Nellie Snellen Frog on Flower

This is my second post for today so please scroll down to see  my first attempt at using my fab Prisma Pencils......

this card is totally different for me as I really went to town on it with swirls, etc (was keeping Buttons company and got but carried away but she is away home now.

Please excuse the green background until I get a wee box organised to take better pics in!

 I  won these fabby wee clear stamps in a recent challenge and am delighted with the quality of them.

Ingredients:~
Frog On Flower clear stamp from Nellie Snellen;
PMs ~ Satin, Blush, Pastel Pink, Ivory, Lime Zest, Buttercup, Mustard, Sandstone, Antique Pink, Rose Pink & Cool Grey 1;
DPs and ribbon from stash;
Stamp from Ladybug Crafts ink;
Swirls from Personal Impressions;
Nesties Labels 2 and
Whispers Archival Savoy Green Inkpad.

I am entering this into the following challenges:~
Play Date Cafe 93 Watermelon, Sorbet & Lime;
Poodles Parlour Round and Round the Garden and
Moving Along with the Times Don't be  Square.

TFL and Happy Crafting to you all  :)

First use of Prismas ....and.......

I LOVE 'EM!!
Gotta get some more now - I 'think' I have used them properly after having watched hours on You Tube - just have one wee question tho for anyone who uses them on Rymans card - does the oil always show thru the back or am I using too much?

I would appreciate any comments, hints, tips please.....I kept the colouring simple seeing as it is my first attempt!

I am entering this into the following challenges:~
Totally Papercrafts Holidays;
CES Water It;
Divas By Design Summer and
Pink Ink Sketch.

Ingredients:~
Image I was given by a friend;
Prisma Pencils ~ 929, 946, 1034 and  904;
DP, ribbon, brads, flowers and lace paper from stash;
Sentiment made using alphabet stamps from The Range (99p).


Like I said earlier, I would appreciate any comments, good or bad, about my colouring with these pencils. Many thanks in advance :)X

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Summer Holiday Challenge

Over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days this time, Jenni has set the following theme ~ Summer Holidays ~ and my lovely DT buddy Sandra is kindly providing a fab prize (see pic below) ~ I don't know about you guys but summer to me means yellow, flowers, butterflies, heat, sunshine, beach (memories of when I was a kid) so here is the card I made for this one ~

 Using one of my favourite of Jenni's flower digis, I coloured with my PMs and followed a sketch for my creation.

I love Jenni's flowers digis as they are so easy to colour but very effective too.

 The sentiment means this card can be used for various occasions ~

And here is what you could win........thanks Sandra~

I am entering this into the following challenges:~

Kaboodles Doodles In The Garden;

Creative Inspirations Summertime;

Crazy Challenge Sun Is Out;

Creative Craft Summer Challenge  and

Pollycraft following their fab sketch.

Ingredients:~
Fabulous digi image from Cardmadfairy Creations available here;

PMs ~ Apple, Marsh Green, Primrose, Tulip Yellow, Buttercup, Mustard and Pumpkin;

DPs were a magazine freebie I found in my stash as I tidied!;

Ribbon from stash and

Sentiment from Personal Impressions;

Spellbinders nesties.

Appreciate you visiting :)

Just because I can.....

.........show off another of Set 9 Simply Sassy.

This is 'Lost In Music' - ain't she simply perfect for a teenage birthday?  I sat and made this while keeping Buttons company in the wee room as she is now allowed elsewhere in the house - she hides in corners that I can't reach so safer to confine her to the craftroom!

Ingredients:~

DPs are freebies I got years ago (well it seems like that);

Rubber stamp from Funky Kits;

PMs ~ Blush, Dusky Pink,, Oatmeal, Pastel Pink, Rose Pink, Dusky Rose, Antique Pink, Burgundy, Blossom, Lilac, Amethyst, Shale, Sandstone, Tulip Yellow and Buttercup;

Sentiment is Personal Impressions and ribbons from stash.

Another just because.................I followed Sugar Bowl sketch so will enter this in as a second attempt to win some goodies.

Thanks for your continued support and pleasing comments!

Just reminded myself again that I have to get my watermark uploaded onto this PC asap.

Have a good day my friends:)

I Treasure Your Friendship

This morning we have once again woken up to glorious weather here in N London - I am struggling to keep Buttons cool (see a prev post) so have draped a wet towel over her cage and that seems to help a bit.

Anyway, onto my first use of set 9 Sassy's ~

After all the kind positive comments I got about my sky, I did the same on this one and have to say I am rather pleased with the result this time - easier to see this time girls!

Ingredients:~
Butterfly Girl rubber stamp from Simply Sassy range at Funky Kits;
PMs ~ Blush, Oatmeal, Dusky Pink, Buttercup, Primrose, Sandstone, Caramel, Denim Blue, Pastel Blue & Cool Grey 1;
DPs are mag freebie mounted onto white card coloured with PM;
Butterfly Sizzix Die;
Sentiment from Personal Impressions and
Ribbon from stash.


I am entering this into the following challenges:~
Sketchy Colours - Pale Blue, Beige, Brown + Sketch to follow;
Little Claire's Things With Wings;
I Love Promarkers Things With Wings and
FabNFunky Friendship.

I hope wherever you are, you are enjoying this great weather too!

Wish You Were Here.....

Hello my friends,

Well, I have moved into the wee bedroom at the front after giving it a lick of paint last week, moved all my craft stuff upstairs and now Buttons has come to stay til Fri (she is my son & dil's lovely wee house rabbit) so I have had company all afternoon from Buttons instead of the two cats!!  I will try to upload a nice pic of her later in the week. I also have our new Desktop up and running and it is SO  much faster than the old one - just have to transfer all the contents over to this new one.

My card tonight is using one of my first stamps but I still love him!

I didn't colour Custard in much as I felt he looked right just the way he was ~

It's very hard to see but I drew in clouds using a scrap of paper and some blue chalk ~ I promise they are there if you look hard enough. I even did them on the sentiment too.

I am entering this into the following challenges~
Play Date Cafe ~ Coral, Petal Pink & Antique Gold;
Sketch Saturday;
2 Sisters ~ Down On The Farm and
Paper Sundaes 80 ~ Clouds & Skies.

Ingredients:~
Custard rubber stamp from Home Grown range at Funky Kits;
PMs ~ Sandstone, Pear Green, Coral, Dusky Rose, Rose Pink & Cool Grey 1 & 2;
Sentiment is from Personal Impressions;
DP, Co'ordinations paper, ribbon, gems and flowers from stash (coloured white flowers with sandstone PM); 
Marrianne Leaf Die.

Thanks so much for visiting :)