Sunshine Crafts

Just Because

2012-02-24T13:30:00.000Z

I've had this sweet LOTV image 'Daydream' stamped and waiting to be coloured since the last LOTV stamp launch! I finally coloured her using my Copics, sorry I didn't write the colours down. I added some softly distressed clouds behind her by using a cloud die and sponging round it with my distress inks.

I made a step card from some 300gsm card, added some card and papers from my stash. I die cut a Magnolia flourish and a Memory Box fancy corner flourish. I added a Prima crystal pebble, some pearls and a couple of flowers with pearl stems behind a simple sentiment, I can use this card for any occasion!

Well, it's a little bit brighter here today! Although as I type this, the sun has gone behind a large dark cloud!! Thank you for all your lovely comments, I appreciate them all and welcome to my new followers:)) Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,
Vicki xx

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Spring is in the Air
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ #39 Happy Birthday
http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ #59 Bold & Bright
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ #73 Anything Goes
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ #23 Bling it Up
http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.com/ #133 Beads & Pearls
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ #72 Shades of Spring
http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ Lots of Layers
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ Birthdays
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ #158 Fancy Folds
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ #136 Print It

Saturated Magic

2012-02-22T02:53:00.001Z

Good morning everybody, A big welcome to my new followers and thank you to all of you who leave me a comment.

I can't believe that I was the winner of Mandy's gorgeous candy over at her fabulous blog A Sprinkling of Glitter. My lovely goodies were here with me super quick and I have been having a play, but my mojo still seems to be awol. Mandy now has some more super candy, you can find the link in my sidebar.

Today I have a card to show you that I made using one of Krista Smiths Saturated Canary images, this one is called Nevaeh. I love these images and could buy all of them! I had to restrain myself and just buy a few. I did a punched edge around my card which means I now have to make a box to give it in!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/ Die Cuts
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ Week 142 - Anything Goes
http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ #59 - Layers
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ #39 Happy Birthday
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ #73 Anything Goes
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ #71 Distressed
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ #108 Birthdays
http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/ Distressing
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-21-celebrations.html

Thank you for stopping by. I really love to read your comments and to visit you in return. Have a great week.
Hugs
Vicki x

Believe in Fairies

2012-02-03T03:05:00.000Z

Hello again and a big thank you to all of you that have left me your comments, each and every one is truly appreciated and a warm welcome to my new followers. Where did I suddenly get all these followers from!!?

This is my first post this year. I seem to have lost my mojo and have spent hours trawling through other peoples blogs, looking at some brilliant creations, I order new stuff to fulfil my inspiration and by the time it arrives, I'm back to my I'll start tomorrow phase! I've also lost a huge picture folder from my lap-top, I'd been having a few niggly problems with my storage device for a while and it finally decided to tidy itself up and has now permanently deleted all my pictures. Hopefully I should be able to salvage some (but not any recent ones) from an old unused pc we have upstairs somewhere!
I'm loving Krista Smiths Saturated Canary images and have ordered myself a few. I've had some printed out waiting to be coloured for a while now, and I just haven't even looked at colouring them! that's how far my mojo has gone.
There seems to be so many fabulous stamps out there at the moment, I'm really liking these Ching-Chou Kuik stamps available from Crafts & Me. They are so lovely to stamp with. I have used one called Red Hearts. I coloured her with my Copics and Prisma color pencils. I finished her off with a sprinkle of my usual
sparkle.

I used some Paisley Road papers that I have had for over a year!! and card from my stash. I added black ribbon and a butterfly charm. The sentiment is from the LOTV Dreamy Days Sentiments set.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Sketch #64
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ #3 Fantasy Creatures
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Challenge #53 Loves Me, Loves me Not
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/ Something Old
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ Challenge #72 Love is in the Air
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ Challenge #202 Buttons and Bows
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ Challenge #20 Anything Goes
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/
http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/ Have a Heart
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com/ Love is in the Air
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ #105 Valentines

I really am going to colour and create something with my Saturated Canary digis! Thank you for stopping by and for your lovely comments. Have a great week.
Hugs
Vicki x

Christmas is Love

2011-12-19T06:32:00.000Z

Good morning to one and all. Many thanks for stopping by and a big thank you to those of you who took the time to leave me a comment, I really do appreciate every single one of them! Today's post is just a quick one as I have to pull my finger out in order to be ready for Christmas, which I can't believe is now less than one week away - aaargh I can feel the panic starting to set in! I thought I'd finished all my Christmas cards and then realised I hadn't done one for my DH - oops! so here it is.

I used a Kenny K digi image called Mistletoe, I love these Kenny K images, they are great to colour and make brilliant images for a man's card. I find men's cards a challenge as I can't add my usual bling and girlie bits. I coloured her in with my Copics and used my Prismacolor pencils to add some depth to the colouring. I glittered all her fur trims with Stickles Star Dust and distressed the edges of the image with a Stempelglede Flourish Heart stamp then I stamped a Forever friends sentiment to the edge. My sentiment is a freebie, I can't remember where I downloaded it (sorry!)

I cut out my image using a Nestie oval die which I mounted onto red card from my stash and die cut my Marianne poinsettia out of the same card, then sprayed it with Glimmer Mist and added a Prima flower centre for a little bit of bling! The backing paper is glittered cardstock in black and some Christmas wrapping paper that I glued onto some more of the red card with a punched edge using Martha Stewarts Aspen Snowflakes punch. To finish off I added some black ribbon and some feathers from my stash for texture.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

http://kennykkraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.com #74 - Anything Goes
http://christmascrafting.blogspot.com/ #6 - Santa Claus is Coming to Town
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ #100 -Celebrate
http://ribbongirls.blogspot.com/ #14 Red, Black & Cream
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ #148 Embossing & Glitter
http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/ #143 - Tic,Tac,Toe - Patties Creations
http://mariannedesigndivas.blogspot.com/ #6 - It's Christmas
http://cutie-sunday.blogspot.com/ #156 - Sketch
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ #14 - Christmas
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ #50 - Bingo
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

I'm off into town to finish my Christmas present shopping today, will be wrapping tomorrow, cleaning on Wednesday, meeting a good friend for lunch and a catch up on Thursday, my son is home from uni for Christmas on Friday - can't wait to see him, and I have to do a big food shop before he arrives too! as well as the 1001 other things that have been neglected whilst crafting & blogging my hours away! Not much time for crafting this week then : ( Though I might just manage to squeeze another card in before the big day. Whatever you're doing, stay safe and warm. Thank you again for stopping by and please take a minute to leave me a comment and then I can visit you too.

Hugs
Vicki x

Lots of Letters

2011-12-12T06:08:00.001Z

Good Morning you lovely bloggers. I'm up far too early on this bitterly cold day! Thank you so much for all your comments I really do look forward to reading them. Welcome to my new followers as well as those of you who have followed me for a while too. Today's post is my last Christmas card for this year. (I think!!)

I used the gorgeous LOTV stamp called Lots of Letters, it has lots of detail and I found it quite fiddly to colour, it's amazing how such a small image can take so long to colour! I coloured it with my new Copics and used my Prismacolor pencils to add some definition.

I used my lovely Marianne poinsettia die on some shimmer paper for the flower and added a crystal brad to the centre, I added some leaves behind the flower using my Magnolia leaf die and my Memory Box Frostyville Border die along the bottom, I love all the detail on this die, it's so pretty. The papers I used were from my stash (I'm not buying any more papers, until I've used some of the mountain that I already have!! - well that's what I'm saying today anyway - lol) Here's a close up of the coloured image:

I finished off with lots of Stickles star dust for my obligatory sparkle and a pre-cut sentiment that I think is from Little Clare. I usually struggle with what to put where on my cards, but once I had finished my colouring, this card seemed to come together easily, which is a first for me!

Under the Mistletoe

2011-12-06T07:22:00.008Z

Good morning lovely bloggers. A warm welcome to my lovely new followers and a big thank you to those of you who have left me some wonderful comments, I really do appreciate you all :))
It's soo cold, I plan to stay indoors today dressed in cosy clothes (pj's and dressing gown!!) and my heating on. I might even attempt to put my tree up, although I still haven't found the clear lights I want for it, so I might have to pop out to The Range, (just for the lights of course!)

I received my new Copics in the post and have been following Bev Rochester's fab colouring video tutorial here. Bev makes it look soo easy, but I persevered and am pleased with what I did :) I also finished my colouring off with my Prismacolor pencils. This is the first time I've combined the two and the result is here:

I stamped up one of my lovely LOTV Christmas stamps called Under the Mistletoe, this cute stamp is one of many that have been waiting to see the light of day, I told myself I wouldn't order any more new ones, until I'd used all the others I have, at least once, but I keep seeing all these beautiful images and before I know it, they're in my shopping basket and on their way to me!! I think it's called addiction - lol.

I did a PATP with Martha Stewarts Aspen Snowflakes punches and used papers from my stash (something else I have far too much of - but never the right ones of course!!) I used my new Marianne Poinsettia Die on some voile shimmer paper for the flower and added a pre-cut sentiment mounted onto the same backing card that I used behind my image, that I think I bought from Little Clare. I've bought so much stuff recently, that I'm not sure what I bought from where!! I also added some lovely green sparkling trim by Papermania for some texture and some snowflakes, then finished off with lots of sparkle. I even made a box for it as these PATP edged cards won't fit into their envelopes! Speaking of envelopes, I have ordered some box envelopes for any 6" x 6" cards that have raised details such as flowers on them, from Tracey at Craftezee, they are very reasonably priced and you can get yours here

I've just noticed that my pictures look a bit blurred and have realised that I have a fingerprint or something right in the middle of my lens, I want to get this posted so will try and post a clearer picture at some point when I'm not in a rush.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

http://sukkersott.blogspot.com/ #148 Glitter
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ #51 Photo Inspiration

http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/ Holiday Card

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Photo Inspiration

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ #146 Photo Inspiration

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ #85 Red, White & Green

http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/ #141 Sketch - Simon Says Stamp

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ #95 Let it Snow
http://mariannedesigndivas.blogspot.com/ Sparkle and Shine
http://cutie-sunday.blogspot.com/ #155 Packaging - Christmas
http://madformarkerschallenges.blogspot.com/ Christmas Challenge
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ Winter Wonderland
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ #49 Snowflakes & Sparkle
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything with a P
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/ GL30 Christmas and Winter
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ #66 Anything Goes
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ #15 Happy Holidays

http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/ Christmas
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com/ Christmas Wishes
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ Christmas - Make sure it Sparkles
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com Any Winter Holiday Sentiment
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ Let it Snow

That's it for now. Many thanks for stopping by, please leave me a comment (they let me know you've been) and I can visit you too. Whatever you're doing today, have a happy day and keep warm!

Bye for now

Hugs

Vicki x

A Present for You

2011-12-02T10:57:00.001Z

Hello and a big thank you to all of you who have left me some wonderful comments, they are very much appreciated, and a warm hello to my new followers.

I can't believe we're now in December, I've been soo busy crafting that the other stuff I need to do for Christmas has been neglected, so I must get a move on, or else I'll be rushing around at the last minute and I can't stand the crowded shops and all those queues, I just like to go for a leisurely wander and enjoy the festive atmosphere! Anyhow, I have another Christmas card to share with you today using a delightful Magnolia Tilda who is just so cute!

I coloured her with my usual Pro Markers. I've bought myself an early Christmas present! of a set of Copic markers that a lot of bloggers use. They do seem to colour up beautifully, so I shall be trying them out on my next creation!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Challenge #65
http://officialmagnoliainspirationchallenge.blogspot.com/ Tomic #26 Vintage and Lace
http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.com/ #124 Let it Snow
http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ Red and White Challenge
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes - Sparkle

That's all for now. Please leave me a comment to let me know you've visited and I can visit you too.

Have a happy day.

Hugs
Vicki x

Bass Dude

2011-11-27T07:26:00.013Z

Good morning lovely bloggers, it's so windy here today, I'm a fair weather girl! so another day indoors for me I think!

I have a card I made using a Kenny K digi image, called Bass Dude. I find Christmas cards for men such a challenge, but am pleased with how this has turned out (it's so much better in real life), it's for my son who's away at uni doing music and his instrument is the bass guitar, so this image is perfect for him. I kept the embellies to a minimum in order to enhance the lovely image. Everything I used is from my stash.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Challenge #67 - Holiday

http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ V is for Vibrant

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ Challenge 1 - All about Christmas

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ C4C155 - Something with Snow

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Punches and Dies

http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ - Movember Madness

http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ Challenge #52

http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ #65 - Snowflakes

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ Challenge #21 - Sparkle

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ #140 - Anything Christmas

http://magicalmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Use those Scraps

http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/ Christmas /Holidays Challenge

Whatever you're doing today, have a happy day. Many thanks for stopping by. Please leave me comment, then I know you've been and I can visit you too.

Hugs, Vicki x

Light a Penny Candle

2011-11-25T14:50:00.003Z

Hello again, I have a second card to share with you today, stamped with my Magnolia Tilda with Cross-stitch Heart. I love this stamp and it is one of my all time Magnolia favourites!

I coloured her with my usual Pro-Markers and distressed the edge of the image with a Stempelglede grunge flourish heart. I did a border all around my card with Martha Stewarts Aspen Snowflakes PATP, which I distressed. My papers and card were from my stash and so was my ribbon.

I used my Marianne Doily Die behind the image and an old Woodware punch for the snowflake that I punched out of holographic card. Then I added a Prima Say it in Pearls embellishment, bought from Quixotic Paperie, to the centre of the snowflake.

Finally, I added a Magnolia sentiment, added some crystals and glittered Tildas heart & candlelight.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ #64 - with Crafty Emma's Store
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ #94 - Christmas
http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ #46 - Snowflakes
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/ Let it Snow
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Christmas Crackers - but not literally!
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ #169 - Christmas Card
http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ Red & White Challenge
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ #134 Pink White & Red

Many thanks for stopping by. I love to read your comments, so please leave me one to let me know you've been and I can visit you too.

Enjoy the rest of your day. Bye for now.

Hugs,
Vicki x

Wonderful for You

2011-11-25T11:18:00.000Z

Good morning, and a big hug to my new followers!

We have some lovely sunshine here this morning, I can't believe it's Christmas in only a month! I have managed to make most of my Christmas cards and have a couple of presents (wrapped)! I still have loads to do to make it happen in our house!! I've bought a new Christmas tree, I've gone for a white one this time, I've always had the traditional green, but thought white would make a nice change, but of course, none of my stash of baubles will match with it, I've decided to go for silver, black and red, so have to buy all new ones. Even my beautiful lights that I usually use won't do, as they are on green wires, which won't be right and I can't find any pretty ones on white or invisible wires!! Am sure I'll get there in the end. The pressure I put on myself over these little things, as I like everything matching ..................(lol)

Anyway onto today's card. This is for someone who is going through a tough time right now and is waiting for some life changing news! I've stamped up my lovely new Special Edition Tilda available here and used my usual Pro-Markers to colour her. I've read so much about how wonderful Copics are and have ordered myself a couple of sets, which I'm waiting for postie to bring, can't wait!

I forced myself to cut my beautiful new Trimcraft First Edition, Up Up & Away papers, they are glittered and soo pretty IRL. I used a small Marianne doily die behind my image.

I added leaves cut with the Magnolia leaf die behind the flowers, which were punched. I added tiny crystals to the centre of the flowers and some larger crystals to soften the corner on the image.

I used my Magnolia Butterfly die and popped some more tiny crystals on the stem.

Finally, I finished of with a LOTV sentiment mounted on some matching card, cut with my Nesties and added Liquid Pearl around the edge and some sparkly to Tildas presents.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com Challenge #89 Anything Goes
http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com #127 Swirls & Sparkles
http://mariannedesigndivas.blogspot.com Sparkle and Shine

Something for You - Gift Tag

2011-11-22T14:14:00.003Z

Hello Just a quick post on this grey day! I've made my first ever gift tag. I made it to match my previous post, Something for You card.

I again used Magnolias Something for You Tilda, coloured her with Pro-Markers, die cut my new Memory Box Bianca Snowflake with holographic card, a LOTV sentiment stamp, I added my usual sparkly to Tilda's fur and present, Liquid Pearls around the sentiment mount and used some ribbon and backing paper from my stash.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ Snowflakes
http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/ Challenge #6 Anything but a Card
http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com Challenge #9 Frosty and Bright
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com Anything Christmas with Pearls
http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/ November - Christmas Girls
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Challenge #66 Let it Sparkle

That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by and please leave me a comment to let me know you've been and I can visit you too!

Have a happy day.

Hugs,
-Vicki x

Something for You

2011-11-17T23:30:00.004Z

Good Evening all,

Firstly welcome to my new followers, I'm so pleased that you think that my blog is worth following!!

I've been busy making a special Christmas card, but I can't mention who it's for in case she visits my blog! but she's someone very special in my life..... I've used another of my unused Magnolia Tilda stamps and coloured her with my Pro-markers. I kept the layout on the card very simple as I wanted to show off the beautiful punch around the page edging that I first saw on Mandy's fab blog - http://asprinklingofglitter.blogspot.com Mandy has a great tutorial on how to do this, it was so easy to follow and is so effective.

I used a glitter background paper from my stash, a ribbon from Little Clare's website and finished of with a LOTV sentiment and of course lots of sparkly! I'm so pleased with the end result.

I keep watching colouring tutorials on You Tube as I still need to work on getting my colouring up to scratch, but it's much harder than it looks!! but hopefully I will improve over time..........

I also followed Mandy's tutorial on how to make a box to fit a card with a PATP edge, as it won't fit in a regular square envelope and anyway, it's so much nicer to give it in a box! It was my first attempt at making a box and again, it was so easy to do!

I decorated the front of the box with a Christmas tree I made with some real Swarovski crystals, that I'd bought for another project and not got round to using!!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.com Challenge #122 So Sentimental
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ Week #50 Holly or Wreaths (but any Christmas card will do)
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Christmas is Coming
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ Week #133 Ribbons
http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ Christmas

That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by and please be kind enough to leave me a comment to let me know you've been and I can return the favour. I'm just going to link up to the challenges now and then it's off to bed for me.

Bye for now.

Hugs
-Vicki x

Loving Christmas Wishes

2011-11-10T18:23:00.000Z

Hello again, It's so cold and gloomy, that I don't want to go out of the house, so after a quick dash to Tesco to stock up my fridge and food cupboard, Now I'm tucked up indoors, chores done, spending my time either crafting or visiting all the lovely blogs I follow. I'm seeing so many wonderful creations and of course I have to have all the stamps, dies and embellishments that are needed to create them, as well as all the other 'essential' goodies that seem to find their way into my basket!! On-line ordering from all the various craft suppliers is too easy and I end up spending a fortune. I won't mention that I have loads of stamps and dies that are still unused!! - lol.

I wanted to enter the http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ Christmas Challenge which runs until 19th November. The only requirement is to use a Magnolia stamp:

I finally inked up one of my many unused Tildas and coloured her in with Prismacolor pencils.
The doily was made with a Magnolia Doily die, the papers and card were from my stash, and I added a couple of die cuts that were sent to me free with an order from Dies to Die for - I loved the Memory Box Frostyville Border die so much that I've ordered myself one, though I'm still waiting for the postie to bring it. I used a McGill Multi Tickets punch to make the ticket and stamped a Magnolia sentiment on it, I also added a Prima 'Say it in Pearls' embellishment and finally I heat embossed some snowflakes to the doily and added crystals around the edge, and finished off with lots of sparkly.

Many thanks for coming by. Have a lovely evening.

Bye for now.

Vicki x

Tag Pocket Christmas Card

2011-11-09T20:10:00.002Z

Hello again, Just a very quick posting today. I couldn't resist this challenge http://flourishes.org 'Tag, you're it' and made this card for it, using some papers that came free in a magazine I bought last year, and stuff from my stash. There is no colouring on this card, but I added lots of sparkly and little sentiments (which you can't see properly on my photo!) on the pull out tags. I know I wanted to create something with my new buys - but I'll do it tomorrow!! Lol

Hope it inspires you to join this lovely challenge too!

That's all for now. Thank you for popping by. Hugs. Vicki x

It's my Party

2011-11-08T23:31:00.002Z

Hello, I'm sharing a card I made for my friends birthday. I used my new LOTV stamp, coloured with my Pro-markers, Magnolia doily die, Magnolia leaf die, Petaloo flowers, old papers and card from my stash. The sentiment is by Penny Black, I used my nesties for the badge and added lots of sparkly.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Bright & Sparkly challenge
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com Something old, something new, monthly challenge and
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ challenge #62.

I've been spending this month on lots of new stamps, papers and punches, so want to get busy creating with all my new bits and bobs. Will post them as and when.
Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday.
Bye for now. Vicki x

Fly me to the Moon

2011-11-05T16:07:00.000Z

Hello ladies, I've been busy visiting lots of blogs and becoming a follower, as I've just realised that I receive all the latest goings on in my blogger dashboard of the blogs I am following - there is some amazing talent out there and I want to attempt to make soo many cards similar to the ones I've seen. I also order so many goodies to be able to craft my 'new creations'. It's costing me a small fortune! and I think I'm being creative, but all I'm really doing is staring at my computer screen - lol. I have managed to make a card to enter into this weeks http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ Black challenge:

I used my Magnolia Astronaut Tilda and had my first attempt at masking! and sat her on the Magnolia Rocket from the same collection. I coloured her with Pro-markers and Copics, added some Diamond Stickles and coated her 'helmet' with Anita's 3-D Clear Gloss Finish, which really shines in real life. I stamped the Magnolia sentiment and heat embossed with Heat it Up embossing powder to give a 3D effect. I used card and papers from my stash, added some black ribbon and some silver stars.
Here's a closer look:

And finally a closer look at the embossed sentiment:

Apologies for the dark pictures, but it's such a dull, overcast day today that there's hardly any natural light and my pictures turn out with so much glare when I use my flash, that you can't see them!
That's all for now.
Have a happy Saturday whatever you're doing and thank you for stopping by.
Hugs,
Vicki x

No Peeking!

2011-10-31T07:02:00.000Z

Good morning, I'm up far too early today, adjusting the clocks this weekend seems to have put my body clock out. Before I post my picture, I want to say thank you and welcome to my new followers, am so pleased that some people think that my work is worth following. Here is a simple card made using a Little Clare stamp an LOTV sentiment, papers and brads from my stash.

Having just uploaded my photo, I realise I've forgotten to add my sparkle - I thought there was something missing!

I've been seeing personalised stamps on other blogs and eventually discovered you can have these made at Bunny Zoes Crafts, so I ordered myself one and was so excited when it arrived. I used it on the back of this card:

I'm entering this card into
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ with a flourish;
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/ Challenge #19 Anything Goes
http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Challenge #136 Borders and Frames

That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by and have a happy Monday.

Hugs, Vicki x

Walkies!

2011-10-24T21:16:00.000+01:00

Hello again. Have been looking through lots of lovely blogs and am amazed at some of the talent out there. I came across the http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/ on my blog visits and thought I'd enter this card I've made for my future son-in-laws birthday into their challenge this week, the theme is animals. I used a KennyK digi stamp for the image and my EK punch for the borders, the sentiment is from a male themed stamp set from Little Clare. I finished off with 3 small brads - as there's not much in the way of embellies that can be used on a man's card!!
Thanks to those of you who have left me your kind comments, they are very much appreciated.
Bye for now, Vicki x

Holly Fairy Christmas

2011-10-24T03:36:00.003+01:00

Another card! This time I've used a Mo Manning digi which I've been meaning to colour for ages, I used my Pro-Markers to colour and an LOTV sentiment. I'm entering this into http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/ U is for unused stash.
http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Punches & Dies
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes

Forever Friends

2011-10-18T23:26:00.002+01:00

Hello, I've made another card - my second in two days, nothing for ages, then two in two days!
This time I've used a favourite from last year from my Forever Friends stamp set, I die cut my own card, used Prismacolor pencils to colour my stamped image, my sentiment is one from LOTV and finally I added lots of sparkly (which doesn't show too well on my photo!).
I'm entering this one into the
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ 'Use Sentiment' Monthly Challenge and http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ Challenge #77 Fancy Folds and a Sentiment.
That's all for now. Hugs x

One of a Kind

2011-10-17T18:00:00.001+01:00

Hello again, I love this Magnolia Tilda Cheerleader stamp so much that I've used her again! This time for the http://www.officialmagnoliainspirationchallenge.blogspot.com/ Challenge #20 'Let's get Sporty' I've used the sketch for this challenge too. She looks alot better in real life! I couldn't get a decent photo no matter how hard I tried. Hope she inspires you to enter too.
That's all for now. Hugs x

You Are a Winner!

2011-10-10T02:28:00.000+01:00

I love this stamp, Cheerleader Tilda, she's been waiting a while to be stamped and I finally got round to it this week. I added some sparkly and some liquid pearls, I just love the bright colours and wanted to make something to bring back some cheer now the weathers changed........
Challenges I'm entering this into:
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #53 Anything Goes
Sundays With Crissy #22 Thanks/Thanksgiving
Let's Ink it up #16 Think Pink
Crafters Companion #17 Pink and Green

LOTV Wedding Couple cream & Grey

2011-05-17T22:48:00.000+01:00

Hello, hope you're all having a good week. I've been asked by my neighbour to make a card for her nephew, who is getting hitched in Italy. The theme is cream and grey. I found it hard working with these colours, I'm a 'bright colour' girl usually! Anyway, here it is, hope you like it. Hugs

Challenges I'm entering:

By the Cute and Girly - May - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - #22 - Flourishes
The Emerald Faerie First Challenge - Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop Challenge 5 - To Die For
Sew Many Challenges #53 - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Ex"static"

2011-04-30T18:46:00.000+01:00

For this card I've gone all bright and zingy! It goes with the weather and my mood....... I used a Mo Manning digi stamp and my new Marianne Dies for the doilies.

Challenges I'm entering this into are:
Creative Inspirations Challenge 58
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 78 - 123
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps SSS106
AiFactory Challenge #78 Anything Goes
Cutie Sunday Challenge 139
Crafts 4 Eternity #17 Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays 4 Anything Goes
Just Add Ink 66 Just Add a Flower
Mami Doodles Challenge 25 Lets Get Girly
Paper Cutz Challenge 89 Anything Goes
Wags n Whiskers 53 Use a Die or Punch

That's all for todays post. Enjoy the sunshine. Bye for now xx

Butterfly Dreams

2011-04-17T22:55:00.000+01:00

Hello, here is a card I made for Sentimental Sundays challenge #51 Celebrate Spring / Easter. I have a thing about butterflies and normally use this Penny Black 'Butterly Edge' stamp for the back of my cards, but I wanted to create something with this image on the front. I've added Stickles black diamond for some bling on the wings of the butterflies, but it doesn't show too well on the picture. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.............. Hugs, Vicki x

Cheers!

2011-04-14T12:22:00.000+01:00

I've made a very quick card for my Uncle John's birthday. Ideas for mens cards don't come easily to me, but I'm pleased with this! and I don't normally do such simple cards...

and the inside

Apologies for the darkness of the pics, just not enough light and the card look much better in real life!

I'm entering this into:

Karen's Doodles - Anything goes
Allsorts - Anything but a square
Frosted Designs - Brads
Fairy Tale - Birthday
Addicted to stamps - Happy birthday
Totally Stampalicious! - Anything goes

Music Saves my Soul

2011-04-09T08:19:00.000+01:00

Hope you've all had a fab week and enjoying the lovely sunshine we're having (for a few days!) My son, Lewis is a part time radio presenter, he played this song for me on his show this week and I'm loving it, I've been playing it all week - enjoy!

Magnolia madness!

2011-04-05T10:43:00.000+01:00

Hello, hope everyone is keeping well and happy. I've been busy making a couple of Easter cards as well as some other Tilda images that I've been wanting to stamp up and just not got round to! (probably because I'm too busy blog hopping and looking at all the gorgeous cards on some fabulous blogs, there just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day.) I want to use some of my massive paper collection before I buy anymore - lol - I keep seeing lovely new papers that I just can't resist, so I have a lot of cards to make before I can let myself buy more papers - honest :)) I am going to buy some fancy dies that I saw on some gorgeous cards on Lydia's blog 'My Little Craft Haven' as they really made the images stand out. Hope you like my cards, I haven't found any challenges to enter them into yet! - that's what I'm doing next...............

That's all for now, thank you for stopping by. Hugs, Vicki x

Music Saves my Soul

2011-04-02T22:34:00.000+01:00

Hello, hope everyone has had a good week and enjoying the weekend. I do my crafting in my conservatory as the light is really good in there, and today has been just the right light to do some colouring, I've made some cards and will post the during the next few days, I need to to look for some challenges to enter them into as well. This is just a quick post as I want to share this song by Adele with you that I'm loving at the moment, It's not dancey, but she has an amazing voice. Hope you like it too. Thank you for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. Enjoy.............................

Just Checking!

2011-03-26T22:50:00.000Z

Hello all, a late post for me tonight, here's a card i've made using a Mo Manning digi. I coloured her using my Pro Markers during my trip to Devon. The weather was beautiful and all that fresh sea air and change of scenery gave me the courage to practice my colouring - I like to have something to look at for inspiration otherwise my mind is just blank! I'm also going to have a go at following Marcea's instructions (thanks hun, hope I get this link thing right) to download a video from You Tube to play along with Music Saves my Soul
Gosh, I can't believe that just worked!! Hope it works for you - enjoy. Thank you for stopping by have a great week. Hugs. Vicki xx

Pom Diddly

2011-03-17T17:16:00.000Z

Just a quick post before I go to pack for my trip to Torbay this weekend. Will be taking my Pro-Markers and some images I've stamped up to keep me busy while I'm there.
I made this card for the Lili of the Valley Challenge 88 - Sketch by Bev. I still don't know how to link properly to a challenge, but will have another go, hope I get it right this time!
I adore all the Lili of the Valley stamps, they're just soo cute, I keep buying them and then they don't even see an ink pad - am sure I can't be the only one that does this?
Many thanks to all those who have left me comments, I love to find new ones when I log on, it's so lovely that people take the time to leave me some feedback, so please keep the comments coming, I always go to the blogs of people who have left me a comment and am finding some wonderful work which fills me with inspiration, I just need more confidence with my colouring........... I shall have to learn how to make my blog look a bit prettier too, as there are some beautiful blogs out there, which make mine look a bit poor- but hey, Rome wasn't built in a day! lol. Hugs, Vicki x

Double Fairy Blessings

2011-03-13T19:59:00.000Z

I was so pleased with the first one of these cards that I've made another! coloured in again with my Pro-Markers, this time I used Amethyst on top of a Copic Ciao Lavender for her dress and added a grey to the folds of the dress to shade. I need to practise colouring black hair, well I need to practise my colouring full stop! lol.

Fairy Blessings

2011-03-12T16:22:00.000Z

I fell in love with this image when I first saw it on a blog without English text while I was bloghopping, I was so pleased with myself for tracking it down, I found it on http://www.craftsandme.co.uk/ it's a digi stamp called Fairy Dusk. It's the first time I've made a fairy card and this one is for my lovely ex mother-in-law, her birthday is coming up soon. I'm pleased with the end result.

Blue Feather Boa

2011-03-08T20:19:00.000Z

Longing for Spring

2011-03-08T18:51:00.000Z

New Comments!!

2011-02-04T16:39:00.000Z

I'm soo excited to see that people are actually looking at my little blog and taking the time to leave some comments. A big thank you to those that have done. I also appreciate the explanation of how to link a particular post to a challenge, I shall try and follow this, but it all seems very confusing to just read how to do it - I'll be better when I actually have a new project to enter and actually follow the instructions left for me. I'm becoming addicted to blog hopping and must stop as I'm not getting any of my projects made-lol. I keep clicking onto all these gorgeous projects for ideas and inspiration and when I see the recipes I then go looking for all the punches, flowers, papers, stamps etc and end up ordering them. It's great when they arrive - like Christmas has come early, but then I spend lots of time sorting and storing and end up not having the time to actually use the goodies! So I've promised myself I won't order anything else (until I've used up some of my stuff) but I keep seeing new things that I can't resist ordering. These must be the most expensive cards in the world - lol.
Thanks for stopping by, bye for now. Hugs x

Can't Make Tea .... Cat on Knee!!

2011-02-02T14:59:00.000Z

I stamped this with a Little Clare design, coloured it in with my Pro-Marker pens (I coloured the pussycats the same colour as my own four Burmese cats) and used Prima Paisley Road patterned papers. I made some little flowers using my Martha Stewart flowerpunch and added my Diamond Stickles sparkly and a Prima Pebbles brad. Very colourful to brighten such a dull day that we're having today! I often find myself 'stuck' and not able to make tea, when my four cats are draped all over me-lol.

Magnolia Gift Box

2011-01-30T19:47:00.000Z

Here's a little box I made to give to my daughter with her birthday present in, instead of wrapping it in the usual way. It was my first attempt at anything other than cardmaking since starting my crafting last November. It was a bit trial and error and my corners are a bit dodgy, but I'll know more about what to do on my next attempt. I'm really quite please with the end result for my first attempt.
I'm entering this in the http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ Glitter challenge.

Leila Takes a Bow

2011-01-26T05:04:00.000Z

Mo Manning digi stamp, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch. Coloured with Pro-Markers. Princess ticket, flowers and sparkle.

KennyK Challenge No 28, Blue, Silver & White

2011-01-23T21:06:00.000Z

This is the first challenge I have entered, I didn't win, but it's the taking part that counts- lol

I used KennyK's Movie Star digi stamp and coloured her with my Pro-Markers, I love this image, I added silver stars cut with my Spellbinders star die, papers and ribbon from my stash and a sentiment from my file of sentiments, most of which are freebies from various sites.

Naughty or Nice!

2011-01-23T20:35:00.000Z

A closer look.

I wanted to make my husband a Christmas card with a difference. I didn't think a cutie image would suit him! I love KennyK's stamps so I used Christmas Hottie, I didn't have a Spellbinder die to fit round her, so I cut round her with my fancy scissors, using a plate as my template! I used two pieces of scalloped card and held them together with ribbon. I used my Pro-Markers to colour her in. I was unsure how this would turn out, but both he and I were very pleased with the end result.

A Little Bird Told Me..........

2011-01-23T19:45:00.001Z

I made this card for a special young lady's birthday. I used a Sugar Nellie stamp called A Little Birdie Told Me. I coloured her in with Pro-Markers and added a sentiment although I'm not sure where it was from as I have a file of sentiments saved on my laptop. I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch and Spellbinders Nestabilities to sit her on.
Am entering this into http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/