Melinda is blowing kisses to you all..............

Good evening my lovelies I'm back I know I'm not normally on a saturday night but I made a card for a challenge sketch a few days ago & forgot all about it & the challenge ends in a couple of hours so I thought I would move my bum & get it posted.

I also combined the challenge with WOJ which is a colour scheme.............I sooooo enjoyed making this card I only coloured the image yesterday tho lol.

WARNING PICCY OVERLOAD

This is a stamp my fabby hubby got me for crimbo & I've finally inked her up now which is why she is blowing kisses I think lol.......wooo hoooo I'm out of that darn bag I heard her say lol.

This is 'Melinda Blowing Kisses' by the artist Elisabeth Bell (who I love) for WOJ.

I so enjoyed making a card in this colour scheme, Aqua, Pink & Cream...... Flowers are a mixture from WOC & Emma's.

This is the inside. The beautiful paper is one of Bo Bunny's latest pad 'Gabrielle' this is sooooo drool worthy

I used the sketch to base my design around so I followed the sketch but made my card into the sketch if you get what I mean lol.

This little beauty is of course coloured with Copics. I will put the colours on later if I remember them lol.

For the card I used 12x12 cream card & shaped the front to match the top layer of the sketch.

Well I better go link up before I run out of time lol.

Thanks for stopping by I've spent hours catchin up today & I'm getting there lol.

Huge squishy hugs to you all mmwah

Tatty Bye for now......

xoxoxoxo

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

http://wojmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Aqua, Pink & Cream

http://sundaysketchandstamp.blogspot.com/ - Fabby Sketch



CES Challenges DT card...........Embellish it!!

Well good morning all my lovely fantastic friend out there. I just want to say a HUGE thank you to you all I really do love you to bits & the support you give is overwhelming tbh......you really are fabulous mmwah!

Right onto the matter in hand before the boss comes & puts me in the naughty corner for being late ssssshhhhh dont tell her.

Right I'm here to bring you our new challenge today for CES Challenges & it is our lovely Kaylou's turn & she chose the theme of Embellish It!!!

I can hear the oohing & aahhing....we all love our embellishments dont we, gosh I couldnt be without mine.

Now I found an image this week when I came back & its a company I didnt know about.....I know shocker isn't it?? Anyway it was off the Top 3 on CES last Saturday so I popped over ot their store, you know to have a peekskie as you do............mmmmm yes I'm now booked in with a psychiatrist to start a plan on my new addiction.........my excuse is tho right is this 'I dont want you, my lovely friends of getting bored seeing the same images all the time'........................lol ssshhhh it works on hubby lol

Anyway on to the carrrrrrrrdddddddddddd

Here is 'Dancing Mae' & she is from Some Odd Girl........let me tell you these are a dream to colour.

I wanted this card to be fun, colourful & poppy-outty......you know kinda 3D....you know what I mean...I hope lol.

Flower I made just using 2 different sized punches pinching the ends in & spraying them with spray & shine & then attaching a brad to the middle.

She is coloured with Copics which I cant remember the colours as I coloured her as soon as I got her lol which was days before making the card sorry peeps.

The inside is decoarted to compliment the inside.

I've used my new Fancy Pants paper from Crafty Emma's store I love the vibrant colours on them. 

Scalloped card & smooth white card for the image are also from Emma's.

The brads were off Ebay & everything else is from my wee stash.

Please pop over to see my lovely teamies work & the GD's work they are gorgeous. Also we have a new addition to the mad house this week, please pop over give Jenny aka My Inky Hands a warm welcome, also pop over to her blog she makes gorgeous cards........really pop over..

Well I think I've babbled on waaaaaaaayy too much yet again, did you notice anything about my card folks?

Well the challenge is 'Embellish It' & I've barely put any on....I dont figure do I you would think I would do my usual OTT style.......mmmmm

Anyway I'm off to link up then I'm coming round to see you all as I only got round to a few last night so I promise today I will be there I've already glued my butt to this here sofa.

Hope you all have a fabby dabby weekend & mmwah thank you for stopping by a wee blog I really do appreciate it.

Tatty Bye for now my lovelies xoxoxoxox

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

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/- Fab Sketch, loved this one.

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Use A Digi

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

THIS CARD WILL BE ON EBAY WITH A FEW OTHERS TODAY

Quick Update...........

Good evening my lovelies how are you all? Are you ready for the weekend?

Well Natalie is back home now safe & sound. As most of you know Natalie has been through at the Alan Shearer centre since Monday so we took these few days to decorate her bedroom cus its near impossible to do it when she is here..........hence why it still hadnt been done. We finished the last of the painting yesterday & then all we had to do today was wallpaper the one wall, make drapes & wait patiently for the wardrobes to be delivered.

However the Alan Shearer centre phone about 5 last night to say they were having a problem with her peg site. As a lot of you know Natalie is fed through a peg in her stomach as she cant handle any solids or liquid via mouth. The carers couldnt get anything in her out & they phoned us so we told them to check it hadnt burst. A peg stays in an open hole in her stomach & inside it has a small balloon that we fill up with about 6ml of water obviously that balloon can burst at times which then means the peg is not secure & if a peg falls out the hole can then close & seal in a matter of hours. They took out any remaining water but couldnt get the peg out so the only thing they could do was take her to the A&E department. Unfortunately it became a long night as they had been a crash & a stabbing apparently so it was really busy. By the end of the night none of us could get the peg out so they had to admit her for observation & insert a NG tube down her nose & throat to be able to give her her important meds. If it couldnt be removed today it would of meant an operation to re-site it & while this is not a big operation Natalie has had over 20 ops in 18 years so I didnt want her to go through yet another.

Anyway as luck has it we managed to free the peg today.....a valve inside had broken stopping the balloon from fully deflating which is why we couldnt get it out........phewwwwwwww....

So we are back home & Natalie is in bed watching a dvd..........yeah she doesn't sleep well lol.

Hopefully we will get her room finished over the weekend & then I can start Jakes as I have 4 wardrobes arriving any day for his & his sisters bedroom. I have to say tho that hubby has done most of it as he wont let me do much bless him.

I am now going to do my DT commenting then I will be round to catch up with you all. I'm sooooo sorry I'm behind that darn thing called life does like to get in the way doesn't it lol. I havnt even read my comments

yet :0( but I thank each of you for popping by to look at my blog & my latest card.

I will be back in the morning with my DT card for Emma's & its a new image that I've only recently found this week, its a digi & I'm totally hooked already & now own 15 already.......ooops lol.

Well I'm off to blog hop see ya all soonies

mmwah

Tatty Bye xoxoxoxo

Sweet Pea Stampers DT card............

Good morning all you lovelies hope you are all ok & those poorly I hope you feel better real soon.

This is a scheduled & very quick post as Natalie got admitted to hospital last night, nothing serious but will explain later.

This fortnight over at Sweet Pea Stampers our challenge for you is Lace & Pearls

For mine I have used a beautiful new stamp I had still un-inked from the artist Karen Middleton

This is sheet 11 plate 138 which you can find here.

Isnt she soooo beautiful I love love love this stamp & yet another on my fave list.

Pearls from stash & lace is from Bunny Zoes

Paper is Websters Pages

Image is coloured with Copics.

YR0000 YR000 E00 E21 R11

R0000 R20 RV34

E50 E53 E35

Wings sprayed with spray & sprinkled with glitter

Scalloped card & flowers from Crafty Emma's. Pink A4 card from my stash.

Look forward to seeing all your sweet pea images with some pretty lace & pearls on.

Do pop by & see my fabby teamies creations, they are all stunning.

Thank you so much for stopping by I really do appreciate it & I will catch up with you all ASAP.

mmwah xoxoxoxox

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

http://inasweetpeadreamchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Bling It Up

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/ - Lace

http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/ - Lace & Pearls

Vintage Boutique.........Simply Sassy

Good evening all you olvelies out there how are you all? For anyone thats poorly I wish you better real soon, its just cack feeling ill isn't it? Anyway my Simply Sassy set 7 arrived through my door yesterday & normally I'm not one for inking rubber the minute it drops to the floor......tbh it can take me forever lol. Anyway as hubby ordered them & picked them I only saw what they were yesterday & yes I was drooling & gave such a cuggle.......he made me make a card with one of his faves, he has mainly 2 of this set & lucky for me 1 of them was my fave so here is what I picked........to make a card with today....

WARNING PHOTO HEAVY

This is 'Vintage Boutique' from Funky Kits.....isnt she gorgeous & this one is in my top 5 of all the sassy's & I love vintage........I even have a skirt like this but mine is in white cus these came back in last summer & they are lush & cool lol.

Yes its an easel card I do love these. The papers are from the new Bo Bunny pads which Emma has just got in stock I had to order all them lol. I have used 'Timepiece' which is perfect for this image.

She has been coloured with Copics will put the colours on tomorrow.

I've used 2 stamps for the bottom, they are both from LOTV 1 is the new postcard one that hubby got lme last week & the other is an older one which I got ages ago but its lay in my tin til now.

I used the postacrd stamp again for inside but left it blank so a message can be written there. They were all stamped using memento brown. The 2 on the bottom were distressed & inked with 'Tea Dye' distress ink to give them an aged look.

I followed 2 challenges for this card & 1 is vintage so everything has been distressed with my scissors cus I couldn't find my tooly thingy lol & then its all been inked with Tea Dye distress ink. Gems twill ribbon, lace ribbon & A4 card are all from my stash. The flowers are a mixture from WOC & Crafty Emma's.

Well thats it I'm off to link up then I'm coming round to see everyone's blogs who I havn't yet been to today.

Thank you sooooo much for all your lovely comments I love you all so much & thank you for stopping by.

Tatty bye for now mmwah xoxoxoxo

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

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Fab Sketch (I rotated it cus I like to be different lol)

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ - Vintage Easel (loved it ladies thank you)



Dad's The Word........

Helloooooo all my lovelies out there how are you all? I'm just popping on to show you a card I've made.....my goodness I've missed my crafting. I am on way to catch up with you all, last night there was a bum shape in the sofa cus I sat here that long trying to catch up....it takes forever but I will be there...I will soldier on......onward upwards & all that lol.

Right I'm shushing now & showing a card I've done with my new rubber off hubby last week.

This is a new release from LOTV called 'Dad's The Word' I dont have that many male stamps so when these were I saw these I loved 'em.

The keyring style thingy is Tim Holtz off my hubby & the ribbon,button & scrolly thing are from my stash.

I punched out 'Happy Birthday' using my MS punch & also punch the lattice one at the bottom but cut off the scallops to make it more erm.....manly (she says in a deep voice....now choking....)

The image was stamped onto Bristol Board & has been coloured with Prisma pencils & blended with sansador.

Last piccy my camera has missed me & just wouldnt stop clicking, I had to smack it lol. Papers are from Bearly Mine.  

Well thats it from me for now I'm off to lie down for a bit cus.....well I've pushed myself a wee bit too much today as we've been having a sort out of Natalie's bedroom......yeah hubby told me off too. So he has gone pick up Jake from his work experience & I'm having a lie down for 5.

Thank you sooooo much for stopping by I really do appreciate it & I will be popping by to see you all later. mmwah

Toodles xoxoxoxox

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

http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/- Sketch (hope this is ok girls if not just delete it sweeties)

http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/ - Someone Special



Crafts & Me DT Card & LIM Challenge

Hello to all my gorgeous fabulous friends out there. Before I say anything I want to thank you with all of my heart for the lovely messages that you have left for me regarding my health.......I'm sitting here with teary eyes after reading them all. Yes unfortunately my laptop has been gathering dust & I've only today been able to read my comments. WOW you really are a fantastic lot of ladies & I'm soooo lucky to have such wonderful friends....thank you thank you thank you thank you......I really am soooo grateful.

I'm not much better unfortunately but I am having a better day today so I thought I would pop into blogland to visit you all & I'm really missing you. My craft room has not seen me for a week & half I went in there this morn & the blinds were still closed....so they are open now along with the window to let in some fresh air lol.

I didnt want to let my DT's down again this week so I'm going to try get ahead especially with my DT work incase things go pear shaped with my health. So I started today & made a really quick & simple card this morning using a Art Deco stamp from Crafts & Me & following a challenge over at 'Less Is More' which is one layer & embossing.....dry or heat. So here is my LIM card......I do struggle with these you know lol.

This is 'Bride/Flapper' exclusive to Crafts & Me & I just think she is fabulous & one of those stamps suitable for so many occasions & used is so many ways. Here I have stamped her onto 300gsm A4 card & then heat embossed her with black embossing powder. Added some black organza ribbon, few gold pearl gems & cut out a fancy shape along the bottom using WOJ border die 'French Lilies'.

The sentiment I heat embossed with Gold to match the pearls & then cut it out using the smallest of the oblong dies.

I had to take a photo of this so quick before I had chance to start attaching loads of things lol. Hope the girlies over at LIM like it I'm not great at these cas cards especially the lim cards....they are just sooooo hard to do.....to me they are lol.

My hubby got me crafting goodies last week which was so fab of him altho they are still sitting in their packages & he has ordered me some of the new sassy's but wont tell me which ones so have to wait til mr postie pushes them through my door. My hubby is just so fantastic I love him to bits & I am sooooo lucky & thankful to have him. He really has looked after me this last week & I have managed to stop him putting me in the car to the hospital lol.......well I'm there next week anyway, thats my excuse lol. Altho I'm not sure how as I've been in jammies for 2 weeks now as wearing clothes hurts......do ya think they will mind if I turn up in vest top & satin spotted bottoms lol.

Anyway I'm away to come catch up with you all altho it may take me a while as I'm doing it in bits & having rests in between but I will be around to see you all cus I've missed ya too much now I need to see your fabby creations.

Thank you for popping by & thank you again for all the lovely comments you leave for me you really do put a smile on my face & even tho you also put tears in my eyes they are always tears of joy & happiness & I thank you for that I really do.

Tatty bye for now my lovelies & sorry for the long post. mmwah

Huge hugs to all xoxoxoxox

Challenges I'm Entering......

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/ - One Layer Card with Embossing

Really Sorry

Hi everyone hope you are all ok & had a good weekend. For those poorly I wish you better soon.

Its just a quickie post to say I'm sorry for not visiting yesterday & today. I collapsed late saturday night & have spent the weekend in bed my pains are just unbearable at the min & there's a chance of me been admitted to hospital if they carry on. I hate moaning & whinging about myself, I know there are so many out there worse than me but I dont want you to think I'm being ignorant or anything cus I havnt visited you.

So due to this I'm taking the week off from all DT work & the week off from blogging I'm just not well enough at all to do any of it. I've not even read or published any of my comments I will try to do that at some point today but not promising anything lol. My hubby has put 3 of my cards on Ebay as he knew I would never do it lol....

I feel so terrible for letting people down & I really wouldn't if I didnt have to. My health is worse than I've told anyone but I dont like to moan or anything & I would rather share a smile than a frown. If you have sent me an e-mail I will reply back as soon as I can I promise.

Tatty bye for now & I will visit you all as soon as I'm able to. I'm missing my crafting but hubby has put his foot down with a firm hand & said my health has to come first.....he wanted me admitted to hospital saturday but I'm as stubborn as a mule when it comes to myself lol.

Anyway take care & thank you so much just for being you I love you all & I appreciate every single thing you all do.

Huge huggles to all xoxoxoxox

CES Challenges DT Card..............Show us your colours.....

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? Glad its the weekend? I know I am!!!

Of course its Saturday which can only mean 1 thing yayyyyy CES Challenge time....

& this week our fabulous Amy has chosen the theme a fab one too...

FAVOURITE COLOURS

Yep we want to see what colours you love to use the most. Now I have 3 that I absolutely love so deciding which one was hard even hubby tried help by getting me to choose an image first which I did.....only prob being she would look gorgeous in all my fave colours.....& more!!!. Anyway in the end I went for the colours I love to colour with the most & look what fell into my hand.....blues & I used my fave blue pens

Yes I've used this beautiful girl right here....isn't she just so pretty. She is of course from the latest set of Simply Sassy's & she is 'Pigtails & Butterflies' from Funkykits who let me tell you is fabulous. I ordered some stamps day before yesterday & they arrived this morning.....how blooming fantastic is that!!!!!

Another simplish card from me...... Do you like the flutterby I crocheted? Its surprising what ya learn when ill in bed with hot water bottle on ya kidney lol. The antenna's are just flower stamens.

For the layout I followed a fabby sketch which flows together perfectly, I loved it!!

I added glossy accents to her jar to make it look more realistic, you gotta love that stuff.

She is of course coloured with Copics. Now I was running late with my DT card so only actually made this last night & half way through making it I remembered the Simply Sassy header Challenge who want a sassy image in cool colours...sorry about the boots girls. I couldn't decide whether to be brave or not to enter but I'm gonna take the chance & enter.....talk about last minute lol thats how nervous I was about doing this.... Gosh wish me luck.... Hope they dont mind about the leaves.....

Last pic I promise lol. For the inside I followed the sketch as well

Ingredients used.....

6x6 scalloped card blank, Prima 'Sparkling Spring' papers, pink stamens & smooth white card for image.

Crafty Emma's Store.

Twill sentiment - Crafts & Me

White Lace - Bunny Zoe's

Everything else is from my stash.

Well thats it from me peeps hope you will come along & show us your fave colours pop over here to see my fabby talented teamies creations, they are gorgeous as always.

Well my nervous fingers are off to link up..... Thank you sooooo much for stopping by today I love you all & really do appreciate you stopping by to see my creations mmwah.

Tatty bye for now xoxoxoxo

Challenges I'm Entering......

Simply Sassy Header Challenge

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ - Fabby Sketch

Sweet Pea Stampers DT Card

Good morning all you lovelies out there, how are you all this morning? Well its the last day I take my son Jake to school for 2 weeks today as from monday he has his work experience for 2 weeks so we got him a placement with the council doing carpentry/joinery which is what he wants to do when he leaves school. Its gonna be so strange taking him there, its also the same place as my eldest Ben did his plumbing pre-apprentice.

Anyway less of my babble. Well thank cruncjie its Friday as not only is it the weekend its also time for

Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge which this week is such an easy one which you will love...

Showers Of Flowers

See I told ya, now come on girls we all luuurrrvvvve flowers so we want to see them all on your sweet pea creations. I ordered some new stamps recently I know I havnt inked all of mine but these were a must & they came early last week. Remember my fave parts to colour is the face & hair....

This is 'Kiara' by Elaine Cox & she is available singly or on a sheet of all 4.....I got all 4 as there was no way I could only pick 1. Go over to Sweet Pea Stamps & take a look for yourself they really are beautiful.

The bottom of the card I used a new 'Faux Crochet' border die from Crafts & Me.

The frame around the image is a Spellbinders Frame from here these have a sale on a lot of dies at the mo so its worth checking out, I've saved quite a bit. I cut the frame out of A4 turquoise card & then smothered it in glitter.

This little beauty has of course been coloured with Copics.

YR0000 YR000 E00 E21

E50 E31 E35

B0000 B000 B32 B60 B45

R05 & a white gel for the white spots in her hair.

Inside has been decorated the same only the frame I have set straight inside.

The gorgeous paper is the new Websters Pages 'Trendsetter/Ladies & Gents' which I got from

Crafty Emma's. Also all the flowers except the large flat one are from Emma's too. The large one is from my stash.

Well thats it from me but please pop over to see what my talented DT sisters have made & show them a bit of love as they really are a talented bunch.

Looking forward to seeing your beautiful flowery sweet pea creations this fortnight.

Thank you for stopping by my lovelies I'm off to hop along to some blogs now before I have to do my DT work & house work.....not sure in which order yet lol.

Tatty bye for now my lovelies xoxoxox

Challenges I'm Entering.....

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