CES Challenge ......Challenge 3

Good morning all you lovely crafters. Well its Saturday so that means only 1 thing.....yes thats right its time for a new challenge over at CES Challenges....

Last week we had amazing cards entered thankyou from every1 at CES

This week, challenge 3 is 'Christmas Easel' cards. Now this is a nice easy1 most of us love doing easel cards & the weeks are flying past we better get cracking with our crimbo cards lol.

Here is my easel card......pop on over to CES the DT's creations are gorgeous...

The papers are from Paislee 'Mistletoe & Co' & are from Crafty Emma's Store, the red paper is 'Naughty or Nice', the blue paper on the top is 'North Pole' & the blue paper on the bottom is 'Santa's Workshop' & the tag on the bottom is 'Postcards' these are all 12x12 papers & they really are gorgeous & all go so beautifully together.....actually I've just put a fresh order in for some more I like them that much lol.

Here is a close-up of the image I have used this week. This is from WOJ & its 'Ice Skating Henry', I'm in love with these little fella's they are just sooo cute I went over to WOJ & thought I'd have a peek see what else there was you know kinda like window shopping...mmmm bad idea ending up putting in a order oops!!!

Anyway they are coloured with Promarkers but the shading is with Prisma pencils. This was the 1st time I'd done it actually & it was because my new pens hadn't turned up....I really enjoyed doing it this way I found the shading easier & more controlled.....will def be doing it like that again lol.

The Dew Drops & Pearl Pin are from Crafty Emma's Store. The Poinsettia's you can also get from there. The leaves are from my stash as is the red crystal bead on the pin & the little rose buds. The snowflakes I punched out & then covered with Diamond Dust Twinklets, the sparkle is hard to capture on camera. The 'Merry Christmas' I think I got from Bunny Zoe's

Papers were edged with 'Vintage Photo' distres ink & distressed with my tooly thingy. The top I actually followed a sketch on 2 sisters challenge blog which has now ended.....darn it!!!

If you would like to join in with this weeks challenge then all you have to do is make an Easel Crimbo card...easy as that...you could also be in with a chance of winning this...

Dandelion Die Cut Decoupage Kit

So pop on over to CES & join in the fun.

Thankyou so much for stopping by hugs to you all.

Bye-D-Bye

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

http://bah-humbug-christmas.blogspot.com/ - Favourite Medium (stamping & colouring def)
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Gems & Sparkle
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ - Celebrate
http://sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Snowflakes

 

My New Creation

Good evening peeps or is it good morning I'm running sooo late again so I'm gonna keep this short as I'm tired also there are quite a few pics so pull a chair take the weight off your feet & have a nice cuppa!!! Right this week over at PFP the lovely Emma has chosen the theme which is 'Sweet Treats'....can't you tell Emma has a sweet tooth, actually havn't we all I know I def have. Anyway when I was looking all thru my zillion stamps I only had 2 that would fit this category & they were both HM, so thank you Emma for making me use these stamps. They were bought back in March when I 1st starting stamping etc but I've only finally now inked & made a card....well creation. As the challenge is 'Sweet Tooth' I chose this stamp....

I could eat some cake right now......actually I'm stuffing my face on Ferrero Rocher lol. This is House Mouse holding his young 1 up to blow out a candle on a little birthday cake....I think its sooo cute. It has been coloured with Promarkers but some of the shading on the mice is with Prisma pencils, the cake is all PM's with Icing stickles on top of the cake. This isn't a card I though cake...food....recipes... so I made a recipe holder, I've never made 1 before & it took me about 4 hours to make but I enjoyed doing it. Here is a better pic.............

All the papers are K&Co, the flowers are from Wild orchid & gems are from my stash. The inside is made with long envelopes sealed then cut in half to make pockets & then they were all inked to match colours of paper with distress ink FireBrick & Antique Linen.

Close-up of the image, the edges were edged with Antique Linen distress ink. All the flowers I edged with Iced stickles.

This is the back of it, I attached a bit of bling along the bottom of the strap by attaching some gems from my stash.

To decorate the tope of each pocket I punched some beige card with a MS punch to make it nice & feminine. The 2 buttons on the top are from Bunny Zoe's. The hole for the strap to go through I used a spellbinder, the smallest 1 & I used the largest 1 for the image.

Lastly I have tried take a pic of it spread out to give you a better idea/view of it.

Well thats it peeps I did try to keep it short lol, I didn't do too bad really I'm going to go link it up & link it to a few other challenges I've found & then I'm hitting the sack, my head is crying out for its pillow.

Goodnight every1 hope you can come back tomorrow for the new challenge over at CES Challenges. Thankyou so much for stopping by & leaving comments I deeply appreciate every single 1.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sweet Treats.

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - Try Something New (this creation is def new)

http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Animals

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ - Mixed Mediums (PM's & Prisma & distress ink)

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas Colours

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Animal Crackers

OMG a man's card

Good afternoon every1 I cant believe its Friday already these weeks really are flying by. I had HUGE probs with my lappy yesterday my hard-drive went bonkers & has given up the will to live.....you would think it would of warned me 1st..... EEEE gosh well anyway's on my lappy like probably sooo many of you I have digi images & craft robo cutting files & templates etc but stupid me hadn't backed anything up....yeah exactly I spat the dummy big time, actually the blanket got thrown as well!!! So I'm using a TINY 20gig hard-drive that used to be my youngest son's (Jake) off an old abox 360, thank goodness for his games console as also he has 1 of those thingy-ma-jiggy's that you use to transfer thing from your xbox to computer....not up on xbox lingo lol. So now hubby has my hard-drive linked up to Jake's big computer hoping that he can transfer all my files.....I have everything crossed that it works, do you know for once I'm glad I spoil my kids a bit too much....dont tell them that lol.
Right onto the reason I'm here & thats my card. I have actually made a man's card I did 1 of my DT cards yesterday & then last night made a male card......I think my hard-drive may of burnt out as well lol. I got some Flower Soft stamps ages & ages ago but only now FINALLY put them to card, so here it is....

This is the stamp by Flower Soft 'Man Of The Match' I first saw this on the lovely Coops so obviously went on the wi-fi high street & me 1.....ok a couple of flower soft stamps & some more flower soft. I enjoyed colouring this is it represents me & my brother, we are both footie fan but unfortunately my brother got hit with a 'glory hunter' trophy when he was young (the team was at 1st place at the time in division 1, there was no prem league then). Yes he still has no taste what-so-ever & still supports Liverpool, I suppose some1's got 2. I on the other hand support a REAL team they went down to the championship division not so long ago but it was just to see what it was like....they are now amongst their kind, playing with the big boys, thats right its Newcastle Utd home to the magpies, where we have had gos like Sir Bobby, Keegan & not forgetting Shearer. I'm older than my bro so I am the bigger boy lol.

The sentiment comes with the stamp, which I think is just fab. The papers are from BG 'Olivia' & I got it from Crafty Emma's, I know its called Olivia but I thought these 2 papers could be for male or female. The dew drops are also from there. All the papers were edged with 'Black Soot' & 'Firebrick Red' distress inks & been distressed with my tolly thingy. I also turned over the bottom corner & inked both corners with the same distress ink.

 

The image is coloured with Promarkers, I've tried to make clothes look as tho they have dirty patches lol & the ball is covered with Glossy Accents. The metal looking letter beads are from my jewellery stash, they are acrylic beads. I love this image I think it shows what football is truly about.....no matter what colour shirt you wear you just love the sport, the true feeling of the game.....to me its what football is about 'the sport' why argue & fight about a sport that you both enjoy......its just pathetic!!.

Anyway over at Cards for men there challenge this week is 'Long Summer days', well all I've seen during the summer (when its NOT been raining) is lads & their dads playing football, kids see a field & they see a pretend goal with their jacket & out comes a football.

Will be back later with another card I'm away to tidy the bomb site that is my craft-room, it looks like a war zone......Speaking of which dont forget the card-drive for the soldiers...its a VERY worthwhile cause, check out my post on my side-bar!!!

Well thats it for now peeps I'm away see you all soonies, take care & thankyou for popping by....I will put the kettle on next time lol.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/ - Long Summer Days

Cuddly Buddly Girly Teddy

Good evening peeps how you all doing......I bet those that have kiddies back at school are sighing with relief but missing them at the same time lol. Mine kiddie winkies dont start back until Thursday, what a silly day to start kids back on......already my youngest Jake is asking for the 2 days off as he reckons its just pointless going!!! 6 weeks is just not enough for them is it?? He's not impressed though because I said 'no'. I've still to get uniforms....AAARRGGGHHHH....I always say I'm not goning to leave until last minute again & guess what.....'I DO DO IT AGAIN'  I'm still waiting on Jake choosing his bag, aarrggghhhh teenagers!!!!!!

Anyway I will get on with my post & stop rattling on lol. This week over at PFP there challenge was 'Teddy Bears Picnic'.....now does that mean they have to be having a picnic or does it just mean Teddy Bears?? Well I went off the gorgeous DT inspiration & from their beautiful cards decided that as long as it has bears its fine..................eeeeekkk I hope so!!!

Here are my teddies.......

Here she is....isn't she such a cutie-pie! This is all kind of by accident though to be honest. I went to start the card on Friday BUT the Promarkers I wanted to use ran out...yes! both ends...aaarrggghh nightmare!! I had a voucher for Joanna Sheen so I went straight over to buy some Promarkers & a few more Promarkers, my gift voucher only covered half the damn cost in the end lol. Anyway I was hoping they would arrive today but here in the North East we still use 'pigeon mail'......really even wheelie bins can move faster 'In The Land That Time Forgot'.....thats what we call our little fishing village by the sea lol. Anyway cus they didn't come I got a bit of inspiration from 1 of my daughter's teddies......her favourite teddies I might add lol, I will show you as I pinched 1 to take my piccies.........ssshhhh don't tell her!!

YES....Tatty Teddy I absolutely adore these, this was the 1st 1 I grabbed lol. These sweet little bears are grey....so I decided who needed brown, I want to be different lol. The image is from Cuddly Buddly, I got the whole alphabet....actually its great what you get you should check it out! I printed 2 of the images off & printed the letters as well. I coloured both images & then just cut the bear out of 1 of them to make it layered, 3D. The letters were then glittered up with Cotton Candy stickles & all was attached with foam pads, obviously everything was coloured with PM's.

The papers, ribbon, & sentiment are from my stash. The cute safety pins & pink dummy on the bow I got from.....yeah you guessed it EBAY....lol. The pretty dew drops are from Crafty Emma's Store I love these little things they are sooo pretty. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

This is the inside of the card, the shapes were cut from my nesties through the cuttlebug & I stamped this sentiment with a stamp I got from Paper Mill Direct about 6-7 weeks ago.....it was on sale at the time.....HALF PRICE....how could I refuse.....do you know thats illegal & you are committing a very serious crime if you pass up any sale, you just let your purse guide you to them sales....BUT dont ever forget to take HUBBY'S bank card in your purse with you!!!!!!

Oh yeah the flowers were also stickled up with..........Diamond Stickles, sorry I had to run across to the other side of my hobbit cus I couldn't remember which 1 he hee.

Well I'm going to see what other fab challenges there are that I can link it up to. I hope you like my card, its actually my 1st Baby card....the nearest I got once not so long ago was 1st birthday!! I am always eager to hear your comments I really dont mind whether good or bad I can only get better with honest opinions.

Tatty Bye for now peeps & from Me To You, sweet dreams.....(forgive the pun I couldn't resist lol)

Bye-D-Bye peeps

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Teddy Bears Picnic

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ - New Beginnings

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - Girly 'N' Glitter (its for a girl & theres glitter)

http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Animals (GRRRR big bad bear lol)
http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/search/label/challenges - Ribbon & Flowers

Thats it I think lol

Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge.....& a special event coming up!!

Hi everyone I'm running rather late today on my DT post as my daughter has not been well so this is the only chance I've had to do my post, so I'm just gonna get on with it peeps.

This week over at Cowgirl Up we have a new challenge for you, this is everyone's favourite so there is no excuse not to join in...

This week is 'AnythingGoes'

Our sponsor this week is the fab 'Michelle Perkett' & the winner will receive 3 images of their choice. Go over to her shop & take a peekskie at her images they really are fabulous....

The Top 3 also get to choose 1 image from Cowgirl Up Images, all winners get their badges as well to display on their blogs.

Here is my card for this week.....

This is 'Check Faery' & she is from Cowgirl Up & available here

The papers are Basic Grey 'Olivia' which I brought from Crafty Emma's Store I love these papers, the colours are beautiful. The corners were cut out using my cuttlebug. All the edges of everything were inked with 'Tattered Rose' distress ink & then the edges were distressed with my distressy tool lol. The ribbon is from my stash as to is the gem in the middle of the ribbon. The flowers I made myself out of cut out shapes which were then inked with 'Tattered Rose' & 'Worn Lipstick' distress inks, then wrinkled & screwed & once made up they were sprayed with lashings of CC shine 'n' spray.

This is the close up of the card.....the image is so pretty. I coloured her using Promarkers & the wings I coloured with a Sakurra Gelly pen.

This is a close up of the box, it is a Thankyou card with a box that also contains little thankyou postcards to send out to people that you may need to thank. Sorry I forgot to take pics of the notes, I actually took the pics over a week ago so I've not had chance to take new 1s today. The image is coloured the same way as the card. The flower I made but differently to the 1 on the card.

Well thats it for me on this challenge but please carry on reading as I have an announcement for an inportant event coming up.

Challenges I will enter with this card are.....

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - Girly & Glitter

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Pink & Black

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - Material Girl

Right now onto this upcoming event which I think is quite an inportant 1 as I'm sure you will agree. The event is......

In next weeks challenge we are asking people to make christmas cards but not just to enter into the challenge but to send away to the soldiers fighting to protect us!!! They have no way of buying any cards but they would love to send their loved ones back home a christmas card to let then know they are missing them, maybe even more this time of year. Now I must stress though that there is to be NO GLITTER what-so-ever, these soldiers go out in all terrain & at night, they dress themselves in a way as they wont be seen, if you add glitter to your cards or anything that is glittery it may fall off onto a soldiers clothing thus making it easier for him to be seen!! I know this is hard for a lot of you, me included I love glitter lol, but PLEASE dont, thankyou.

There are a few sponsoring this event so there are a few goodies to be won so please join us in this special event.....pop on over to Cowgirl Up for more information. We think this is a fantastic thing to do & a chance to get ALL crafters involved.

PHEW.....that was a long post even for me lol.

Well I'm really gonna have to go now back to my little girl.

Hope you are all having a great weekend.

Thankyou so so much for visiting me & leaving your wonderful comments.

Lotsa hugs

Vicky xxx

CES CHALLENGES.........Challenge 2

Good Morning every1.....Well its Saturday again peeps...these weeks now really are flying by I'm actually going to buy my 1st crimbo pressie next week, my youngest wants an Ipad & I like to get the expensive ones out the way first lol......BAH HUMBUG!!!lol.

Anyway onto this weeks new challenge over at Crafty Emma's Challenges. Last week we saw an amazing amount of entries.....we were astounded by it & we would like to thank every1 for entering their gorgeous creations.....we hope you will all join us again with this weeks challenge which is......

'Floral Frenzy'

Thats right we want to see flowers, flowery paper. flower embellishments anything thats flowery........we all love our flowers so we know a lot of you will like this challenge. Get yourself over to the challenge blog to get some inspiration, Emma & the rest of the DT girls have done FABULOUS creations that will certainly inspire you.

Without further ado I will show you mine.........

This is my Kinetic card, I've never made 1 of these before I had seen a few about but thought they looked a tad too complicated for me......but then I thought what the eck I will have a go!!! I'm glad I did actually because it unsurprisingly easy, the only time consuming part was put all the layers on lol.

The papers are Websters Pages from Crafty Emma's Store & they are called 'Lullaby Lane & Life's Portrait' I tell ya these papers are truly gorgeous, I sort of didn't want to use them cus of how pretty they are & they are all double sided so you end uo being spoilt for choice.

This is 'Farewell Tilda' another of my new Magnolia's that has took a month to be inked up....oops!! I really need to stop buying stamps but I NEED them!! Tilda is coloured with Promarkers which are also available in Emma's Store. The flowers I have actually made myself which I am quite proud of, I will be making more of these. I made them by printing out a flower shape in 3 diff sizes & coloured with pink Promarkers before being put together.

This is the sentiment in the middle which is from a stamp I brought some time ago & actually forgot I had. I placed gems down the side & along the top....gems were just from my stash.

This is 'Longing Tilda' which I've had for a few months & only used her the once & thought it was the perfect stamp to have on the other side with 'Church Window', both are Magnolia. The flower is a smaller version of the 1 I made on the other side. The Rose charm is from Emma's Shop & thought it was perfect to add to the flower, its really pretty. All the gems are from my stash & the Dew Drops again are from Emma's shop.

Well I think thats about it so why not pop over to CES Challenges & enter this fabulous challenge for a chance to win ...........

A Basic Grey card kit

There is also a Top 3 that gets picked as well.

Hope you like my card I would love to hear what you think....I dont mind whether its good or bad. Thankyou with all my heart to every1 that visits.

Big hugs to all....Bye-D-Bye for now...

Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm entering....
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes
http://sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Something 3d (hope this counts)
http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Something Cute
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ - C Is For Charms
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ - Charming
http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Say It With Flowers
http://creativecottagechallenge.blogspot.com/ - Celebrations

Another Award.......WOW Cooooooolllll

Hello peeps I meant to post this the other day but forgot so I'm posting it now. The other day I got another award, this 1 was off the lovely Susie, thankyou again so so SOOO much.....

Now I think I'm doing this right.....oh gosh please tell me if I'm not its all new to me lol.

Anyway apparently I need to....

1. Thanks the person for giving it to me....again thanks SO much Susie MMWAH.

2. Post the award on my blog.......am doing it now

actually you should see me doing it I've got this page open & Susie's & have to keep flicking between them both to make sure I'm doing it right.........but then getting me knockers in a twist when I do it wrong......hehe hee..........

 OMG I'm laughing my ass off at the mo cus I've just read what I put & it says 'knockers' pmsl.....honestly I can barely type thru laughing that much its supposed to say 'knickers', may be a bit wet soon if I dont stop laughing........LMAO.....sorry peeps...

3. Say 3 things about myself........WOW really....oh god here goes then lol....well obviously as you know I'm very stupid & silly lol, I am like this 12 year old stuck in a 38 year old body.....age really is just a number & life is for enjoying to the max cus who truly knows when our number is up.....I've had so many things happen to me since turning 16, even losing children but I truly believe in making the most of what I have....my daughter taught me that when I was 18, she was only meant to live for 2 weeks, she is now 18 thats how amazing life can be sometimes, she is our diamond!!!!

The 2nd thing is my family, I am utterly devoted to them, my kids & my hubby really are my life & I enjoy spending as much time as I can with them.....I feel like I'm the luckiest woman in the world not only do I have the most beautiful daughter, I also have 2 sons 1 14 & the other nearly 20 & who give me hugs EVERY single day & tell me they love me, even if their mates are here...............that is PRICELESS.

The 3rd thing you should know is that I'm not really a girly girl, the only thing I'm girly in is obviously my clothes lol, Y Fronts really dont suit me lol....crafting is the only way of me being girly....I HATE soaps, I love action films, shooting games on the xbox but my biggest love.........is CARS, OMG I would love to race cars for a living that would be a dream, I reckon I could do Clarksons job on Top Gear & would take less pay as well lol........I am a petrol head & proud of it lol. I want know whats under the bonnet before I even get inside the car loI want the torque of the engine I want know what BHP it has... not whether it electric windows or heated seats or little mirrors for re-doing my make-up in.....I want the machine varoooooom!!! lol.

Right now I have to post a fave pic.....wow now this was really really hard but it can only be a pic of my hero, MY DAD, he really was my best friend & we didnt go a day without seeing each other as well as talking on the phone & texting, he was amazing & if I grow up to be half the person he was....well then I will find myself privliged & very proud.

This was the last ever pic of my dad he died of cancer 10 days later, we found out he had cancer 3 months before & it was like he aged 30 years overnight. This is a pic taken the year before.....

He was always very tanned....he thought he was gorgeous actually, he blinking said it often enough lol. Here he is singing with me on karaoke......I'm Celine Dion lol...........yeah like you believe that, actually I used to be a DJ but still couldn't sing like Celine..........its good pretending though lmao.

Well now I have to pass this onto 5 others....this is the part I REALLY dont like so I'm gonna pick 5 that I didn't pick in my last award.........(or how about ALL of you take it cus I love you all ssshhh dont tell)

1. Coops....

2. Meesh

3.Julie....

4. Andie....

5. Crafty Emma....

Now I know I had Emma in my last award but she truly is an inspiration to me, not just crafting wise but also the things she does in her dad's memory amongst other things......Emma hunni you really do inspire me.

Well thats it peeps.........its took me longer to pick just 5 people to pick than to write this whole post, I need a cuppa now........ to every1 who is not in this list grab the award anyway cus I really truly would pick you all, as you are all an inspiration in some way & you ALL deserve an award!!!

Sorry for the long post I hope you got yourself a drink before sitting to read this lol.

Hugs to all

Vicky xxx

See ya soonies lovely crafty people lol.

Meet Japanese Tilda

Good morning peeps well I amazed myself last night & did actually make another card but as it was late I didn't post it.....I've finally got time now to post it lol!!!

I lost track of time completely last night, hubby came out to me at 12.45 & asked if I realised what time it was.........oops!!!

I got the new Magnolia collection from Bunny Zoe's just before hubby did my extension......I will put piccy's of my new craft-room on soon.....its very messy at the mo lol.

Cool as I'm writing this post Mr Postie has just delivered my Hanglar stamps that I put a post on here about.....how quick was that all the way from Sweden as well!!!

Anyway here is my card.....

I actually coloured this tilda the same time as I did Indian Tilda but only finally put her on a card now, she is coloured with Promarkers except her hair which was coloured with prisma.

The papers are Wild Rose Studio, called 'In Love With Japan' & I got these from Crafty Emma's Store these papers are soooo pretty, the colours are lovely & delicate.

The butterfly I got off Ebay & the flowers except the buds were from Wild Orchid. The buttons are from The Hobbyhouse. Ribbon & flower buds are from my stash. All edges were inked up with Tattered Rose & Tumbled Glass distress inks & then they were distressed. The sister sentiment & tag were cut out using my cuttlebug & then covered in glitter.

I followed the sketch on Just Magnolia

Here is a close-up of Japanese Tilda.....

I hope you like my card, I certainly think Japanese Tilda is sooo pretty.....this is the first oriental card I've done. Well I'm away to do my DT card now ready for Saturday, hopefully will get another card made to put on here.....you never know lol.

Thankyou for visiting & looking at my creations I really hope I may of inspired you in some little way. Take care every1.

Bye -D-Bye for now

Hugs to all

Vicky xxx

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

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ - Just The One (1 ribbon)

Whiff Of Joy is missing you

Good evening lovely crafters I feel as though I havn't posted for ages when in fact it was just Sunday!!! I'm lost in time I think lol.......oooh it would be being lost in the Seychelles................right I will wake up & stop dreaming!!!!!

The card I have made tonight is for the Whiff Of Joy Challenge the lovely Jane has done a sketch to follow. Well as I've had all my craft room extended I have found all my old stamps so I've been "ooooh I forgot I had that......eeeeee its like an aladdin's cave..........ahhhhhh arn't they pretty.......ooooohhh eeeeee aaahhhhhh....." The last bit I shall not tell you what my husband thought when he heard the noises!!!! (I think you can guess tho lmao)

Anyway I've decided to get some use out of my oldies but goodies............

here is the sketch over at WOJ.....          

I thought that a tent card again would suit this sketch quite well so thats what I did......

This is 'Willow with hot chocolate' but to me as I dont like hot choccy its black tea instead lol. These stamps I've had since March when I 1st starting stamping & colouring so its been really nice to use them again. I stamped Willow onto card 1st then masked her, I keep spare copies of stamps which have been stamped & cut out & they stay on my notice board, then if I want to mask they are there ready & they go back on the board after. It saves having to stamp twice everytime. Anyway I masked Willow & then stamped the chair over her & attached her using some of my jump rings. The papers that I used on the card are by K&Co & its K McKenna. The image was coloured with Promarkers.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid & I put some Stardust Stickles to give some sparkle, I've tried to catch it in the photo but only caught a little bit. The leaves are punched out with my Woodware punches & then they were inked with Crushed Olive & Forest Moss distress ink.

This is my sentiment, I'm hoping it will be allowed over at WOJ, so fingers crossed!!! The key & heart I made myself out of card, used a couple of jump rings from my jewellery stash & a couple of gems from my craft stash. I stamped the heart & the key with a heart shaped stamp that I got from Crafty Emma's Store with text on it, its lush, I stamped it on in Worn Lipstick & then inked the edges with the same. I then wrote missing you on it with my black Memento pen & sprayed it all with CC Spray 'n' Shine.

The gems going around the middle are from my stash & I used a nestabilitie through my cuttlebug to cut the middle out. I placed a doily on the inside which was inked with Sage & Tattered rose. The ribbons are from my stash & also from a craft magazine, a freebie lol. The top of the tent card I punched 3 holes along the top & decided to fasten it shut with ribbon knots.

I think thats its peeps I am trying to keep it short as I'm gonna try make another card.....try I say!!!!!

So bye-D-Bye for now I'm gonna go link this up & make a cuppa cus Willow here is making me thirsty lol. Hope you all had a lovely weekend see ya's soonies.

Thankyou for all your wonderful comments they mean the world to me.

Hugs to all

Vicky xxx

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

hAnglar & stAnglar stamps for sale.....get 'em while you can peeps

Hellooooo every1 just a really quick post to say that Ebay have got a hanglar & stanglar kit on for sale, its direct from hanglar & stanglar themselves. These go really, REALLY quickly so get them while you can, here is the direct link... Ebay .The lovely Jane posted it on her blog so I was able to go right over & buy some & thought I would post a quick note to let all you lovely crafters know.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xx

Some More News & a Blog Hop

Hello everyone how are you all enjoying your weekend....a long weekend for the UK!! This is a longish post as I have quite a bit to tell you but its worth staying til the end if you will, so pull up a comfy chair, relax, have a cuppa on the ready!! 2 weeks ago tomorrow I had such a fabulous Monday, in the evening I had a fantastic e-mail off Crafty Emma offering me a DT position & in the morning of that Monday I received an e-mail from Rachael aka Cowgirl Up Designs offering me a position to be on their posse......I was not feeling good that day but by the end of the day I was running around waving my arms in the air like some lunatic who has just escpaed from some asylum lmao. I was grinning all day long....actually all week long if I'm being honest I never EVER thought I was good enough to be on any DT yet alone 2, there are such a lot of talented crafters out there I am in awe of them every single day.
Anyway I'm done with my exciting news now I will get on with my post. Finally I can shout that I'm on the Posse over Cowgirl Up & today is my first posting & whats more they have a Blog-Hop over on  Cowgirl Up Designs there is candy on offer for the blog-hop. Also Crafty Ribbons is the sponsor of the challenge this week & they are giving away these fab ribbons......

Arn't they gorgeous!! The winner of the challenge will win these AND they get to choose 3 images from Cowgirl Up Ranch & a winners badge for their blog. There will also be a Top3 & they get to choose 2 images from the ranch & they get the Top 3 winners badge to display on their blogs.

Right now onto the 'Hop' there is candy to win in the hop I will post pics as soon as I receive them. If you have hopped here from Tina's then you are on the right track if not then you need to go here & start from the beginning Cowgirl Up.

The blog-hop is to kick off the new images that are being released today, also there is a 25% sale on the flower range for this week only. So why not get yourself over to the ranch & check it out, all of the images are fab!!

To win the candy for the blog hop you have to hop along the list in order & look for a letter, once you have collected all the letters they will spell out a sentence, when you have the answer e-mail it to raesweb@yahoo.com 

So can you see my letter??? The letter is repeated in a few places but you only need to write it down the once lol. When you hop on to each posse's blog leave a comment so we know you have been there & finish off by returning back to Cowgirl Up & leaving a comment there. Your next hop is over to the lovely Alison

Here is my 1st card for the challenge.....the Challenge this week is 'Make your own flowers'

I decided that the image would suit a tent card fabulously so here is my 1st tent card. I really enjoyed making this so you could be seeing more of these as well as my beloved easel cards lol. The papers are from Basic Grey but I cant remember the name of the pad....oops sorry!!! The ribbon is of course from Crafty Ribbons which I brought a while ago. The flowers I made by using my retro flower punch & adding a gem to the middle. The hanging bracket at the top was made using my Tim Holtz Hanging Sign & running it through my Cuttlebug. The leaves & butterfly were also made with punches & the image is from Cowgirl Up & was coloured in using Promarkers. The middle I cut out using 1 of my nestabilities through my cuttlebug, I then added gems every so often around the edge.

Did you make it too the end??? If you did then 'Well Done' you get yourself another cuppa as a reward he he hee. Well thats if for me I will be back later with another card,  see ya soonies, thank you for visiting me....I luuurrrrvvvveeee visitors!!!

Also I would like to welcome my new followers & send them thanks. I would also like to thank all of you that have left comments they really do cheer me up so thankyou, thankyou, THANKYOU!! lol

Bye-D-Bye for now

Hugs to all

Vicky xxx

Crafty Emma's Challenge..... Kick Off A New Challenge

Good morning everyone hope you are all fine & dandy this morning.

Well its Kick Off day with a new weekly challenge Crafty Emma's Challenge blog.
I am sooo excited about this Challenge blog & the other girlies I am working with are just FAB & very talented, I feel VERY honoured to be working with them all.

We are starting off the challenge with everyone's favourite 'Anything Goes' which basically means you can create whatever you like as long as its papercraft.
Here is the 1st prize.... a 12x12 My Minds Eye 'Oh La La' paper pack....mmm it certainly is ''Oh la la''

 Pop on over to the challenge blog to check out our talented DT's fabulous inspiring creations.

Here is mine....

It is a Notepad, this was an old hardback book, the insides were cut out & it has been covered in these gorgeous 'Pink Paislee' papers which are from Crafty Emma's Store, the tag is also from here as to are the pretty Dew Drops & the Pearl Pear Shaped Pin in the flowers. You really must get these Dew Drops they really are SOOOOO pretty, the camera doesn't do them justice. The images are from Kenny K & have been coloured with Promarkers which Emma also stocks. I also added metal corners to help protect the corners & also because it looks nice lol. The flowers are all from my stash, so is the doily which has been inked with Vintage Photo distress ink.

This is the inside of the notepad, again just covered in 'Pink Paislee'. Before the pads went on I glued on a piece of ribbon to provide an anchorage for a pen. The pads are actually free downloads from Graphic Garden they have loads of free printout things on there, its fab....

Here is the close-up of the images, I absolutely love Kenny K images they are fab to colour.

Well I think thats it from me we hope you can join in with our first challenge, 1st prize will be picked by random & there will also be a Top 3.

Come along & join in the fun.......its not to be missed!!!!

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/

Bye-D-Bye for now

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Thankyou so much for visiting & for your wonderful comments I appreciate each & every 1 of them, hugs to you all. xx

WOW.....I Have An Award

Hello peeps I know I havnt posted for a few days I've been a bit busy & bit ill, this damn kidney is giving me a lot of trouble but nezzer mind lol. Anyway I have received an award this morning.....I can't believe it I'm sooo proud.......I am grinning like a chesire cat ;0) Here is my award which I received from the lovely Coops.....thankyou hunni soooo much. Love Coops blog & she lives where I was born & bred Stoke-On-Trent so its really nice to have a potter crafter as a friend.

Now I'm new to all this but I think that 1 of the conditions of this award is I have to pass it on to 7 of my fave blogs.....My Goodness how do I do this????? Well I would choose Coops but as she gave it to me I can't so here are my 7 in no particular order........

1. Crafty Emma

2. Susie

3. Heidi

4. Poppet

5. Angie

6. Loopy Lou

7. Sarah

WOW........I really wish I could pick more 7 is NOT enough :-( There are sooo many more I could pick as I think you ALL have wonderful blogs & make wonderful inspiring creations.

Thanks once again Coops hun.

Lotsa hugs to all

Vicky xxx

Cowgirl-Up blog hop....dont miss it!!!!

Hello there crafters hope you are all having a wonderful weekend & hope the weather is keeping nice for, its gorgeous up here in the North. There is a Blog Hop on 29th August over at Cowgirl-Up I have have copied & pasted there badge & info below....

       We will be having our Big Blog Hop and Image Release and Sale!


        Looking forward to Ya'll being there!

        Mark your calendars for August 29th!

        Don't forget to create a post with our Announcement Badge

        and post it on your side bar!

        We will be hopping around and looking!

        Someone will be winning a special prize!

        Leave a comment that you have made a post and posted the badge!

So don't forget 29th August for the Blop Hop & of course not forgetting the sale........us crafters do like our sales don't we.............
                                                   Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Blue Christmas - Whiff Of Joy

Good evening every1 hope you all are keeping fine & dandy, well what lovely weather up here along the North Coast its been today.......can you believe it no rain, blinking 'eckythump!!

Well I'm am gonna try & keep this short.....LMAO 'TRY'. This last few days I've been in a lot of pain (cant wait for my hospital app next month) so its took me 3 days to do this card, I 've started then stopped, then started blah,blah,blah, its so hard to get any whoomph in ya when you are not well isn't it?? Anyway I've FINALLY finished my card & its a Crimbo card, now this is my 1st EVER Crimbo card, I've never made 1 before I only really started making cards this March & I've stayed clear of all the challenges that wanted crimbo, me being a scaredy cat...meoowww.......but I'm tough na, I've hardened up lol..... I'm more like a lion, roarrrrrrr, lol.

I'm just gonna show the card & shush up lol, here it is......

This is 'Melinda' the Christmas Angel & she is from the Guardian Angel collection at Whiff Of Joy. I have only just brought this last week & the stamp at the bottom I brought off Ebay a few weeks ago, I knew I would have to start getting my Crimbo stuff in!! Over at PFP this week the lovely Anja has set the theme 'Winter Blue'. Now as you know I wont miss PFP so its a case I had to do Crimbo but then I'm looking thru all my blinking billion DP's & I didn't have any Crimbo paper but didn't realise til last night....arrrggghhhhh. Ah well lucky enough I have Text Prints paper stack by DCWV & in there was the 2 papers on the easel card.....PHEW!!!!

This is the bottom. The flowers are from my stash. The snowflakes I used my small Woodware punch covered them in glue & then coated them in Diamond Dust Twinklets. The heart stamp has music notes around the outside so I got a free music sheet to try & match the theme, you will see better what I mean on the next pic..................

........its the song 'Blue Christmas' which I thought was rather apt, so I printed it out then inked it up with 'Tumbled Glass' & 'Stormy Sky' distress ink. The card that the image is on is from the Papermill, I get all my card from there, I also ran the card through my Cuttlebug in a snowflake embossing folder. The WOJ stamp, the button in the middle of the large snowflake & the snowflake charm I got from Hobbyhouse, it was actually my 1st time there & my things arrived the very next day, excellent for me as I'm inpatient lol. The WOJ stamp I also put Stickles over her wings & on the fur around her clothes. The chain & all the other bits of charms are from my jewellery making stash & the ribbon is also from my stash. The large snowflak I found an image on the internet & cut it out & then covered it in Diamond Dust again.

This is a side view, I've tried catching all the sparkle but I've not succeeded :-( hubby has gone fishing tonight for a few hours with our youngest son so I've had to take the pics....can you tell lol.

Well I think thats it, I can keep spying my jar of sweeties on this pic so I'm gonna do some more crafting whilst sucking on a sweetie lol

Be back tomorrow hopefully unless I end up lost amongst my mess that is now my craft-room.

Take care every1 & hope you all have a fabulous weekend. Thankyou so so much for visiting & leaving all your wonderful comments & I hope you like my card.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Winter Blue.

http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Strip It Down

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas In August

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - With Wings

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ - B Is For Blue
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Walking In Winter Wonderland

 Bye-D-Bye