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!

And she's back with a card!

Goodness, it's been far too long since I last hit the 'new post' button!
Work has been even crazier than usual and has left little or no time for crafting, or much else if truth be told. With more and more people leaving it can only get worse.
It was great today to finally put ink to paper. I had forgotten how much of a stress buster a little colouring and cutting can be. I can only apologise for my absence, and say a big thank you to everyone who has stuck with me as a Follower over the last month.
I bought this stamp some time ago, knowing that it would be perfect to use for my beautiful sister-in-law's birthday. Here she is with her hubby, and huge Step-sons at the Christening back in July.For anyone not already in the know this lovely image is called Windswept from Simply Sassy at Funky Kits.
I coloured her with Promarkers and layered papers from Basic Grey's Lemonade Pad.
I watched this fab tutorial for a little help with her hair and had a few practice attempts before colouring the final image. I'm sorry the pictures are a little dark.
I'm delighted to find that It's Anything Goes week over at the Creative Card Crew, and 'open' week at Flutterby Wednesdays, and ' As you like it' for Challenge #95 at Totally Gorgeous. Thanks guys!

Happy crafting everyone - I'll see you again SOON!

One of a kind!

I made this card several weeks ago but decided to hold it back so that I could share some other stuff first. I have to admit that this card is rather 'busy' for my taste, but I did enjoy using that sweet Skater Girl stamp by Christa Smith again.
The paper came from my leftovers box and the ribbon was a teeny remnant from a previous project... thrifty or what! Sorry this is such a short post but I have had one heck of a day and need to try and unwind and relax; before I have to go and do it all again tomorrow!
Take care everyone!

Sassy Skater girl.

So hands up, who else is a fan of the Simply Sassy DT Blog? Quite a lot of us judging by the number of Followers! There's oodles of inspiration to be had over there, and I love Krista Smith's sweet images as they have the perfect combo of sweetness and sass. Just what I needed to create a card for my friend's teenager daughter Emelia.
I started this card yesterday, but didn't manage to complete it until this afternoon. I decided to 'go pink' for my first outing with Krista's gorgeous 'Skater girl' image.
Ok, so a little bit of kraft crept in as well, but this always seems such a yummy combination that I couldn't resist. I was hugely inspired by this adorable card by Pops. I reached for my new Martha Stewart butterfly punch after seeing her sweet flutterbug embellishments.
I was also trying out a Marianne D Creatables die but couldn't find my tan embossing mat. Thankfully a little improvisation with a Cuttlebug folder and a smoosh of Spun Sugar Distress ink created a pretty centre.
I'm entering this card for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #140 which is 'Embossing'.
And now I'm heading back outside to enjoy more of the Summer sunshine... but not before I share the happy news that I passed my Institute of Customer Services exam!!!
Regular visitors to my Blog will know that I've been sweating over my coursework for about 18 months. Thank goodness all the hard work paid off... phew, I'm one happy bunny. I'd like to thank you all for your support and encouragement with my studies, it really has meant alot to me.

So enjoy your Sunday evening and I'll see you all again soon!