HIPPIE CHICK

Evening everyone....first I would like to apologise again for being such a bad blogger....but I only have one more day to work and then I have 11 days off.....and I promise I will do my best to catch up and visit all your lovely blogs. I would also like to say 'Hello' and 'Welcome' to my new followers who joined me on my crafting journey last month.
Today I have a card to share that I was inspired to make after finding a piece of Dream Street paper all by itself on the shelf in one of my local craft shops....I loved the colours and so made this card.

The paper is called Nature's Poetry ~ Flower Fair and the image is from Sugar Nellie ~ Hippie Chick. I have coloured her with Promarkers. I have used a Martha Stewart border punch and a selection of punches for the flowers. I have finished off by adding some brads and pearls from the Hobby House. 

I have followed this sketch from Oldie But A Goodie Challenge.

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

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge ~ # 24 ~ A Sketch

I Love Promarkers Challenge ~ # 76 ~ Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge ~ # 114 ~ Free And Easy

Thank you for stopping by.

SAILING AWAY

Evening everyone....well they tell me its been a lovely day here weather wise but I've been at work for 10 hours so I've missed it....never mind only two more days to work this week and two days next week and then I'm on leave for a week.

Today I have a card to share that I made using one of my new House Mouse stamps....

I followed this sketch from Basic Grey Challenges....

The papers are Euphoria from Basic Grey and the image is from Joanna Sheen...Birthdays...Cake. He has been coloured with Promarkers. I have used a Nestie and a Martha Stewart border punch. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

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

BasicGrey Challenges ~ # 49 ~ A Sketch

2 Sisters Challenge ~ # 49 ~ Anything Goes

House~Mouse Challenge ~ # 100 Challenge Blog Hop ~ Buttons, Bows and Bling

Thank you for looking.

Debbie x

HOLLY HEDGEHOG

Today I have another Christmas card to share....my third one of the year so far....brilliant for me as I normally leave it until the very last minute.

The image is called A Thorny Affair by Penny Black. I love all the Penny Black characters....be they mice, hedgehogs or bunnies.

I followed this sketch from A Gem of A Challenge....

The papers are Papermania....A Classic Christmas and the card is Bazzil Basics, the bottom panel of red card has been embossed with snowflakes. I coloured the image with Promarkers. The sentiment is from LOTV and I just added a few bits of card candy from Craftwork Cards and some Stickles to the berries.

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

A Gem of A Challenge ~ # 26 ~ A Sketch

I Love Promarkers Challenge ~ # 75 ~ Christmas in July

Winter Wonderland Challenge ~ The Holly and the Ivy

Thank you for looking.

Debbie x

UNDER THE WEATHER DONALD

Morning everyone, the suns shining here today....and hopefully it will last. I've still got a headache but thankfully its not as bad as it was.


Today I have a card to share that I made just because I had the time....and I think my choice of subject was possibly due to the fact that I was feeling a little sorry for myself after having this horrible headache all week. Anyway hopefully the bright weather will make me feel better....So enough moaning and onto the card.

The image is called Donald and he's a Sugar Nellie stamp....poor Donald, I think he looks quite sad. The papers are from October Afternoon and are called Ducks in a Row. I coloured him using Promarkers. I have punched the flowers with Woodware punches and quilled the flower centres and added some Stickles. The pearls are from the Hobby House and I added two little black pearls for his eyes. The sentiment is computer generated.  

I have followed this sketch from Sketch N Stash Challenge. 

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

Sketch n Stash Challenge ~ # 66 ~ A Sketch

Allsorts Challenge ~ # 113 ~ Free n Easy

The Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge ~ # 10 ~ Shades of Aqua

Totally Gorjuss Challenge ~ # 90 ~ Punch or Die

I hope you all have a lovely Sunday and Thank You for looking.

Debbie 

STRAWBERRY MOLLY

Morning all....first I must apologise for being a 'bad' blogger and not visiting you all and leaving comments, I promise I will try to catch up this weekend.


I have been so busy over the last few weeks and this week I've been suffering with a serious of horrible headaches so I haven't been very creative and have had trouble in the inspiration department....but I have managed to make a card, although it didn't turn out quite as I planned.

I have used a Molly Bloom stamp....love these stamps. I have coloured her using Promarkers and I was quite pleased with how she turned out as I'm rubbish when it comes to blending reds. The papers are from various Basic Grey paper pads. I've used one of my Nesties and a Martha Stewart border punch and the gems, pearls and brads are from the Hobby House.

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

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge ~ # 35 ~ Summer Birthdays

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge ~ # 41 ~ Summer

Have a lovely weekend....Thank you for looking.

Debbie x

A PRICKLY AFFAIR

Evening everyone....I'm struggling to make cards at the moment as I'm so busy with other things but I have managed to make my 2nd Christmas card....

The image is a stamp that I picked up at a craft show a couple of years ago called 'Beware of Holly'. I thought it was quite amusing and it made me chuckle....


I've tried to keep it very simple by just using Bazzil card. I embossed the white card with spots and snowflakes using my Cuttlebug and used an old Fiskars holly border punch to edge some green card, then added some co~ordinating pearls and some red Stickles to the berries on the poor old sheep.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:~

Winter Wonderland Challenge ~ Give It a Little Lift (wet or dry embossing)

Thank you for looking. Have a lovely evening.

Debbie x

LUCKY~ LUCKY~ LUCKY

Good morning everyone....it looks as though its going to be a lovely day after all the rain we had here yesterday....


Today I'd like to say 'Hello and Welcome' to my new followers....Thank you ladies and thank you to all my wonderful followers who leave me such lovely kind comments.


I've had a lovely week and can't believe I've been so lucky. First of all I received this lovely Blog Candy through the post from Angela, which I'd won last week....its fabulous and so many beautiful goodies to play with....Thank you so much Angela.

Then I received my first ever blog award from Claire who has a lovely blog herself and lives in Portugal. Thanks for thinking of me Claire I'll put it on my blog....and my 'blog and I'  will wear it with pride.

I also had to pop to the post office to pick up a parcel and I'd won some stamps in a Craft Stamper magazine give~away and finally last night I got a text from Lynn who owns one of my local craft shops to say I'd won the craft lotto bonus ball £50 voucher this week.....I'm absolutely thrilled to bits...what a lovely, lucky week....and I used to say 'I never win anything'.

And finally on to some crafting....Here are three pages that I managed to complete....I'm on a roll, although I think its down to the fact that we now only do one page at my scrapbook class instead of two which I think is great....but you can do a mirror page if you want to.

The photos here are from when my daughter was Confirmed last year....the picture at the top was taken when they all tried....'How many people can you fit in the confessional box?'. Thankfully I think the bishop was rather amused.

The photos on this next page were taken as Brogan was getting ready for her Prom....the first one that is!!!!

Her friend Emily was helping her out....I can't tell you how loud these two are together but its lovely to hear so much laughter.

And finally this is yesterday's page....all completed. These photos were taken of Brogan last year at Doddington Hall. As you can see she tends to be the subject of most of my page layouts.

Thank you to Tracey who always comes up with these lovely scrapbook page layouts for our class.

If you've managed to stay with me this far....Thank you for looking.

I hope you all have a lovely Sunday....

Debbie x