What we been up to and Lilly and Flowers

Our beautiful baby Sooty missed us when we were away at the weekend but I have to say sorry for misleading you all - we weren't in Norfolk but in Suffolk. Just sitting directly on the border apparently!  We stayed in a lovely wee village pub in a place near Lopham and Redgrave Fens.  We spent two days walking on them chasing the wildlife and enjoying the tranquility of the place.  I got this fab pic of a robin just at the start of our second very long walk and wanted to share it with you all.

We also came across these stunning ponies that live wild on the fens - there were warning signs up saying not to approach them but they approached us thru a fence I have to say tho they did let me stroke them for a while.

Onto my card for today now.....this is for Lynne's friends wee girl Lily Mai.  She is a gorgeous wee angel!  Using a digi stamp I won drom Digistamp Boutique last year (Lilly and Flowers), I coloured her with my good old PMs (colours below), used a Nellie Snellen Oval Die and then cut around the outer shape of the die to create the darker layer.  I used DPs I got from the fab Coops (thanks again) so dunno where they are from but they are stunning - such bright colours too!  The bunting is from a freebie stamp set I got a couple of months ago - are they called Molly Bloom or similar?)  Silly moo me thru the packaging out - how daft am I?  I paper pieced some of them so they stand out more.

Ingredients are:~

Digistamp 'Lilly and Flowers' from Digistamp Boutique coloured with PMs~

Ivory, Blush, Dusky Pink, Satin, Henna, Caramel, Cinnamon, Sandstone, Poppy, Ruby, Rose Pink, Moss & Marsh Green;

DPs were gift from Nic (Coops);

Ribbons and flowers from stash;

Sentiment CG;

Nellie Snellen Oval Die;

Molly Bloom? Freebie Bunting stamp set.

I am entering this into the following challenges:~

Passion for Promarkers Fit For A Princess;

Moving Along with the Times Anything Goes;

Birthday Sundaes Anything Goes Birthday;

Dream Valley Flowers;

Pollycraft Anything Goes;

Craft Your Passion Anything Goes;

Pear Tree Designs Free for All and

Digistamp Boutique May Competition.

Ella with Flowers

I am getting really upset because I am not able to craft as much as I want to with my bad neck - and yes I am STILL waiting to hear when my op will be despite chasing them up twice already!! (can you guess I am not good at waiting for things to happen?) - but I have come up with htis card for several challenges ~

Using the ever so cute Ella with Flowers from Digistamp Boutique I coloured her with my Promarkers and cut out the shape using a Nellie Snellen die inking the edges with a PM.  Following Sketch Saturday's sketch, the DPs are from Funky Hand's Very Funky Blue for Boys range and darak brown pearlised paper from my stash.  The flowers I made using a Marianne Die Cut with the same papers and added a pearl gem to the centres.  The sentiment is computer generated - easy to do when you have access to a printer etc.

I am entering this into the following challenges ~

Digistamp Boutique February Competition;

Totally Papercrafts 'Friendship' challenge;

Sarah Hurley No 27 'Die Cuts';

Fab'n'Funky's 'Chocolate & Brown';

Sketch Saturday's current challenge and

I Love Promarkers 'Anything Goes'.

Ingredients:~

Digi image Ella with Flowers from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers ~ Ivory, Blush, Caramel, Sandstone, China Blue, Cornflower, Marsh Green, Apple & Satin;

Papers from Funky Hand's Blue for Boys range on Very Funky CD;

Pearlised dark brown paper and white card from stash;

Gems from stash.



Fairymoon Craft DT card

Over at Fairymoon this week, we have been asked to follow a simple sketch to be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize from Fairymoon Crafts~

so here is what I came up with.  Using the fab digi 'Shop Til You Drop' from Digistamp Boutique, papers that were freebies and ribbons from my stash, I added a fab handbag charm to finish it off.  As well as it being a DT card, I am entering it into Digistamp Boutique's January Competition to see if I have any luck winning more of their fabulous digi images.

Ain't she a cutie - I just adore her lips!  Wonder is she has been shopping in her local craft shop? If she is anything like me her goodies would never fit into a bag that size he he!

Ingredients ~

Digi image from Digistamp Boutique - Shop Til You Drop coloured with Promarkers~

Ivory, Blush, Caramel, Sandstone, Ruby, Apple, Meadow Green, Lime Zest Cool Greys 1/2 and image outlined in Satin;

Ribbon and handbag charm from stash;

Papers were freebies some time ago.

Fairymoon DT

Over at Fairymoon Crafts this week we have the following on offer as the prize for this weeks challenge and all you have to do is follow the sketch provided ~

As you can see this is a fab prize for this time of year so get crafting girls (and boys).  Do pop along and join in and you could be getting these fab goodies in the post very very soon.

Following the sketch I made this card and am also entering it into Digistamp Boutique November Challenge.  I adore the simplicity of this image and the sketch.

                    
I coloured the Christmas Tree with PMs in Moss, Pear Green and Marsh Green; added burgundy for the bucket and sewed a copper embroidery thread around the tree for effect.  Using my Ultimate Pro I cut the label for the sentiment (which was a bday gift from Mandy along with lots of other fab goodies -thanks so much Mandy!) and used backing paper freebie from Bearly Mine.  The matt gold mirri is from my stash as is the ribbon.

Lily & Flowers

Look at this fabulous prize Fairymoon Crafts are offering for Challenge 31. It s a fab selection of 'Shop Til You Drop' goodies and all you have to do is visit the site and follow the sketch...............you have until 5pm on Sunday 17th Oct to get your entry in girls (and guys!)......

................this is my first DT card for the fabulous Fairymoon Crafts. Please come and play along - simple this week with a sketch to follow so get your thinking caps on and be creative. Using the beautiful Lily & Flowers from DigiStamp Boutique which I won recently, I have coloured her with my PMs, used backing papers and pearlised cream and brown paper, added faux stitching, a handmade sentiment and a big dotty bow recycled from a pair of jim-jams bought by my daughter.

I am entering this into the following challenges also:~

Passion for Promarkers Recycled;

I Love Promarkers Think Pink and

Fab'n'Funky Use a Digi Image.

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Ingredients:~

Lily & Flowers digi image from Digistamp Boutique coloured with Promarkers ~

Skin: Ivory, Blush & Pastel Pink;

Hair: Cinnamon, Caramel, Sandstone & Satin;

Dress: Blossom & Rose Pink;
Flowers: Rose Pink & Maroon;

Image edged in Cool Grey 1;

Pink papers from Basics Vibrant PP from Papermania;

Brown & Ivory pearlised papers from Papermill;

Sentiment made using cheapy stamp letters from The Range and

Ribbon recycled wrapping from pair of pyjamas from large national store.

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Fifi's Get Well Message

This wee cutie is one of the images I won in a recent Digistamp Boutique Challenge and this is the first time she has been out to play! I coloured her with Promarkers and layered her into gold mirriboard embossed using my Ultimate Pro; following Sketch Saturday's current sketch I used backing paper which was a magazine freebie some time ago and added coral card (one of which is embossed with Get Well sentment in Copper), brown linen card which I shaped using my Pro and then added ribbon and a bow. I am entering this into the following challenges:~

Digistamp Boutique October Competition,
Sketch Saturday No 123,
Sentimental Sundays Autumn with Sentiment
Creative Inspirations No 44 Get Well Soon and
Pollycraft No64 Anything Goes.
Ingredients:~
Image 'Fifi' from Digistamp Boutique coloured with PMs~
Skin : Ivory, Blush & Pastel Pink;
Hair : Satin & Sandstone;
Dress & flowers : Honeycomb, Coral, Caramel, Cinnamon & Henna;
Image edged in Cool Grey 1;
Papers freebie and from Papermill Shop;
Mirri, sentiment and ribbon from stash;
Ultimate Pro used to emboss edges.

Many thanks for your very kind comments!

If Mams were flowers.......

I know we all love our Mams to bits but I love telling my Mam as often as I can - I do this by sending her cards that express how I feel as she lives 600 miles north of us. It is very hard for both of us being apart but it is now coming up to the timeof the year that she hates - my Dad passed away on Nov 16th 2000 - and she still finds this time very hard. Becasue it will be 10 yearrs this year I am going up to spend a week with her but meanwhile am sending this card too.

It is for 3 challenges -
Mami Doodles Sketch;
Digistamp Boutique and
Crafty Cardmakers Clean and Simples.

Using MamiDoodles sketch, I stamped the DSB image and coloured with Promarkers then mounted it on green card and added flowers and sentiment.

Ingredients:~

Freebie image form DSB coloured with PMs~

Flower ~ Blossom, Dusky Rose & Coral;

Vase ~ Cinnamon, Caramel & Sandstone;

Leaves ~ Meadow Green, Apple & Forest Green.

Flowers from stash and sentiment made on PC using Scriptina Font.

Malcolm Mouse Freebie

Using one of my fav digi images - Malcolm Mouse from DSB - I turned out this one for 2 challenges. Think I have found my mojo after my holiday in Scotland - came back here not feeling very positive about certain things but feel better today.

Challenges are Moving Along With The Times and Digistamp Boutique.

Ingredients:~

Freebie Image from Digistamp Boutique called Malcolm Mouse;

coloured with Promarkers;

Papers are also freebies from a magazine some time ago layered onto various colours of cardstock;

Flowers and sentiment were from my stash - tried to make the sentiment look different by cutting it at a jaunty angle - not sure if it works?

Malcolm Mouse

Well we have another gorgeous day here in N London - tho there is a lovely breeze today that is just keeping the intense heat of the sun a bit more bearable than of late.
For those of you who follow my health problems - my neck does appear to have eased a bit. As a test, I have only taken half a dose of my strong painkiller this morning so I won't know til later on today how it is but fingers and everything else crossed that this injection has worked. Getting rid of or lessening this neck pain may or may not help with this fatigue I have. This card is for 2 challenges - Digistamp Boutique July competition and Moving Along with the Times current challenge.

I simply adore these images from DSB so I think I may have to get my credit card out and get some more. I used my Nesties Labels 2 for the first time too and have to say I am very impressed with the result.

Ingredients:~

Image freebie from DST 'Malcolm' coloured with PMs ~

Apple & meadow Green for his tshirt,

Satin, Pastel Pink & Dusky Rose for body & flower and

Cool Grey 1 to outline image;

Flower made with Sissix Flower Die;

Buttons from stash.

Papers from Funky Hand also freebies.

Malcolm Mouse

Well today girls, tho it is a glorious day outside, my neck is giving me SO much pain I feel terrible and wish the day of my procedure would hurry up. Sounds a bit sadastic doesn't it? Wanting to go thru pain - but then the hope of relief is there for me at the end.
Onto my card for today - I used Malcolm Mouse for Digistamp Boutique June Challenge, coloured him with my PMs, followed the recipe of 2 different papers/3 buttons and 1 ribbon for I Love Promarkers Challenge No 17 and used the fab sketch by Moving Along With The Times No 49.

I am not very happy with the result but am putting that down to my pain threshold being low today.
Ingredients:~

Backing paper is from Funky Hand

Fawn paper from stash run thru my crimper

Dark brown from stash cut with Nestie

Gold fabric/ribbon and buttons from stash
Promarkers used ~

Apple & Forest Green for leaves and grass;Pastel Pink & Blossom for t-shirt and flower; Cinnamon,Caramel, Shale & Dusky Pink for mouse