Ribbon & Pins...

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Firstly I would like to say a heartfelt 'Thank You' for all the wonderful kind comments you left after the loss of my lovely kitty 'Pickle' so soon after the loss of my other kitty 'Onion'. You are all so lovely....and I really appreciate your kind words.
I would like to say 'Hello' and 'Welcome' to my new followers. Thank you for joining me on my crafting adventure.
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Today I have a Christmas tree decoration to share....
I know....I know it's Spring.....yeah right!!!....but as there's snow on the ground here I thought I would carry on with my 'New Year's Resolution' of trying to finish those UFO's in my craft box.....
And another UFO completed.

I bought this as a kit from the Knitting & Stitching Show in Harrogate and I can't for the life of me remember the name of the company. They had lots of colours, shapes and styles but I went for cream, green and gold. It's made with wired ribbons, cut and folded and pinned onto a polystyrene shape.....I was really impressed with how it turned out but boy did my thumbs hurt by the time I'd finished pushing all those pins in.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:~
Crimbo Crackers ~ # 37 ~ No Stamped Images ABC Christmas ~ F Is For Felt Or Fabric

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
I really do appreciate all your lovely comments.
Enjoy the rest of your day.

On The Move.....

Good morning everyone.
Well I thought we'd escaped the snow here but alas I was only hoping.
I opened the curtains to a blanket of the white stuff and it looks like a blizzard out there.
Anyway as it's Saturday it's time for a new challenge over at 
A Gem Of A Challenge
And our theme this week is
ON THE MOVE
(This could be interpreted in many ways such as a mode of transport, a moving element on the card or even moving house)
And here is my DT card

For my card I chose this fabulous pre~coloured digi image from Pink Gem Designs called Skateboard Andy. The papers are from BasicGrey ~ Archaic. I love these papers as they are fabulous for male cards and I so struggle with male cards.....I die~cut my stars using my new Nestie set. The pearls as always are from The Hobby House and the little sentiment is computer generated.

Please pop along to the main challenge blog and take a look at all the lovely creations the rest of my team mates have made for your inspiration.

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

Brown Sugar ~ # 34 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew ~ # 32 ~ Masculine

Love To Create ~ # 57 ~ Anything Goes

Ooh~La~La Creations ~ It's A Man Thing

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.

I really do appreciate all your lovely comments.

Have a fabulous Saturday.

In The Pink.....

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are well.
As it's Friday it's time for a new challenge over at 
Winter Wonderland
Our theme this week is
IN THE PINK
And here is my DT card

This week we are lucky to have two sponsors
Our first sponsor is
Crafty~Emblies

With a prize of a £10 voucher
and our second sponsor is
My Crafty Heart

With a prize of a £10 voucher

Please pop over to the main challenge blog and have a look at all the beautiful creations the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration and don't forget it is Christmas projects only.

For my card I used this cute Penny Black stamp called Xmouse Ornament which is one of my favourites. I coloured the image using Promarkers. The papers are from Craft Creations Ltd and I have used some silver Mirri card and some pale pink Bazzill card for mounting. The snowflake punch is from Martha Stewart and I have added pearls and gems from The Hobby House and the sentiment is computer generated.

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

Christmas At Sweet Stampin' ~ # 4 ~ No Red & No Green Christmas Cards All Year Round ~ Sparkle & Bling I Love Promarkers ~ Anything Goes Bearly ~Mine Challenges ~ # 78 ~ Anything Goes


Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Have a lovely day.

Pickle....

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
Well it's another sad day here for us.
This morning I had to make the sad decision to say 'Goodnight' to my other cat Pickle.

Some of you may know that we lost her sister 'Onion' in February due to a short illness.
Pickle had epilepsy and arthritis and had also suffered several strokes during her earliest fits but she was a fighter and it never altered her appetite.....only her Meow which seemed to vanish and was replaced by 'Aaachh' whenever she wanted anything......Bless her!!! 
Anyway she became ill yesterday and I didn't want her to suffer.
It was a very difficult decision to make but I know it was the right one.....even though it doesn't feel like it at the moment.
Here she is with her partner in crime 'Bertie'.

And below impatiently waiting for her tea.....
she had a mind here to inform me in no uncertain terms that she didn't like the salmon treats I had bought her, where upon we had a long conversation about contributing to the household finances with her 'Pickle Pounds & Pennies' from the 'Pickle Pension Fund'.  

How dare you!   Amused she was not....
look at that grumpy face.....
We will all miss her and I know I will be lost without my 'Girls'.......

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.
Enjoy the rest of your day.

My Little Garden

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well.
It's cold, wet and miserable here again today......
But I do have another card to share.....

For this card I followed this sketch from Sketch Saturday.

 I have used an Elizabeth Bell topper from The Hobby House from the 'My Little Garden' set. The papers are from My Minds Eye and I have teamed them up with Kraft. The border punch is one of my favourites from Martha Stewart and I have used various die~cuts and punches for the leaves and flowers. The pearls are as always from The Hobby House and the corner die~cut is from Whimsy Stamps also from The Hobby House. The little sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~
Sketch Saturday ~ # 250 ~ Jen's Sketch Sentimental Sundays ~ # 146 ~ Anything Goes Dutch Dare Card Challenges ~ # 208 ~ Spots And Stripes Fussy And Fancy Friday ~ # 84 ~ Flowers

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a lovely day.

Lucky Me....

Good morning everyone.
I hope you are all well today.
First I would like to say 'Hello' and 'Welcome' to my new followers. Thank you so much for joining me on my crafty adventures.
Well the sun is out here.....It's still cold and windy but I can see the 'Sun'.....
I don't have any cards to share today but I do want to share these two fabulous prizes that I won recently from Craft Stamper.
The first is a book about Zentangles

I came across Zentangles a while ago and thought I would like to have a go but never got round to it......so I guess I have no excuse now. I actually bought a kit to go with this.....so watch this space!

And my second prize again from Craft Stamper 

was this fabulous Dylusions Creative Journal.
As some of my followers will know from past posts I'm taking part in Kate Crane's 365 Journal Challenge so this is going to be perfect for all my inky journal pages.

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a lovely Sunday.

Season's Greetings

Good afternoon everyone.
I hope you are all well.
I've managed to finish another card.....I think I'm on a roll and I'm ahead of myself with my DT work.....which makes a change I can tell you.
This is another Christmas card so I'm on track with this little goal too.

The image is by Krista Smith (which I've had for an age) but have never managed to colour. As the title of this post suggests this image is called 'Season's Greetings'.
I was having a play with my Promarkers trying to colour black hair.....I don't think I've quite got it yet but I'm working on it.
I used a few different embossing folders and various die~cuts and I challenged myself to use up all the off cuts of white card left on my work desk and this is the result. The pearls, brads and spacers  are from The Hobby House and the sentiment is from LOTV.
I hope you like it.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:~
C.R.A.F.T Challenge ~ # 198 ~ Christmas The Sugar Bowl ~ # 101 ~ Anything Goes Christmas At Sweet Stampin' ~ # 4 ~ No Red & No Green Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Christmas Challenge Extra ~ Anything Christmas Holly Jolly Christmas ~ White Or Vanilla Plus One

Thank you for stopping by.
Have a lovely afternoon.

Right that's me.....I'm off to watch the rugby......for the rest of the day......