Tis the season...........

I love Pinkpetticoats new Christmas collection !!! Had a quick play today, can tell it's Friday i'm soooooo tired and struggling with my mojo, just cant help myself when i get something new though. So it's a very simple card which at a time like Christmas when you've so many to do is probabely best anyway. Hope you all have a nice weekend xx

High Hopes Blog candy !!

Hi folks, Nikki has some fabulous blog candy up for grabs, aww these are so cute !! Just leave her a comment and link to her blog to be in with a chance of winning !!

Pick up a penquin !!

Hi everyone, been having a play with my blog, and came across this little penquin for Breast Cancer Awareness,feel free to click on him and add him to your blog to spread the awareness. I admit i rarely check if everything's ok but will give em a squish later, sounds a bit pervy but hey it's important !! xx

High Hopes Challenge 2#

This is my entry to this weeks High Hopes Challenge. The challenge is to make a card using Brown, Green, Blue and Natural colours. I used my new Callie Christmas Kitty stamp, available from www.sillymonkeycrafts.co.uk, paper is from a new K&co mat pad Peppermint Twist, computer generated sentiment, natural grosgrain ribbon. Coloured with my Prismas, Stickles and Glossy Accents.xx

High Hopes Christmas Fairy

This little Fairy landed on my doorstep yesterday and i could'nt wait to make up a card with her !! She's one of the new designs available from Silly Monkey Crafts. I coloured her using Prismas, highlighted her wings with stickles and Glossed the ivy.I made this for two reasons, one for the new High Hopes Blog Challenge although i totally missed out the brief, lol, just like me !!! and the other reason will become evident later.......tee hee. She's one of two stamps that arrived so watch this space............ xx

Hey where's my post gone ?

Ok my last post has disappeared into cyber space !! So here i go again .....

I was tagged last week by Kathleen, you have to list 7 facts about yourself so here goes....

1.My christened name is Katherine but only my Nan who passed away years ago has ever called by that name.

2. I have mild OCD, which cause some amusement in the house at times. I have to always check the cooker is off before i go to bed, stand there twizzling the knobs for the hob, up and down a few times !! I also have to double check i've turned the GHD's off before i leave in a morning and can be literally heading out the door then run back upstairs !!! It seems to be worse when i'm stressed or very tired but i'm thankful i dont have it that bad compared to some poor people, it really can rule your life and be quite limiting.

3. I'm VERY ticklish !!

4.My favourite time of year is now when all the leaves are changing and the weather is cooler but not cold

5.In my teens i used to compete every week at disco dancing competitions all over the country, the whole sequin lycra thing,loved it till i was 16 and i discovered boy's were more interesting............for a while anyway.

6.My first job when i left school was at a Hairdresser's, went on to qualify but after i had my son never went back to it.

7.I have a scar next to my left eye where my Dad dropped me when i was a baby !!

Ok now i'm supposed to pass this on so i'm going to have a scout round, it could be youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu xx

A Little Something.......

For my Matey Tara she's always spoiling me!!! I really enjoyed making this wallet, The image is a High Hopes stamp, Tara kindly cut me some Nesties, the paper is BasicGrey and the cord and little bell from a Haberdashery oh and i used my Martha Stewart punch on this too xx

Halloween Dottie

Hi everyone, feeling a bit poorly today, sore throat and headache. Always seems to happen when the seasons change dont know why. So this card was a quickie, dont feel up to much cardmaking today. The image is a Halloween download available from Charmed cards and Crafts, its great because it comes coloured or not coloured so as i'm not feeling well i opted for the coloured, bit of a cheat !! The papers are a download too from Sweet Shoppe Designs, if you havnt checked their site it's a must!!! Hope you all have a lovely weekend and enjoy some sunshine xx

Awwwwwwww!!!!

A little update on the kitties, managed to take this photo yesterday of this little sweetie!! All 5 are doing well and now can sit up but very wobbley.I think i'm going to find it very hard to part with any of them :( xx

Penny Black Mouse

Another christmas card today, image kindly sent to me from Tara, papers are DCWV christmas stack, sentiment and snowflake again from Tara,thanks love xx

Penelope

I thought i'd have a go with a download i bought from Polly Craft Designs ( link at side) last week, they have some great downloads and really reasonably priced. I bought some triangle shaped cards from a craft fair recently, there dosnt seem to be many around this year? Paper is Laura Ashley,flower and scallop die-cut all; from Tara thank you so much for all the lovely goodies xx

Yet another stamp i LOVE !!

Well this stamp i was given to make samples with for a craft shop and i thoroughly enjoyed working with it.I love the cuteness of Whipper Snapper designs, may have to invest in this one! I coloured it using my trusty Prisma pencils and brushmarkers, paper is Doodlebug. Kept the layout quite simple so it's easy for customers to follow and that seemed to work as a few bought everything on here,one lady even took a pic with her phone so she had reference to work with which i thought was nice. Anyway hope you are all having a great weekend and enjoying some sunny weather it's been glorious here in Yorkshire

Thank you Linda

I recieved this award the other day from Linda Thank you so much, what a lovely award!! Always means so much to me.

I'd like to pass this on to Tara,my matey and an amazing talent,Sarita,love your creations and drawings,Kirsty I thoroughly enjoy reading Kirsty's blog, such a creative Lady,Janet Fabulous stamp designer and cardmaker and finally Kerry, gorgeous,gorgeous cards xx

Another of my new Panduro's

Had another little play with my new stamps this morning, this time the 'My Little Angel' collection. I used downloaded papers from Daisie Doodles and sentiment from Sassy crafts.Image paper pieced and decoupaged, coloured with a mixture of pens and prismas.xx

Oh It's A Hard Life!!

Couldnt resist taking this photo of Smokey, he's not been himself since Chester had her kittens. Now the weather's changing he's indoors a bit more, poor thing has Arthritus in one leg and damp weather makes his limp worse. So here he is catching 40 winks xx

Panduro Christmas

These Stamps arrived today from Panduro Hobby and i LOVE em!! The quality of the stamp itself is ace. So had a little play, just a quick card. Used the new Papermania felt ribbon and stamped the image on Concord card, coloured with Distress inks and Pro Markers.Really enjoyed using the Distress inks, was quite surprised how much because my watercolouring ability is pants!!

Hope you all have a great weekend xx

Hugh And Ruby Download

I came across these on Jo Kill's blog a while ago,she's an amazing card designer, and today i thought with me having my own pc now i'd buy the download at last.They come in coloured or non-coloured, with or without borders.Love the quirkiness of them, sooooo cute.Available at Tiggerfrog.xx

A couple of cards

well not much cardmaking been going on lately, sooooo busy but here are two that i've made over the last couple of weeks, the christmas card is very plain and simple,love this Precious moments stamp!! Plus another Alota card using the fab new punch. Hoping to catch up with everyone's blogs now i have no excuse haviong my own pc!! Enjoy what's left of the weekend xx

Love this punch

I spotted this punch on the Pinkpetticoat website!! Well i had to have one so after much searching and bidding i finally got one,it's a Martha Stewart doily lace punch from the states,quite a few on ebay if anyones interested.Love it!!

Chester's had kittens!!

It's been a while since i posted so thought i'd better update plus i now have my own pc!!!! yay,no more borrowing my parents,it's great. So last Wednesday my cat Chester had 5 kittens,we were beginning to worry as she was HUGE!! and she's quite a small kitty but she was fine,they just plopped out,4 white like her and 1 black kitten.So we now know the culprit!!! We wer'nt sure who the daddy was as she had 3 toms pursuing her at the time,at one point i was chasing her and a ginger tom around the cul-de-sac in my pj's at 11.30pm trying to get her in,god knows what the neighbours thought? So the black tom lives 3 doors up,might give them a knock in a few weeks to share the good news,lol.Mum and babies doing well,here are some pic's but spared you the birthing ones,lolxx

Thank you !!

Thank you very much Julie for both these awards, i'm truly flattered, you're very kind. I would like to pass both of these on to all my blogging friends, thanks to you all for the lovely things you say xx

Say 'Hello' to my little friends

Ok i'd heard so much about these pens and others that i had to try them for myself,now i've never really got on with pens in the past,too many brushmarks for me.Well these are FAB!! No brushmarks an absolute dream to use and so much quicker than using pencils.

A few things to note though;
1.The colours are a little deeper than on the case of the pen, all the colours used on the cards below are the pastels.
2.You do have to be quite fluid when applying the colour.
3.Let the colour dry for a minute before you apply any shading

I LOVE EM!!

First attempt with my Markers

Another Alota and Hanglar,love these!! And my first attempt with the Pro markers!!

A little pick me up

I love inspirational words,a real pick me up x

For my Matey

I made this a little while ago for my matey I do love the Hanglars xx

Thank you so much !!

Thank you Tara and Vickifor this award,means alot!! Im going to have a wander and see who i can give this to,i know alot of peeps already have it so if i cant give to anyone new then its right back at all of you that visit here!!

Always on the look out !!

I'm always looking for something different and fell for the Alota Stamps!! Sooooo cute!

Hoo Hoo there

Oh i love the new Rachelle Anne Miller designs,this stamp arrived at the weekend and i really enjoyed making this card for two lovely people for their Wedding Anniversary,same day as my birthday,i managed to sneak a few cards in yesterday before i has copius amounts of alcohol!! And surprisingly my head is fine today,usually i suffer,dont you find hangovers are worse as you get older? lol....

Happy Birthday To Me !!

Yay,it's my birthday today,had a lovely day so far and i'm off to my local craft shop in a min to buy some more goodies!!Then we're out for Sunday lunch and a few glasses of wine,Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.I just wanted to share with you a few pics,the card my O/H made for me,yes i let him loose with my stash,it was a bit of a revelation,he enjoyed it,think i'll have to keep my eye on my stuff,lol.He also decorated a cake for me,he nicked the smarties though!!And a beautiful card from my matey Tara,thank you so much for the lovely pressies too,soooo thoughtful xx

Love this image!!

Hi folks,Tara kindly sent me this image at the weekend,finally had time to use it yesterday and this is what i came up with,quite a simple card but didnt want to put too much on there as sometimes i feel it detracts from the image.My photos seem to be getting worse,sorry about the glare,sun got in the way,and yes my Coffee pot again,lol.xx