I love pink!

I've got to admit that when it comes to choosing a colour combo I often have to stop myself reaching for pink. Doesn't matter whether it's a prawn cocktail pink, a cool fuchsia pink or a hot fruity berry shade, if it's pink then I love it! So what an easy decision when I saw that the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge for this week was 'white plus one other colour'.

I've had Simply Sassy Tiffany waiting patiently for some ink for a few days, so I decided this was her moment in the spotlight! She really is lovely to colour. This card is to thank my cousin Janis for all her kindness over the last few days while I've been poorly. I stamped a variety of thank you phrases in Stampin' Up Whisper White onto the pink cardstock to make the middle panel and am quite pleased with how it turned out.

Here's the other challenges I'm linking up with:
Tip Top Tuesday Challenge #56 - Layer it Up! (A highly recommended site for great tutorials).
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #20 - Girly Girl
Crafty Purple Frog - Thank you (DT cards to die for)
Raise the Bar Challenge #79 - Pink is in! (Yes, yes, yes!)
PrairyFairy - Sugar and Spice and everything nice

So TTFN everyone, I hope your week's going well and that you're all getting some happy craftin' time along the way!

Olivia's bookmarker

I mentioned yesterday that I'd been a bit unwell with vertigo since Thursday. What I omitted to say was that I'd had a trip to hospital care of the emergency services because I was so very poorly. As a result I've received flowers and cards from my neighbours and work colleagues... and am truly touched by their kindness!
One card really raised a smile as it was hand made by my friend's sweet daughter Olivia. I decided to make her something in return, so created this little bookmarker using Krista's gorgeous 90s Punkette. Isn't she a beauty?
I'm sorry that the photographs are slightly over exposed as I took them outside in the glorious autumn sunshine that we are enjoying today.
I'm entering this marker for Challenge #2 over at Saturated canary Challenge Blog. The challenge is 'stitching', so I think we're good to go!
Thanks to everyone who commented and left get well messages yesterday, I'm feeling a little unsteady but things are improving.
Take care my lovelies!

Pretty in Pink!

Happy Sunday everyone!
Here's my entry for Krista Smith's Challenge #1 over at her new blog.
We were given this sketch to work with:and I decided to use sweet little Love and Peace Hipster. Isn't she adorable? Having worked with blues and browns for my previous two cards I thought I'd try pink this time. I think this sweet little hippy looks very cute with her pink boots and T-shirt.

No prizes for guessing that I'm totally addicted to Krista's images, and I have to confess that two more digi's have just jumped into my basket over at The Saturated Canary Etsy shop. Krista is currently adding a few new images per week so it's worth visiting on a regular basis!
Anyway, better go now as I need to help hubby search for the wasps nest that has been evading us all summer.
See you soon, and I hope your Sunday is full of fun and crafting.

A Sunny Sunday morning!

It looks like it's set for another hot and sunny day, so I think it's gardening and a little relaxin' on the agenda!
I hope you all had a lovely crafty World Card Making Day yesterday. I had to go to work, so will have to try and catch up on some of the fun today.

Here's the card that I made for my Mom's birthday earlier in the week.

I used adorable Norma Jean from Krista Smith's Etsy shop, but cut off the quirky little 'Blimp' that comes as part of the design!
Mom loves browns and blues so the colour combo was an easy choice. Krista's designs are so much fun to colour and I really enjoyed getting busy with my Promarkers on this little cutie.
The advertisement stamp is from Crafty Individuals and is stamped on cream card, which I then distressed in Antique Linen Distress Ink. A little ribbon and some lace and we were good to go! This is quite a different look for me, almost 'shabby chic', and I felt I was stepping out of my comfort zone a little, but Mom seemed to be happy with the result!
I'm linking up with the following challenges:
Anything goes at Four Crazy Chicks Crazy egg Challenge #57,
Fussy and Fancy - try a new technique (leaving my 'Plain Jane' comfort zone!)
Top Tip Tuesday - 2 or more Ribbons (Great new site I've just discovered!)

Have a lovely Sunday everyone!

Yay, it's Wednesday!

Hi everyone, here I am enjoying another Wednesday full of crafty fun!
Today, I'm sharing a view of my desk at that delicious moment when you have a new image stamped (or in this case printed) and ready to colour. No surprises that I'm going to be colouring another sweet little digi by Krista Smith. Seriously, just can't get enough of her images right now!!!
I'm not sure how I'll be using her as yet. I might decorate a notebook that I have lying around, and simply enjoy making something for my own use for a change.
Krista's Challenge Blog is now up and running. The first challenge starts later this week, but in the meantime she's introducing us to her rather fabby new DT. I think in this case DT not only stands for Design Team but also 'Dream Team' as Krista has picked some super talented ladies from across Blogland for her new creative crew!
You can check out Krista's new Blog to meet and greet with the girls.
I'm going to do some virtual visiting now over at WOYWW, but will also do some IRL visiting a little later as it's my Mom's birthday today. I'll share her birthday card later as I know she sometimes visits my Blog.
Happy crafting!

WOYWW!

Oh, the joy of actually having something on my workdesk!
I'm such a happy little soul today. I've got a day off, so can get crafty for the first time in ages. Hurrah!! Here's today's card at an early stage, just before I scored the kraft card with my rather wonderful Hougie Board(a gift from my parent's.) I decided against using the darker blue card just after taking the picture.

You won't be surprised to spot yet another Krista Smith image.
I'm not sure how it took me so long to discover that Krista has an Etsy store. Now I'm 'in the know' I can satisfy my addiction to her gorgeous images with just a few clicks!
This little sweetie is called Kate Krafty. She reminded me so much of my friend's daughter that I had to give her Hannah's gorgeous hair colour. This card will do nicely to congratulate Hannah on passing her 'A' Levels. She'll be leaving soon to take up her place at Swansea University... it'll be mighty quiet without her!
I decided not to reach for the embellishments today, just added some stitching and a few flat back pearls from Quixotic Paperie. Sometimes less is more.
However plain, hopefully this card is still girly enough to fit in over at the One Stop Craft Challenge. And it's 'Anything goes week' at Cute Card Thursday - thanks ladies!
Well, now I'm going to pop over and check out some of the Wednesday fun at Julia's for WOYWW #120.
I just love a crafty Wednesday, don't you????