Let it snow!

This is 'Madelynn' from The Greeting Farm, isn't she sweet?

I really enjoyed colouring her with my Versacolour inks and watercolour pencils and she was sooo easy to cut out.

I created this little card for the Colour Dare Challenge #41 as I am 'nuts' about cream, teal and brown as a combo.

I am also entering this card for the Crafty Calendar Challenge #2. When I saw that the theme was weather I knew that I wanted to join the fun! You might like to head on over there as the DT cards are brilliant and the lovely, and very talented, Victoria is the guest designer this month.

Finally, I am 'bringing out my bling' for the current Allsorts Challenge.

The snowflakes and the sentiment are from that very old stamp set that had lost it's label. However, I noticed that the packaging has the name on it in tiny letters and it turns out to be from Scraptrends. I've added a pretty pearl, cute Papermania bling in the snowflakes and some of my favourite ribbon. The Bazzils card stock is brown and has some Versamark stamping with with the beautiful Antique Brocade Cling from Hero Arts. It is a bit too subtle for the camera to pick up.

Have a great Sunday everyone, and sadly no, that isn't the view from my house on my blog header. While I do live on a hill and therefore have a brilliant view of Birmingham, it does not look as pretty as the Amalfi coast in mid-July!

Merry and bright!

This is another wonderful stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie.
Her name is Anthoinette and I just had to make her s-l-i-d-e across this card on her little skates!

I've never made a penny slider before and approached the whole thing as if it was a major engineering project. I rarely make templates but I have to admit that making a template for the 'hill' with the slot in it was a good idea as it helped to get the positioning correct.

The blue background is covered with embossed snowflakes from a stamp set that has lost it's label. The sentiment is from a new set that will be appearing again very soon, so I'll give you all the details then. I added a cute little tag for Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #4 (Tag you're it!) and then went totally OTT with the glitter glue. This card doesn't look quite how I had imagined, however I am quite pleased as this is my first attempt at a penny slider!

I still feel really poorly so I'm going to tidy up, get a hot chocolate and settle down to watch Day 4 of the fabulous Kristina Werner's 25 days of Christmas. It's a snowman window card today!

Happy 5th November to everyone in the UK.
Needless to say I will be keeping Custard in this evening as he is very frightened of fireworks.

Happy crafting everyone!

Blog award bliss!

I am sorry not to be able to share a card today but I am feeling very poorly with a nasty throat infection thing.

The lovely Sally has been kind enough to send me this blog award. She is also currently poorly so I hope that she feels much better soon.

This sweet award comes with a few with rules, which are:

Pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know you left this award, and then answer a list of questions in ONE word.

1. Where is your cell phone? Bedside table

2. Your hair? Messy

3. Your mother? Unique

4. Your father? Enthusiastic

5. Your favorite food? Veggie

6. Your dream last night? Work

7. Your favorite drink? Hot Chocolate

8. Your dream/goal? Happiness

9. What room are you in? Box room

10. Your hobby? Crafting

11. Your fear? Loss

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Home

13. Where were you last night? Sleeping

14. Something that you aren't? Normal

15. Muffins? Chocolate

16. Wish list item? Huge

17. Where did you grow up? Birmingham

18. Last thing you did? Yawn

19. What are you wearing? PJs

20. Your TV? Off

21. Your Pets? Custard

22. Friends? Appreciated

23. Your life? Simple

24. Your mood? Poorly

25. Missing Someone? Cleo

26. Vehicle? ‘Minty’

27. Something you’re not wearing? Ball gown

28. Your favorite store? Craft

29. Your favorite color? Turquoise

30. When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday

31. Last time you cried? Unsure

32. Your best friend? Jacquie
33. One place that I go to over and over? Imagination

34. Facebook? Nope

35. Favorite place to eat? Country pub

Picking just five from all you wonderful girls is really hard!

If I have sent you an award before please don't be offended that I am casting my net a little wider this time.

I'd like to send this award to the following five people:

Vanessa

Paula

Victoria

Nicky

Jo

Their blogs are all brilliant, and full of colour, fun and inspiration.

Happy crafting everyone, I think I need to go and lie down now!

Christmas candy!

There's fabulous Christmas candy over at Deanne's blog!

Candy girl!

Just a quick shout to let you know that the wonderful Beth has some gorgeous blog candy on offer until Saturday 21st November.

Keeping it simple!

I hope that everyone had a fabulous Halloween last night!

We had such a great time at the library yesterday. I only hope that the children enjoyed themselves as much as the staff and the parents!

The Hero Arts challenge this week is to make a very simple Christmas/Holiday card.

I think that this little card qualifies as simple as it took me just a few minutes to make!

That little clear design stamp is perfect as a topper and it fits so nicely into the punched circles. My cute snowflake embossing folder got it's first outing today... I am sure it won't be it's last either! I embossed the lighter card stock with the swiss dots folder and then jumped in with my white gel pen. A little versacolour ink in lime and purple gave the little centre a cute lift!

Today, I am busy making Christmas gift tags from my huge stock of scraps. The friendship group that meets at the library is holding a craft fayre to raise funds for the Christmas party. I like to do my bit and hope that my packs of pretty gift tags might buy a few festive goodies for them...

Happy crafting everyone!