Midweek Magnolia Challenges & A Peekskie To........

Hello my lovelies & oh what a beautiful morning it is here by the sea...........blue skies & wait for it.....yes SUNSHINE woo hoo ;0)

Hope you all had a lovely Easter, I unfortunately came down with a viral infection on sunday so spent the time in bed either sleeping or being sick urgh. I did manage spend an hour with my family which I was gutted about, as it was only an hour but Payton lurved Easter bless her & her smiles & giggles c.

an cheer anyone up ;0)

Anyhoos onto the new challenge over at Midweek Magnolia's this week which is.........

HOW CHARMING

.......yep all you gotta do is add a charm, simples ;0)

Now I have made a hanging............will explain where for later in the post......

I have finally inked up my 'Tailor Tilda' from the Turning Leaves Collection that I had off my secret santa, thanks sweetie mmwah. She was coloured with Copics, colours used are.........

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R22, R20 - Skin

E29, E27, E23, E21 - Hair

R39, R37, R35 & White gel pen for polka dots - Bow & Fabric

C5, C3, C1, C00 - Top

Y28, Y26, Y21 & W5 for shading - Sewing Machine

E53, E51, E50 - Desk & background

I have used gorgeous papers from one of the new Prima pads, OMG this one is my fave & I have to get more!!! As you can see I've also used one of the gorgeous new MF Hangers Teresa has recently got in, lurve these!!

I've used a few dies on this lol, list will be at the bottom. I've also used 2 charms from my stash, the sewing machine I think was from Ebay ages ago. Ive used a 'Love Hanger' with MB 'Dress' die & I've added 'Tulle Trim' to act like a dress ;0)

I've used MB 'Thread Spool' die & wrapped Bakers Twine around them. I made a tag from fabric in my stash, which is also where the buttons, ribbon & lace is from. Stickers to make 'Create' which I've had for soooooooooooo long!!!

Ok so now for an explanation as to why we are so busy at the mo. Well as you know I gave up my hobbit in the garden to breed cats, unfortunately however that cant happen cus of health reason........which I wont get into at the mo, as tests are still on-going. Anyway I've been crafting in the living area's in our home.

That is a HUGE no no, I hate the mess, seriously I spend more time cleaning & tidying then I do crafting, I miss having a room of my own where I can shut the door & no-one has to see the mess.

Hubby & no other member of the family mind..........its just me, it gets on my nerves, so much so I nearly gave up crafting..............

However hubster was not pleased with that one so he is re-doing the 'Hobbit' for me to go back into, yayyyyy, a craft room of my own again lol. When he started ripping everything out the plan wasn't to do the floor, however the cowl had been leaking in on the wood burner & soaked all the floor. So the floor came up yesterday & he has to re-do that then re-lay flooring. This is what it looks like at present, well what half the room looks like lol. This is where the hanger is made for, my new craft room ;0)

I will be selling my big cupboard once I'm back in there but I'm keeping the new desk & drawers. The worst thing was I only ever emptied half of my craft room..........so everything is now dumped in the conservatory, there is mess everywhere lol. Also I decide while hubster is doing that outside I should start decorating inside..........not the cleverest of idea's I've had lol.

Ingredients of hanger (for my new craft room)

Magnolia 'Tailor Tilda'

Prima 'Lyric' papers - MCH

Tulle Trim - LLC

Love Hanger - LLC

Flowers - WOC

MB 'Princess Dress' die - MCH

MB 'Thread Spools' die - MCH

MB 'Simple Needle & Thread' die - MCH

Melissa Frances 'Hanger' - MCH

Thank you sooooooooo much for stopping by I will be back at 5pm uk time with some candy ;0) Scheduled already.

So tatty bye for now my lovelies, see yas soonies ;0) xxxxxxxxx

EASTER SPECIAL 15% OFF EVERYTHING IN STORE

Hi everyone a really quick post from me just to tell you about the fabbylicious sale Teresa has on over Easter at her Crafts & Me Store.

Happy Easter to all our Crafts and Me customers, we are offering an

Easter Special 15% Off Everything in the Store from Friday 29th March - 2nd April while stocks last.

The code to be entered at the check-out is 15

So pop on over to Crafts & Me Store & treat yourself to some easter goodness............less calories than choccy ;0)

Will be back later today or tomorrow, hope everyone has a wonderful Easter. I'm spending mine with the family.........now thats easter goodness at its best ;0)

Tatty bye lovelies mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxxx

A Quick Sorry ..........

Hi my lovelies how are you all? I'm just quickly popping on here to give out a bit of a warning.....our email accounts were hacked yesterday & lots of emails were sent to various people & companies. Hubster has been on & sorted it this morning & hopefully its secure again............fingers crossed.

However I have sent NO emails.........been too busy tbh lol, so if you do get an email from me please just delete it as who knows what it will be. When I email people I always put something in the subject box thing lol.........usually related to what I'm emailing about etc. I have sent no emails these last couple of days though so anything before today just delete. I'm so sorry to everyone who got these emails but there were DEF not from me sweeties.

Anyway I just wanted to let you know my lovelies, I'm off to get back to my decorating now lol.

I do have a surprise in the next day or 2 though ;0) keep your eyes peeled.

Wish you all a lovely Easter weekend with hopefully 'NO SNOW' our bunny wants to stay warm & fluffy lol.

Tatty bye, sending big squishy hugs to all xxxxxxxxxxxx

Crafts & Me Challenges - Pretty In Pink

Hello everyone how are you all? Are we sick of this awful weather yet.............we are supposed to be seeing pretty daffodils & the fluffy easter bunny...........not frosty the snowman!! Although us by the sea have not really had the snow a lot of my friends inland & down south have had lots!!!! :0(

Ok onto the new challenge over at Crafts & Me & this week I stepped in to do the challenge, ok me & my hubster stepped in to do the challenge lol...........yes my hubby picked the theme, which is.....

PRETTY IN PINK

...........one a lot of you girlies will lurve ;0)

Ok I'm up to my eyes in mess here so I've resorted to my box of coloured images I did a while ago for this one..............

I have used a Sweet Pea stamp, these have been soooooooooo neglected lately :0( May have gone OTT with pink...............maybe's a tad lol.

I have used MF papers & some gorgeous MF 'Organza Pouf' ribbon, sooooooooooo pretty this stuff is ;0)

Cut 2 butterflies with MB die & inked the edges & added pearls to the centre.

The paper across the middle I used Spellbinder Edgeabilities along the top to create a fancy edge.

So this is 'Come Softly' by Ching Chou Kuik & as always she has been coloured with copics, I even wrote down the colours & clipped it to the image........yay me lol.

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20

E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

R85, R83, R81, RV1O

I also used gel pens to add some pink & white to her hair & the butterfly.

Added small doily under the image & a Whimsy Postage stamp sentiment. The pink gingham ribbon is from my stash.

Ingredients used.............

'Come Softly' Sweet Pea stamp - Crafts & Me

Flowers - WOC

'Postage' Whimsy stamp - Bunny Zoes

'C'est La Vie' Melissa Frances papers - My Crafty Heart

'Organza Pouf' ribbon - My Crafty Heart

'Isabella' MB die - My Crafty Heart

'Classic Petal' Spellbinder Edgeabilities die - My Crafty Heart

Doily - Ebay

Hope you will join along this week & show us your 'Pretty In Pink' creations ;0)

I will get round to you all, I have DT commenting to do first though, its like an Iraqi war zone here at the mo lol, will explain in another post lol............will be glad when things are back to normal lol.

Thank you sooooooooooo much for stopping by & leaving the lovely comments that you leave, also welcome to my new followers & a big thank you mmwah.

Tatty bye lovelies xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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

Bearly Mine Challenges - Girly Pink 

Zindy Nielsen for Crafts & Me

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Well I should have posted this yesterday but with decorating things are late...........someone really is robbing me of hours everyday.......I sure aint getting 24!!

Anyway I'm showing you another one of the gorgeous new rubber stamps from Crafts & Me Store by the artist Zindy S.D. Nielsen...........I sooooo love these!!

This is 'Shh Now' & isn't she a beauty...........yes I know I said it about the first one but they are ALL beauties, seriously pop on over & take a look..............no wait!!!!! Dont go yet.....

The super duper gorgeous flower is the new Prima Flowers.........L-U-S-H

I have used matching 'Butterfly' which I also added 'Stickles' to the edges. I added a  'Crystal Swirl' & 'Twill Sentiment' from my stash.

Added 2 doilies on the front which I dyed myself to make them look more aged, didnt want the bright white look. Also added 'Prima Crystal' in the corner.

This beauty was as always coloured with copics, & I added glitter to her wings using my 'Glue Pen' 

Colours used are............

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000 - Skin

 R37, R35 - Lips

E29, E27, E23, E21 - Hair

W3, W1, W00 - Wings

E53, E51, E50 & Blender pen - Background

The gorgeous papers are the new Prima 'Engraver' this is such a gorgeous pad........but then all Prima pads are gorgeous. I also added 'Cheese Cloth' under the image. Inside is also decorated & there is another doily on the inside.

Ingredients used............

Zindy Nielsen 'Shh Now' rubber stamp - Crafts & Me

Cheese Cloth - Live & Love Crafts

Prima 'Engraver' papers - MCH

Stardust Stickles - MCH

Prima 'Engraver' flower - MCH

Prima 'Engraver' butterfly - MCH

Prima 'Say it in crystals' - MCH

Prima 'Crystal Swirl' - MCH

Doilies - Ebay

Pop on over to Crafts & Me Store to look at the gorgeous stamps Teresa has in. Also the lovely Teresa at My Crafty Heart has some gorgeous new Melissa Frances goodies in store, including the MF Hangers.........this post has took me long cus I stopped to go & buy these before they go out of stock........so so yummy!!!

Yes 2 bosses called Teresa & they are both as lovely as each other..........must be the name you know ;0)

Ok I'm going to unwrap my new rug which has just arrived for my living room, then I will be round to see you all very soon.

Thank you for stopping by it means the world.

Tatty bye mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Saturated Canary Challenges DT Card

Hello again lovelies how are you all? Well today has been lush & sunny all day.......no rain & no snow!!! That Easter Bunny may get to keep his fluffly butt dry & warm when he comes to visit.

Ok so I'm back today as its time for another challenge over at Saturated Canary, wow are these weeks flying by. Now the theme this week is an easy one......

READ ALL ABOUT IT

......which basically means that your card can either be based on a book, or make a bookmark or just simply include text........ ;0) Easy Peasy right...

Now I wanted to use one of Krista's fab ne wimages but my printer has spat the dummy & wont work at the mo.....................grrrrrrr

......luckily however I had this little pretty lady coloured up in my image box ;0) I wasn't sure whether I was gonna use her though as her hair I'm not completely happy with.......but needs must & all that.

I've run gorgeous lace(cant find it ) up the side & added 'Shabby Seam Binding' down the middle. I also made a double bow with 'Cheese Cloth' & more 'Seam Binding' & a blingy button ;0)

I added a beautiful 'Zipper Pull'........so love these!! I also added the card that Sandy wraps around the

 'Seam Binding' under the image for a bit of extra text ;0)

The flowers are the gorgeous Prima 'Serenade-Blue' & the white flower is by Kaiserkraft I think. I added 'Stickles' to all the flowers.

This little lady is called 'Angels Among Us' & I have a thing for angels ;0) I have of course coloured her with copics & the floor I used black prisma pencil & sansador

Colours used............

E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20

E29, E27, E23, E21

B97, B95, B93, B91

C2, C1, C00 - top & trainers & feathers with a bit of C5

I added 'Stickles' to her feathers & her eyes for bit of sparkle. I also added more 'Cheese Cloth' under the image.

The paper is the beautiful MF 'C'est La Vie', this pap really is so so pretty!!! I lightly inked the edges with Walnut DI. I also added Prima pearls to 2 corners.

All the items I have used on this card are from my 3 favourite shops.

Saturated Canary - Digi Images

Live & Love Crafts - Lace, Seam Binding, Zipper Pull, Cheescloth

My Crafty Heart - Stardust Stickles, Melissa Frances paper, Prima Crystals, Prima Flowers

you can also get Saturated Canary in rubber stamp form from My Crafty Heart.

Well thats it from me, we hope you will join in the fun this fortnight. I am slowly trying to catch up in between decorating lol. I have 90% of painting done, rest I will finish tonight then just the wallpapering to do tomorrow ;0)

Thank you for stopping by & leaving your lovely comments mmwah.

Tatty bye lovelies xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

TERESA HAS SOME FABULOUS NEW STUFF IN AT MY CRAFTY HEART, GO ON TREAT YOURSELF ;0)

Crafts & Me Challenges DT Card

Hello my lovelies & its a very cold hello from here by the sea..........wow is it white. I've just got back from taking Jake to 6th form & everywhere is so icy, we've also had snow again............luckily the dual carriageway wasnt too bad.

Anyway its time for a new challenge over at Crafts & Me Challenges this week & of course its us Rockin' Rubbah Girls turn to set you the challenge & this week is super duper easy...............

RIBBON & LACE

............now I know we ALL love our ribbons & lace.

Now this week the girls have all used the latest new rubber stamps that the boss sent us...........wow I was ooohing & arghing over all them...........yes they are even drool worthy.

They are new stamps by the fabulous artist Zindy Nielsen, isn't she a beauty!!! Now us DT girls have had a laugh at our design creations this week as nearly all of us have used the same stamp lol..........pop on over to here to see how different though they all look & how totally gorgeous & talented are my teamies.

Both ribbon & lace were from my stash & the heart is from a MS punch. I've added white gesso to give it a shabby chic-ish look lol.

Of course I have done a multi pic for you ;0) If you click on it to make it larger you will see the gorgeous Heart & Key charms I tied together.

The flowers are 25mm Wild Rose, Red Carnations, Cherry Blossoms, 10mm Deep Red Roses & Hip Rosebuds, I also added Doo-Hickey Leaf.

This image is called 'Winter Rose' & is made exclusively for Crafts & Me Stores. I have as always coloured her with my Copics, colours used are below....

Skin - E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000

Lips & Rose - R59, R29, R17

Hair - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

I stamped a sentiment on & added a gorgeous Prima Rose, although you cant see it very well here :0(

The gorgeous papers are Prima 'Divine' & I've inked the edges with Walnut DI, these papers are so pretty & perfect for a shabby chic kinda card.

Ingredients used...........

'Winter Rose' stamp by Zindy Nielsen - Crafts & Me Store

Flowers - WOC

Heart Charm - My Crafty Heart

Magnolia Swirl & Leaf dies - Bunny Zoes

Prima 'Say It In Crystals with Roses' - My Crafty Heart

Doily & Key charm - Ebay

Prima 'Divine' papers - My Crafty Heart

Well thats it from me but please pop on over here to see my teamies creations & join in the fun we love seeing your creations :0)

Wow the snow is coming thick & fast now, Easter Bunny may freeze his fluffy little butt off this year :0(

Will try my best catch up with you all today, its a busy week as I'm decorating the living room & I wont let hubster do too much as his hand is still swollen & painful. Though he has had his plaster removed & the pins.

Thank you as always for your lovely comments & for stopping by.

Tatty bye mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

ALSO THERE IS A BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP OVER AT MIDWEEK MAGNOLIA'S THIS WEEK TO CELEBRATE OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY.  PRIZES GALORE!!!

Challenges I'm entering.............
Papertake Weekly - 1-2-3, 1 Doily, 2 Charms & 3 Die-cuts
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - To Die For

A Card For A Boy...........

Hello everyone how are you all? Did all you yummy mummies out there in the UK have a fabby mothers days yesterday? I had a super duper one, was told I was not allowed to do anything all day..........not even allowed to make a cup of tea, it was brilliant lol.

Anyway have you read my title, yes you are on the right blog I have made a boy's card. Well actually I made this over 2 weeks ago & then never had the time to take a pic or then put on my blog lol, so finally he is being shown.........

I finally inked up one of my LOTV boy stamps, I love LOTV male stamps but I am guilty of neglecting them :0(

I've added 'Jute' fabric across the middle. I used a Doo-Hickey die for the cloud & the smaller cloud I got off the gorgeous Krista...........the idea is to put a die-cut number onto the front when it goes to the recipient, depending on his age.

The stamp is called 'By The River' & I coloured him with copics AND I even wrote the list down & placed it inside the card so I wouldnt lose it..........should remember do this at all times lol.

E13, E21, E00, E000, E0000

E57, E55, E53, E50

B97, B95, B93

C2, C1, C00

G99, G94, YG97, YG93

B00, B000, B0000 & white gel pen added to bits for the water & the log I forgot to write down lol.

I have used the lush MME 'Paris & Co' papers, love this pad as its fab for male or female which is just cool!!!!!!! I inked all the edges with Walnut DI & matted onto dark brown card.

Button in the top corner is from my stash & you gotta love those screw brads..........I've had them ages & always forget about them. I have kept the card simple as its for a boy & boys are tough & dont like foofiness lol ;0)

I thought I would show you this photo take on my phone last weekend when we went Ben & Megans for tea. Payton absolutely loves her big MAHOOSIVE rabbit 'Thumper'..........would you believe he is actually just a baby........look at the size of him!!!!! (Though this pic does not show his size well, he's actually nearly as big as Charlie). The dog of course you may recognise from my photo's from a couple of years ago.........maybe a bit less lol. That is Charlie who was our yorkie but he was always more for Ben so when Ben & Megan got their own little nest he went with them. He's just awesome & the most fabulous dog & we miss him but thankfully we see him most days, either if we go down or sometimes he will come up with them like yesterday............so its cool cus I still get to give him snuggles ;0)

Well I'm gonna come around & see you all now not been on the internet this weekend but I will catch up todayw ith you all.

Thank you soooooooooo much for stopping by, loves yous all mmwah xxxxxxxxxx

Saturated Canary - Honey

Hello my lovelies long time no see............well ok its only been a week but in blogland a week feels forever, well it does to me lol. So I'm extremly behind in everything I'm doing at the mo, however I've kinda made a pact to get bac k on track this week.

Starting with my VERY late DT card for the new Saturated Canary Challenge which this fortnight is....

GOOD vs EVIL

Tbh I found this quite a toughie, but luckily you can do just one or the other if you want.

I went with one of the gorgeous new rubber stamps & went shabby chic mixed with a bit of..........I will just show you lol..........

This gorgeous lady is 'Honey' by the uber talented Krista of course.

I love this image, she kinda reminds me of myself..............a tom boy with a girly side to her, she's just soooooooooo cool!!!!!!!!

Papers are the gorgeous MME 'Blush' & I've inked the edges with Weathered Wood DI & ripped 4 strips of paper & layered them on top of each other to add to the shabby chic look ;0)

Added Prima 'Say It In Crystals - Black' to the top corner. I've also used MB 'Forget Me Not Stem' die, I used pink & grey card then sprayed it with florist spray to soften the colour.

Lace & pink seam binding are from my stash. I added Prima Flowers & the other flowers are from WOC & the length of pearls are also from WOC.

'Honey' was coloured in copics & I added a lot of shading with prisma to add to the shabby chic-ness. I cant remember the colours as she was coloured up over a week ago & I forgot to write them down :0(

I made a bow with the seam binding & added a gorgeous 'Padlock' charm & a pink 'Scalloped Pearl' to the centre.

Theidea behind the card was rock chick with her frilly girly side saying......''When I'm good, I'm good...but when I'm bad I'm better''. We all do things we are not supposed to, whether it be eat too much choccy or sneak some new craft stash in while hubster is not looking................or eating that last cookie ;0)

You can of course get your instant fix of SC goodness from Krista' shop here or if you love the inkiness that comes with rubber you can of course get them from My Crafty Heart.

Will be round to see you laters once I've done my housework & my grandaughter has been to see nanna & gramps ;0)

Thank you sooooooooooo much for your continued support it really means the world mmwah.

Tatty bye xxxxxxxxxxxxxx