Aaaaahhhhhh Christmas

Well I clearly do not know what I was thinking playing with snowflakes and Christmas stamps in January, but hay ho!  I made this card a couple of weeks ago for a sketch challenge, but as per usual never got around to uploading it! lol.   

I don't normally make new years resolutions - but I think I need to blog the cards I make for challenges! 

Not sure I am overly happy with the card, but I do love the snowflake and the sparkly paper, it looks better in real life, dodgy photo and bad wintery lighting does not help!  Roll on the summer.

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

Paper Playtime:  Use some brown.

ABC Christmas = B: Bows or Boys.

Allsorts:  Masculine.

Candles, candles and more candles.

Here is a quick clean and simple card I made on Saturday night (oh how my life has changed! lol I am trying to use elements of stamp sets I usually ignore or neglect, or just dont know what to do with as they are not the main image.  

The candles are from a Doodlebug birthday set.  I used copics to colour the candles and added diamond glaze to the flames.  The sentiment is from a papertrey ink stamp set.

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

Less is more: Sketch.
Cas-ual Fridays: Make your mark.
Party Time Tuesday: Anything Goes. 
The crazy challenge:  Party Time.

Penny Black Social Butterfly

again!  I've had this set a while, and not used it until now, it's now one of my favorite sets! lol  So I  have defo done a bit of glitter overkill on this card!  I was at the Exeter craft fair on Thursday, and a stand had the sparkliest glitter I have ever seen, the lighting was pretty amazing on the stand, and magpie me had to have in on the sparkle!  I brought the finest grain, but by my standards its quite chunky!  It will be brilliant on Christmas projects!  (I cant believe I just said the C word!)

At the show I also brought some ink brushes, I have had some for ages and not used them, but being all inspired and all I brought more - perfectly normal right? 

I am in love with this butterfly from Penny Black, the sentiment is from Penny Black Sweet Wishes transparent set.  I am really looking forward to Monday when the new releases from Penny Black are able to be brought, although my bank card is taking a deep breath! lol   

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

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: January Blues.

Make it Monday : Anything goes.

Bunny Zoe: Anything goes.

Simply Create Too: Anything goes.

The Papershelter:  Anything goes.

Freshly made sketches

Here is a quick card I made for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

Not sure how I feel about how it turned out overall, but I enjoyed colouring the butterfly on vellum, it looks really pretty in real life! lol

Sentiments later.....

Over at Less is more this week the theme is:

SPORT or EXERCISE

I have had this Stamping Bella stamp for ages, and it's not seen ink until now! lol  I brought it to make a card for my husband who is a keen fisherman, which I have now done, however not sure what sentiment to stamp onto it, so I will leave the sentiment for now.

Hope your all keeping warm where you are, its freezing here in Somerset, with snow forecast at the weekend, boo....

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

Less is more: Sport or exercise.

Addicted to CAS: Embossing - The image is heat embossed.

It's been a while.....

since I last blogged, I had a lovely blogging break over Christmas and the New Year, and feel slightly refreshed, and looking forward to spending more time playing in my lovely lil craft room.

If anyone is reading, I hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

Well last night I found myself blog hopping, I started at Less is more - where else?! lol

They have a great theme this week - Black, white

with a touch or a splash, a hint or suggestion, a dab or a  patch of 

a colour of your choice!

  LIM ladies if there is to much pink, please delete! 

This is a new set I brought from Papertrey Ink, that I had wanted to use for ages, I love the die, its so much fun.

Apologies for the poor quality photo, its very dull and overcast here today in Somerset, and it will be dark again soon!  I will try and take a better pic tomorrow.

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

Less is more: Black, white with a touch or a splash, a hint or suggestion, a dab or a  patch of

a colour of your choice!

Hiding in my craft room: Black, white + 1. 

Allsorts: Clean & Simple.

Pile it on: Black, white and another colour.