CES Challenges DT Card.........

Well good morning all you lovely people, how are you all today? For those out there that are poorly I wish you better real soon......except me & the eldest everyone is poorly here.....

Guess what I finally got to craft yesterday & managed to get my DT card done for CES Challenges today, altho my fabby boss did tell me not to worry but I was having huge withdrawal I've not crafted for a week cus kids have been that poorly. Natalie is a wee bit better not much so it looks like a re-scheduled appointment to the Alan Shearer centre....her health comes first tho bless her.

Anyway its time for CES Challenges today & the lovely Crafty Emma herself has set this weeks challenge which is......Male Cards  We also welcome a new member to our fab DT this week the talented

 Donna aka Donna's Doodles pop over & show her some support as its really nerve racking joining a new team.......even a mad house like ours lol.....believe it is behind the scenes lol.

Well as I've had major withdrawal from crafting I decided to make something a little different you know me & stretching the ode grey matter I get bored otherwise lol....also its not very often I do Male cards I miss my embellies too much & you know I like to embellish lol.

So here is my offering.....

Its a shirt & tie card lol.

I sooooo enjoyed making this & I will def be making more of these & it was so easy as well.

This is the inside & of course I couldn't do without an image.

This is 'Happy New Year Ben' altho I think he can be used for so many things of course you can get him from here Emma has all the new WOJ stamps in mine came days ago so I'm itching to at least ink 1 up & make a card with one.

He has been coloured with my fave pens Copics.

E000 E00 E01 E11 E25 E29 E31 & E50 & R37 for his blowy thing....I think these were the colours as much as I can remember.......

All the papers are stitched.....faux stitching which took me ages to pierce every single hole with my pokey tool then draw up the lines to look like stitches but it was worth it & really helps make it look like authentic I think.

Of course I made a matching box to put it in the only thing different is the shirt on the box lid doesnt have a pocket instead it has a tag which I used my WOJ tag die for. The sentiment is a Cats Life Press Calender stamp which I had for crimbo off Crafty Fabby Emma......I love this sentiment stamp.

Except for the brown & cream A4 card & the buttons everything else is available from

 Crafty Emma's Store here. She has a lot of fabulous stuff in her shop I was there again yesterday shopping.....well whats a girl to do lol..... Papers are Basic Grey 12x12.

Well thats about it please pop on over to my fabby teamies who yet again have made stunning creations....they really are so talented you know.

I would also like to welcome my new followers.....(waving like mad) hi & thank you soooo much for following my blog hugs & kisses to you mmwah.

Well I'm off as I have my eldest son's hair to cut he's waited all week bless him but I've just not had time. I hope to play some more over the weekend but we'll see how my poorly babies are including hubby lol.

Thanks for all your wonderful comments this week regarding Natalie she would of been admitted to hospital but fortunately there is not much we cant handle now our cupboards look like the inside of an hospital anyway with all the stuff we have to do for her lol.....

Thanks for stopping by I loves ya all for sparing some time to pop in.

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

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

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ - Card or Project for a Male

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Its A Man Thing

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

Hugs & kisses xoxoxoxoxo

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYONE IN JAPAN & SURROUNDING AREA'S.......YOU ARE ALL IN MY THOUGHTS & PRAYERS!!!!

This is why I dont let things get me down cus there is always someone worse off, we dont know how good we have it, its just awful whats happened. I just couldn't imagine it!! Makes you thankful tho doesn't it!!

Mr scheduled blogger let me down yet again grrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!! so sorry this is late

My Ribbon Storage

Good morning all my lovely jubbly friends..how are youa ll this bright & sunny morning? Its certainly bright & sunny up here as you will see by one of the pics that I'm showing lol.

Well I've still done no crafting all week I am having serious withdrawal now I am hoping to do some today tho......fingers crossed.

Natalie is still poorly with her chest I ended up trying some of my sons ventolin inhaler on her last night to try ease her wheezing........wow what a task that was cus obviously I cant tell her to suck or inhale she doesn't understand any of it. So I thought if I give her a quick squirt it would make her cough & while we put her in the recovery position she would hopefully bring some of the rubbish up off her chest....it worked thankfully. The problem with severly disabled children is they get a build up of rubbish on their chest & unfortunately what they do bring up they swallow most of it back down so its like being on a roller coaster when we do manage to get her cough only half of her rubbish actually comes out....wow I bet you really didnt want to be hearing about that this morning lol.....really sorry peeps I will shush now. Also my youngest & my hubby have now caught it so I've had no kids at school this week & my man has man flu....aw bless 'em.

Anyway the reason I'm here is Really Reasonable Ribbons Ramblings (wow thats a mouthful lol) they are having a ribbon organization week which basically means show them how to store yours. 

Pop on over to read all the details. I thought I would enter mine cus apparently you have to be in it to win it. I have spent half an hour in my hobbit this morning so I thought I would take piccies while I was there so I could enter this.

Told you it was sunny up here lol unfortunatley this is right by my bottom window lol. I'm on sorting my craft room out as most of you know.....its nearly done but with poorly kids I've not been in for a week :0(

This is basically my ribbon storage....I am hugely addicted to ribbon already even tho I've not been doing this malarkey for long lol.

I've closed my blind now lol.

Originally I used hooks as you can see as I had a spare packet in the kitchen lol. These are basically the bars you have underneath your cupboards in the kitchen for hanging up utensils. Ikea do these really cheap also the hooks are cheap from there as well. I however was inpatient & didnt want to go back for hooks as my nearest Ikea is about 20 odd miles away....altho I do need more bars now lol.

So I used cable ties from hubby's shed lol. The clips I brought in bulk from an online store as I knew how I wanted to store my ribbon. A lot of the time I buy in metres so I dont have that many rolls so thats why I did this kind of storage & this way I can clearly see what I have & just unclip what I want & clip it back when I'm finished....easy peasy lemon squeezy...he he

I have these still to sort out & I also have a box of lace & a tub of seam binding......yes I'm addicted to that now as well lol.

These are 2 of the drawers still to be done when I get more bars.

I also thought I would show you what I made last night or should I say early hours this morning lol whilst sitting on the sofa lol. I decided to have a play about & experiment & this is what I achieved.

This was just done with a short length of ribbon & I love it so will be doing lots more lol.

Well thats it now peeps I am going to try my best & catch up with you all now I have soooo missed your blogs. It seems no sooner I get on here Natalie needs me & I have to leave so fingers crossed....I hope so cus I've got loads of DT commenting to catch up on as well. So there may be a big ass shape in my sofa today lol cant go far anyway as my new mobile gets delivered today....I love my sons phone so I copied off him he he....its the Blackberry Torch I went for black as I dont think white would stay white especially if it comes into my craft room lol... my hubby will also NOT be borrowing it to take fishing!!

See ya soonies my lovelies & thank you sooooo much for all your get well wishes for Natalie it brought a smile to her face & mine lol MMWAH.

Huggles xoxoxoxox

Hello my friends

Hello all my lovely jubbly friends, how are you all this bright & breezy day? Its gorgeous yet again up here in the North East & yet again washing on the line I'm loving it I can tell ya lol....altho the dryer still has to go on for towels & underwear...:0( lol.

I thought I would let you know how my angel is doing. Well yesterday we should of made the most of moments like these......which were few.....

Asleep on the sofa with a towel underneath her head incase she is sick & her pooh bear blankie over her. Really wish we had gone bed when she was alseep cus last night she didnt want to sleep at all the little bugga lol. She is still managing a smile & the odd little giggle here & there which is so weak & wheezy you cant help giggling at her lol.

She became grumpy tea time last night so we lay her on our bed & I sat next to her for a couple of hours & we watched Princess Diaries 1 & 2 which are her fave films.....I enjoy them too lol. So I did manage to sort half of my Copics out whilst sitting next to her & do my Copic colour chart finally. I even managed do  little colouring I coloured skin & hair on one of my stamped images lol It took me an hour just do the hair, I told you I take ages colouring lol.

Anyway she is back on half strength feeds today & touch wood she is tolerating them & no more sickness. She is really wheezy still & most of the time running a fever so the fan is on constantly lol.

I want to thank you for all of your sweet lovely comments you really are the best mmwah. I'm trying my best to catch up with commenting but its a bit sporadic at the moment but I promise I will catch up with you all eventually.

Missing you all loads see ya soonies.

take care peeps & keep on smiling.

Huggles xoxoxoxoxox



Thank You

Hello my lovelies how are you all today? The weather is glorious up here today perfect for a stroll along the beach.....even tho I wont get chance to do that lol.

I dont have anything exciting for you I'm afraid its just a post to say a huge thank you to you all for your get well wishes for Natalie. Unfortunately she has rapidly gone down hill & we ended up staying in the sitting room with her all night. Colds affect her so badly extremely quickly so what was a few sneezes on Sunday is now full blown flu & now on her chest as well..... Lots of rubbish which is causing her to be sick constantly...you should of seen my bath this morning full of sicky towels from in the night..yuk!!!

Anyway she has fallen alseep on the sofa now bless her she must be shattered, I know me & dad are, so goodness knows how Natty is feeling.

Anyway I just wanted to give you an update on my poorly angel & while she is sleepies I'm gonna do some blog hopping to come see your creations. So I will see ya soonies my fab friends.

MMWAH

Huggles xoxoxoxoxox

Crafts & Me DT card.........Frosted Rose

Good afternoon all you lovelies hope you had a fabulous weekend. Mine was lovely altho I did no crafting what-so-ever I spent the whole weekend with my hubby & kids, it was fab we even watched Matilda saturday night lol. I am running a tad late today I have my daughter off school she started sneezing yesterday & by last night she has the full blown flu.....cus of her disability she gets it really bad bless her. We were supposed to go look around the Alan Shearer centre today for disabled children so just dad went & I stayed at home with Natalie.....he said its fantastic so we are all going up sunday to see what Natalie thinks of it.....I just want to go in the big ball pit with Natalie rofl.

Anyway onto my card. I've used an older image today by Hannah Lynn but its an image I've not used before but let me tell you I had so much fun colouring I loved every minute of it & it does take me a loooong time to colour images....especially hair as its my most fave part of an image & Hannah Lynn is perfect for that.

Anyway here she is...

Isn't she just so beautiful. I took the photo's outside today cus its just so lovely.

She is coloured with Copics I will put the list on at the bottom as well as all other materials used.

I added Ice stickles to her wing & her roses. I also went around her eyes with a Letreset fine marker to darken her eyes & make them pop out a bit more.....its like putting on some mascara & eyeliner lol.

The chain & friend charm are from my jewellery making stash.

The gems & the fabric used for the bow are also from my stash. I made this card to fit a few challenges.

The black ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons & the gorgeous Beaudoux Wine seam binding was off a fab blogging friend, thanks Rach sweetie....mmwah.

The black rose in the middle of the bow & the new prima papers 'Moulin Rouge' are from Crafty Emma's.

The smooth white card I use for stamping is this here which of course you can get with the gorgeous Hannah Lynn stamp 'Frosted Rose' from Crafts & Me.

Copics used are, E000 E00 E01 E13 R20

RV34 R11 R10 C7 C5 C3 C1 G17 G07 G14 & W5 for extra shading to her hair.

Also dont forget our current challenge we have going on which is 'Under The Sea' here.

Well thats about it from me hope you have liked this card its quite simple for me lol but this image doesn't need much she wants to be centre of attention so I thought I would let her be lol.

Anyway take care peeps see ya soonies, keep on smiling mmwah.

Thank you all soooo much for popping by I am off to pop on over to see you in between cooking tea, I'm making herb & garlic potatoes with some minted lamb mmmmm I love lamb, actually I love cooking but not basic meals they bore the life out of me so we leave them for hubby if we having something simple lol.

Huggles xoxoxoxox

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

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ - Fabric

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

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Ribbons

CES Challenges DT Card.........

Good morning peeps its me again....just when you thought it was safe go into Blogland I re-appear with my 2nd post lol.

This one is completely the other end of the scale from my first card this morn.....check out my Sweet Pea Steampunk creation here.

This post is for CES Challenges & this week our lovely Sandie has chosen the theme which is

'St Patrick/Good Luck'

So we would love to see any of those type of cards, obviously not all of us know people who we could wish happy St Patricks day to so thats why we are giving you the option of Good Luck as well.

I have gone for Good Luck for my card & whats more I've dug out another un-inked stamp, I am doing well lol. I was hoping my new stamps would of been here for this card but instead I got one of my hAnglars out she has been waiting for ink for soooooooo long.....so finally here she is...

warning photo heavy lol

For this card I followed Rach's fabbylicious sketch over on Friday Sketchers.....I must say I soooo enjoyed doing this card I could of done it again after lol.........is that sad of me?

I made a tag type of sentiment by stamping on some of my seam binding & attaching it to the matting of the image......I love that little bit actually lol.

She is of course coloured with Copics colours used are....

E000,E00,E01,E11,R20

E77,E57,E33,E53

RV29,RV34 & W5 for shading

Little bit of C1 on the white to add bit of depth

I also added 2 pink pearl gems from my stash to her ribbons on her hair.

Stitching is faux I ran it all through the machine without thread then added the stitches with my silver/grey sakura pen as I couldn't find my light grey thread grrrrrr....never mind I'm still pleased with it lol.

The button is from my stash & the bottom flower I made using a magnolia doo hickey with the DP I've used. The doily was also from my stash & I used pink A4 card for matting.

The gorgeous lace is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The scalloped card, card candy, smooth white card for stamping, Prima flowers, bakers twine, hat pin & Memory Box-Gossamer papers are all available at Crafty Emma's here.

Inside has also been deocrated exactly the same using the sketch I was going to put a piccy on but I think there is enough on now lol.

Well thats it from me but do please pop over to see my fabulous teamies creations cus they are truly stunning.

We are looking forward to seeing all of your creations this week the more the merrier but please stick to the theme or your entry will get deleted to make it fair for others.

Pop on over to Emma's shop she has some gorgeous new things in including the new Whiff Of Joy stamps & papers, I've ordered mine, so get 'em while you can

Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by I'm off now to do some hopping & to come see all of you lovelies.

So see ya soonies peeps. mmwah loves ya!!!

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

http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/ - Fabby sketch by Rach

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

http://lovely-haenglar-only.blogspot.com/ - Stitching(real or faux)

http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Good Luck

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ - Pink

Sweet Stampin Challenges DT Card.......

Good morning my lovelies how are you all this morning? This is actually a scheduled post its been one fo those weeks with health etc yuk yuk yuk!! Its actually 1.30am & yes I'm still not in bed, hubby is on the sofa next to me nodding off with his head on me awwww bless him sssshhh must be quiet lol.

Anyway its Saturday so that means we have new challenges for you & this saturday we have 2 the 2nd will be posted shortly afterwards so please pop back if you have time.

Thank you for all of your wonderful entries last week over at Sweet Stampin....WOW.....there was a lot phewwwwwwwww, I'm still actually catching up so I will be round to you still.

This week we have a fabby sketch for you to play with so it takes all the hard work out of it for you.

I nearly forgot about it when I did my DT card so had to turn it into an easel card, not that I mind cus they are my fave style of card. This week I've used one of my yummy stamps that I had still not inked... & tried something different for me anyway.......

Yes of course I've used a Sweet Pea stamp, you know I cant leave them alone for long. This is one of my un-inked stamps & she is by Meredith Dillman, I am sooooo loving her stamps. This one is from Plate 87 sheet 2 which you can find here. I've gone Steampunk style which I've never done before but I love to try different things it stops me getting bored lol & I enjoyed doing this one.

She is coloured with what is now my fave colouring medium....yes Copics I just love them soooo much. She has also been embossed with UTEE. Her scarf however is done with Prisma & I cant remember why lol. The fabulous frame behind is a digi image from Teri over at Delicious Doodles which was distressed with teadye ink & then UTEE then cracked in places then rubbing on some walnut ink into the cracks I then attached the image on top cus I only wanted the frame cracked & not her.

The metal corner was silver but I covered it in copper embossing powder....warning metal gets hot!!!!! lol.

I will have to add the rest of my pics tomorrow cus I've ran out of room apparently, I've reached my 1 gig limit. I have purchased some more but it can take a few hours to come through lol.
So I will edit the rest in the morning lol.
Do pop over to the challenge blog & check out all my fabby team mates creations cus they truly are bootiful.
I will be back with more piccies once I have the go ahead......I'm am laughing my ass off at this actually lol.
I have no idea how to sort this out without deleting posts so it was just easier to buy some more space.
Thank you for stopping by & seeing my post.....or half a post lol.
EDITED TO ADD REST OF PICCIES & FINISH POST lol

I have quite a bit of catching up to do with everyone so I will be around today to see you all & catch up with what I've missed I'm a day behind myself at the mo lol.
Challenges I'm Entering..........
http://sweetpeastampschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Favourites (I cant pick a fav sweet pea cus they all my faves so I went for 1 I hadnt inked up yet.....love this stamp actually)
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ - Distressing
http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Digi Day (frame & all cogs are digi images)


See ya soonies tatty bye huggles xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Crafty Purple Frog DT Card......

Good morning all my lovely jubbly friends. How are you all this morn? Well its quite miserable up here along the coast today we cant complain tho cus the last 2 days its been lovely I've even had washing on the line for 2 days running.....yayyyyaaayyyy!!

Anyway its my busy week DT wise so I'm here with another DT card this time its time for

Crafty Purple Frog Challenges

Thank you for all your magical entries last fortnight they truly were magical indeed.

This fortnight we have one of my fave type of challenges.

'Things With Wings'

Yep as long as it has wings fly them pretties to us as we would love to see them.

For my card I always struggle which image to use cus they are all just gorgeous so hubby picked my card & told me what theme to do with my wings.......I had to go super girly......OMG I'm not a girly girl at all, I love cars & car racing, street dancing & footie is one of my big loves. For my anniversary a good few years ago hubby asked what I wanted & I said tickets to go watch Newcastle UTD play Beyer Leverkusen....OMG it was amazing....all my friends shook their heads at me in disbelief but this is me...lol. I know more about makes of cars & engines than my hubby altho he knows how to fix them lol.

So here is my pretty girly card......

Isn't it girly lol.....it actually came together soooo easily & the gorgeous papers are from Bearly Mine

This is 'Carnation Fairy' decoupage which you can get here I added lace stickles to parts of her wings.

Flowers & scalloped 6x6 card are from Crafty Emma's.

The heart die cut is a Whiff Of Joy die. Butterfly cut out using my Tonic punch. Button & pink pearls from my stash & the beautiful ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. The sentiment is from Bizzy Becs its not very often I put a sentiment on cus you never know what you are going to use a card for but Bearly Mine has a challenge of Happy Birthday.

Anyway thats it from me do pop over here & look at my DT sisters fabulous scrummy work.

We cant wait to see all your creations this fortnight come enter them here.

Thank you so much for stopping by with all my heart I sooooo appreciate it.

See ya soonies, tatty bye for now.

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

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ - Birthday Card

http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Birthday Card

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ - Open

Huggles xoxoxoxox

Crafts & Me DT Card........

Good afternoon everyone its time for our new challenge over at

Crafts & Me

This week our fabulous Vix has chosen the theme which this week is...

Under The Sea

So as long as it has something to do with the sea whether it be mermaids, dolphins, fish, sea shells etc then we would love to see it. So swim on over to here & enter those fabulous creations.

Now I have to admit I was rather stuck on this one but only cus I was spoilt for choice on which image to use Teresa really does stock such a variety it took me a while to pick. In the end I went for a digi that I brought as soon as Teresa started to do digi's I remember being soooo excited & rushed over & brought them all lol. So it was about time I coloured this beauty up.....

This is 'Hidden Treasures' by the fabulous Hannah Lynn you can get this digi here...

Isn't she marvelous lol

The image is coloured with Copics sorry I didnt remember which ones as I used a lot of colours lol. You dont want to know how long I spent on colouring this lol. I will tell you tho that the hair alone took me an hour I dont know how many layers I put on to get the depth I wanted lol. The first image wasn't going how I wanted so it went to the bin I would rather waste an image than not be entirely happy with it.

The papers are from Basic Grey in all honesty I love the image but the card I hate & if I had had time it would of gone in the bin & I would of done another but I've been ill the last week so energy wise its not been great. The doc however has given me some antibiotics as I have a really bad kidney infection never mind lol.

The first flower I put on I hated cus the stickles went wrong so it went in the bin I kept the bottom layer & then attached this large gorgeous rose from Wild Orchid which I sprayed with Gold glimmer mist from here & now I think it just looks better. The sentiment is from my shelves of wood block stamps & edged with stormy sky distress ink.

Well thats it from me for now I am having a nightmare with blogger not doing what its told to do so I'm away to tell it off &.....thats not all its getting grounded!!!

Cant wait to see all of your yummy creations peeps.

Thank you for stopping by I'm gonna catch up with all my commenting now whilst I have a bit of energy lol. You dont want to know what my hobbit looks like as I still havn't finished it & I've had DT cards to make. Put it this way the pics on the page at the top of my craft room.....well it looks nothing like that at the mo lol.

I will gladly accept any offers of a big clean up & sort out lol or you come play in mine & I will come play in yours you will just have to clean mine first lol.

See ya soonies mmwah.

Huggles xoxoxoxoxox

Simply Sassy Stardust.....

Good evening all my lovely friends hope you are all fine & dandy.

This is a really quick post from me tonight......I could even break a record lol.

I wasn't going to do a card tonight as its my busy week DT wise but my new stamps came today & well tonight I had a really quick play.....it was quick as well. Altho I can never colour an image quick colouring the image is my fave part lol.

So here is the 1st of my new stamps.......

This is 'Stardust' of Simply Sassy set 5 from Funky Kits.

She is coloured with yummy Copics. Colours used were...E000 E00 E01 E11 R20 C7 C5 C3 C1 R27 R59

Used a scalloped card base from Crafty Emma's.

Circle made using Marianne die & the flower in the centre was cut using a doo hickey & a button from my stash added. The large red rose is from Wild Orchid & the small black ones from Emma's, also the white doily is from Emma's. All flowers have been edged with Stardust stickles.....it had to be didnt it lol. Papers are a mixture of Bearly Mine & Nitwits.

This has been made for 2 challenges, a sketch & a colour challenge.

Thank you sooooo much for stopping by I really appreciate it & appreciate you having time to leave me comments you are all fab.

Tatty bye for now.

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

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Fab sketch by Lizzy (new is the stamp, old is the marianne die which I always forget to use lol)

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - Black & White with one other colour

Huggles xoxoxoxoxoxox