....

Chocolate Caramel

Now again I kind of screwed up a little & forgot about the caramel by the time I had remembered I had already made the card.....I was going for Mint Chocolate.....I am such a numpty!!!!

Anyway here is the other part of the set...........

Here is my choccy creation. I have used all the same materials as I have with my card & tried my best to keep to the same layout as well. This was actually made with a mint aero in my mind, hence the colours but all that was in the fridge at the time was my son's Caramel bar......see I got Caramel into it somehow lol.

It is a the big bar of Caramel. My hubby did actually pop to the shop after & get me a big bar of mint Aero but unfortunately the Aero bars are bigger & so wouldn't fit in..................oh darn it!!! You can guess what happened next...........yes thats right it melted away.......mmmmm lol!!

Here is Henry up close & personal. Behind him you will see I've stamped a Magnolia Christams text stamp as a background, I also did it to the card & it was stamped in the same bundled sage.

Here they are as a set. Copics used are........

BG34,G00,G000.R46,R11,E95,E33,YR20,E37,E33 & E53.

The prize to win over at CES this week is......

Pop yourself over to CES Challenges & check out the fabulous creation the girlies have made, they are very yummy!!!!

Well I'm sorry for the long post & the trillions of piccies lol....just a slight exageration there lol. I hope you will join us at both challenges we would so much love to see you there.

Take care & thankyou once again for stopping by. Big hugs to everyone that does, you are all fabulous.

Bye-D-Bye for now

Lotsa huggles Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering.....

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - Match Master

http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Sweet Treats With A Twist

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Winter Wonderland

http://wojmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Distressing

http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Have A Mousy Christmas

 

 

Cuttlebug Folder sample-thingy-ma-jig!!!!

Good evening all hope you are all well. I had a day planned in my hobbit today tidying & sorting.....well gues how much I've done..........nothing...zip.....not a darn thing!!! My angel of a daughter had me up all night so I never got to bed AT ALL, no sleepies for me altho I did sneak 2 hours this afternoon lol. So today I didnt have the energy to tackle storage issues & come up with new nifty ideas. Altho I have come up with 1 for my ribbons which are starting to overflow the drawers & I've just put a new order in for 50 more, not 50 rolls might I add lmao just lengths of 2-5 metres but I will show you that once the items come to do the project. Anyway last night I told you about something I had done concerning my Cuttlebug folders, or should I say embossing folders. This idea came to me a few weeks ago when I had my monthly subscription of Papercrafts magazine through the door & as always it had a free gift, here it is.......

Sorry for the dull piccies I've took these photo's on the kitchen bench & couldn't be bothered to get the daylight lamp sorry!! This is what I got free they are crimbo templates....which I've still never used!! Anyway when I started making cards in March this year my hubby brought me a Cuttlebug & then started getting embossing folder & other paraphanalia altho except for my nesties I've not brought any for about 2 months. I always forget about my cuttlebug which has now been replaced with the Bigshot which I think is SOOOO much better, it rocks!! I always forget to maybe add a bit embossing here & there. So when I received this with the mag I thought....'ooooh I could make 1 of this for my embossing folders & hang it on the wall right next to my workstation so I start to emboss more without having to search through my drawer & look through all the folders 1st.

I thought if I had all my embossing folders in eye view of me everyday I may use it more & also deciding which 1 to use could be easier. So yesterday I got to work, I have still got about a dozen more to do but they can wait til tomorrow!! I cut tag shapes out of a template I have on my laptop & cut them out in red card & punched holes in the tope of every 1 to then slide onto this opening metal ring....I've got loads of these & had them for ages, I cant even remember why I brought them lol. I then embossed each & every 1 & so that I could see the pattern easier & clearly I then just inked over the pattern with a black ink pad.

I then attached a sticker to the reverse to tell me what each folder is called. I keep all of my folders in a drawer like a filing system & once I have finished this folder-hangy-thing (dont know what call it lol) I will then attach a number to every 1 that will correspond to each embossing folder in the drawer that will also have the same number attached. Because I have kept all of mine in the packaging I can just put the number on the actual packaging & not the folder.....altho to be honest if I hadnt come up with this idea soon I think it wouldn't be long before the packaging went on a trip to MarBIN lol its only cus I've not had them long lol.

I have a plain tag on the front so that I can decorate it if I want to you know to make it look pretty hanging on my craftroom wall lol. As you can see some of mine are not perfect but cus I was actually in the middle of other jobs I was trying to rush & its only me who sees it so who cares lol. I do actually think this is a canny idea but I'm sure that some of you more experienced crafters have already other ways of storing your crafting things....I'm just on my learning curve of storage solutions lol

Well thats it from me I just wanted to pop on to show you this like I said I would, I actually nearly forgot to be honest I'm thinking my heed wants its pillow soon.....well after another cuppa that is lol.

Hope this as at least been helpful to a few of you, if it has let me know it really would make my day lol.

Thankyou for stopping by, night night all, sweet dreams & take care.

Lotsa huggies to all that stop by

Vicky xxx



Come Along & See Santy......ALSO CHECK OUT THIS NEW RELEASE

Good evening peeps hope you all wrapped up & toasty warm cus its blooming freezing oot there tonight brrrrr.

For the last 2-3 weeks cus I've not been too good with my health (I have kidney & bowel probs I'm in hospital for yukky tests next month....yukkkk) anyway hubby doesnt like me crafting in my hobbit when I'm not well he prefers me to clog up the living room & kitchen & be close to the family....aint he sweet!! The problem with this is while I enjoy being closer to the family my mojo does tend to struggle at time cus of limited space & not having all my goodies to hand......you get too used to a good thing really lol. Anyway I have took all of my craft stuff into my hobbit today to let our home breathe a big sigh of relief......it really does take over everywhere craft stuff does!!!! When I was dumping all my stuff I have decided to have a move around & reorganise things better.......hubby says I'm like Monica off Friends cus I like everything organised & in its own place with a name on everything.......if I can put a label on it I will.....there is even 1 on me lol....its my tattoo lol. I've been on all day but tonight I've took a well deserved break to make a card. There are a couple of challenges this was particularly made for.....Create 4 Fun has a sketch & KK's challenge is 2x2. So I've gone off the sketch & apart from the image it is all 2x2.....

Meet this lubbly-jubbly-cuddly-santy isn't he just adorable!!!  Of course he is from none other than KK Downloads I love their images they are soooo easy to colour, I cant wait for the new 1s to be released I've been over & brought the crimbo 1s.....on hubby's orders of course! I have made a circle easel card because the sketch is based on a circle card & as KK is 2x2 I thought well lets make it 2 layers, top & bottom.

The 2x2 list is as follows........

2 DP'S

2 of each colour flower

2 gold pearls

2 nestie shapes in 2 different colours.

The paper is My Minds Eye 'Holly Jolly' & its available at Crafty Emma's Store the sentiment came with the papers..... All the papers have been distressed & then heat embossed with white embossing powder to give the effect of snow tipped.....if that made sense lol. The 2 large brown curly mulberry flowers are also from Emma's Store.

Santie has been coloured with Promarkers & Prismacolor pencil blended with Sansador. The deep red & cream roses are from Wild Orchid & all the flowers have had Stardust Stickles added to them. Also Santa's fur on his coat & hat has had stickles added but it was hard to capture. The nestie's are my latest new 1s from Craft Obsessions & the beige/goldy coloured card is from Papermill Direct, I have just put in another order with them cus they had knocked a tenner off their box of card, I dont actually need any but it was a sale & I cant just turn my nose up at a sale.........I mean how totally rude...they had even sent me an e-mail telling me about the sale so I HAD TO oblige!!!!

Right now I have a new release image for you.........

This is 'Ronnie Says Cheers' & is only available here. The fabulous Sally-Ann from Digi Stamp Boutique very kindly donated this image to Emma to raise money in memory of her very dear dad who was tragically killed last September at work. The image costs just 1.50 & ALL proceeds go to Yorkshire Air Ambulance our unsung hero's in the sky who do a fantastic job every single day saving the lives of thousands of people but who soley rely on charitable contributions......PLEASE pop on over to Emma's & help to keep our hero's in the sky!!! Also pop over to Emma's blog she has some fabby-scrummy candy on offer, pic is on the side with the link.

Well I think thats it from me I'm in my hobbit tomorrow reorganising all of my stamps so you may not see me for a few days lol. I have organised my embossing folders & created a little something to make choosing what I want a little easier.......I will post a piccy tomorrow.......altho knowing my luck half of you prob already use this way to do yours, I do tend to be the last 1 catch on to things lmao.

Anyway thanks for stopping by & leaving your fabalicious comments. I am having a nightmare with Mr Blogger at the min I cant seem to follow any1 & its taking soooo long to load people's blogs up, I am on doing my rounds of commenting its just the journey is taking a wee little while longer.....

Goodnight all sweet dreams & take care & do bundle up its gonna get nippy.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Forget the sketch I read it wrong that was last week's challenge....oops lol, never mind its very rare I follow a sketch I normally just decide everything last minute on my cards lol.

Challenges I'm entering.....

http://kennykkraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.com/ - 2x2

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Add Glitter/Sparkle

http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Christmas Card with Flowers

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Red, Brown & Green

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Winter Wonderland (whats winter without santa)

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Use A Digi Image

Tilda's Crimbo Tag................

Howdie Doodie all...........how ya 'al doin'? Well as you can tell I didnt get any crafting done yesterday or last night dont you just hate those days or weekends where nothing goes to plan? Well yesterday I ended up with a house full so couldn't get anything made, I did however get to read my Magnolia Ink magazine which is fab as always!! Last night was just 1 of those nights & I just sat & coloured in between getting up to my daughter every 10 seconds..........lets just say she can be a ickle bugga at night time & its not like you can tell her off...well you can but she normally just laughs atchya......mmmmm what an angel!!! lol The hubby & youngest son were out fishing & the eldest was sleeping at his girlfriend's this weekend....so it was just the girls....... Anyway I did manage to get a couple of my new stamps inked & coloured & I decided to have a play with my Prismacolors as I have neglected them lately & they had started to get rather upset with me. I have also used 1 of my new stamps that I brought about 2-3 weeks ago....I'm doing well.

Meet Tilda in Winter Night from the crimbo 2010 collection. This is 1 of those stamps that I really wanted but so many places were out of stock & I also wanted the magazine. I eventually found the 1s I wanted at Craft Obsessions it was the 1st time I had seen this shop & I am sooo pleased with it I will def be ordering from these again. Not only was the delivery exceptionally fast they also sent me a free gift....The red fibre on the tag I got free, I got a long length of red & 1 in white....I just think thats such a nice thing to do especially in the economy we are in at the mo. I thought I would make a tag altho the papers I cant remember what they are called but I do know they were from Crafty Emma's Store as to were the flowers, the hat pin & the label die cuts. The cream rose I just inked up a little with 'Brushed Corduroy' distress ink & added diamond stickles around the edges.

Here is Tilda up close & personal...she has been coloured with Promarkers & Prismacolor, list of colours I will add to the end of this post. I have added diamond stickled to the fur of her coat & hat & added Crackle Accents to her lantern. The card she is on I cut out using 1 of my nesties & then stamped my new Magnolia 'Silent Night' stamp inked up with 'Brushed Corduroy' this is the stamp I have had for a couple of weeks I've got a few more still to get through & I gave hubby my crimbo list yesterday of crafting items that he can get me.......he's just gotta choose which 1s to get me lol.....its quite a list & there are still things from Magnolia I want yet....ooops. I have brought him a new touchscreen computer though & my list comes no-where near the same amount as that..........I'm trying to make myself sound better here is it working???? lol

The sentiment is from here & I just chopped it down a bit & inked the edges, everything that has been inked has been inked with the same colour distress ink.

I have tried to keep this tag quite simple & have left room for a message.

List Of Promarkers Used

Skin..... Blush, Oatmeal, Apricot, Sunkissed Pink & Baby Pink.

Coat, Hat, Gloves & Tights.... Burgundy, Crimson & Black Prismacolor pencil.

Socks & Inside of Lantern..... Putty, Honeycomb & Canary Yellow.

Hair..... Cinnamon, Tan & Satin.

Boots & Lantern..... Black Prismacolor Pencil

Well thats it for me Craig & Jake are playing on the 360 Natalie is actually quiet for a bit & the eldest has gone bed ready for work tomorrow so I'm gonna try do some more crafting.......fingers crossed anyway lol.

I have not made this for any challenge I just wanted get a start on my tags cus I plan on making them all myself this year.....but I'm gonna go see what I can enter it into...

Thankyou for popping in & thank you even more for leaving the wonderful comments that you do....they really do cheer me up & bring a smile to my face. You are like my own rays of sunshine....MMWAH.

Sending big huggies to you all

Vicky xxx

Challenges I've Found & am entering.....

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://bah-humbug-christmas.blogspot.com/ - Elegance (luxurious thread & glitter of course lol)

Would you believe it my darling ickle daugher is now being a bugga & crying but then when you go in she starts smiling.......aaaarrrrggghhhh......I am gonna look for the three 6's tonight I'm sure they are there you know. Actually she was born on the 6.6 & weighed 6lb 6oz, how freaky is that? I'm tellin ya them numbers are on her somewhere lol.