Mojo Monday #117 & Cupcake Crafts #70

Hi all. Great to have you here. I hope you find your visit worthwhile and find something to bring a smile or even get some encouragement for the mojo juices.

I am scheduling this post for just after midnight but as I sit and type this I am looking out of our patio doors and the snow is falling. Some of the flakes must be 2 or 3 inches in size, I've never seen flakes this big before. It has covered all the dog prints left in the back garden after yesterdays snow and it looks beautiful.

However there is a card to describe. I made this one with two challenges in mind. Mojo Monday gave us a great sketch to follow and Cupcake Crafts asked for a 5"x5" birthday card. I inked up one of my favourite stamps, Magnolia's "Dreamy Tilda" and coloured her as usual with my Copic Ciaos. The main paper is from the "No Worries Collection" pack. I have used a strip of "Tutti Fruitti" paper from Crafts House ato put across the middle of the card and put a lace ribbon on top of it with a narrow blue ribbon over that before mounting the image. The handmade flowers are all made from petals punched from the papers I used.

I enjoyed making this card and I hope you like it. You can, if you have time, let me know what you think of it by leaving a comment. I do so love reading them. Thanks for dropping by. I hope all is well with you and that you enjoy your crafting.

Hugs,

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #17

Hi girls. We are in the final approach now to the big day. The cards are all away, the pressies are all bought and the Christmas dinner is all in from M&S. The snow is lying although we haven't had any more today (Friday - this post is scheduled for just after midnight) and the estate is very icy. More snow forecast for Saturday and the possibility of a white Christmas is definately there. I'm beginning to get into the spirit.
Thank you so much for calling in here. Hopefully your find something to your taste. I made this card for Sunday Sketch & Stamp challenge where they gave us a great sketch to base our card on. Firstly I must apologise that because the light has been so bad up here I was forced to use flash when taking this photo. I hope it's good enough to give you an idea what the card looks like. I inked up a brand new Magnolia stamp "Blueberry Tilda" and coloured her using my Copic Ciaos. The papers are all fro Kars' Speciality Paper Pad and the flowers are handmade and other trimmings from my stash.

I really hope you like this card and I would definately appreciate any comment you might have time to leave for me. They are so helpful and it's great to know who has been to my blog. If you've never been before I will definately visit back. Please take care if you are under snow in your locality and have a great day crafting. Thanks for calling.

Hugs,

Secret Crafters #62

Hi girls, welcome to my little spot in blogland. Thank you for calling in on me today. I hope that you find enough here to interest you and help motivate your mojo juices.
Well we had our first snow on Thursday. It snowed off and on all day and we have a good covering. Looking out of the window it looks really Christmassy because there are quite a few houses in our estate with lights outside. I just hope it doesn't freeze overnight because if it does we will be in trouble by the time most of you read this on Friday.
However to deal with the matter in hand, this card was made for the Secret Crafters challenge where the theme was "Snow". I have inked up not one but two of the new stamps available over at Crafty Sentiments - The "Snowman" and the "Post Box" - and I have combined them with one of the sentiments from one of their sets. The paper is Basic Grey's "Eskino Kisses - Village". The ribbon is from my stash and the snowflakes are handmade using snowflake punches.
Why not pop over to Crafty Sentiments Shop and have a look at what they have available to purchase - you won't be disappointed. I'm sure.
I hope you like this card and that you will be able to find time to leave a comment giving me your views on it, or anything else you see on my blog. Your opinions are greatly valued and always appreciated. Enjoy your crafting day.
Hugs,

Friday Sketchers #82 & Just Magnolia

Good morning girls, the big day is getting still closer and it won't be long until we've seen the last of making Christmas cards for another year. It will be nice to get a change.
It's getting very cold here and it wouldn't surprise me if we got some snow before too long. It would be nice if it came on Christmas Eve and melted on Christmas night. We can only hope.
However on to immediate business, this card has been made for two challenges. The sketch was provided by Friday Sketchers and the topic for this week's Just Magnolia was "It's Christmas". The image is Magnolia's "Santa - Santa Delivering Presents" coloured in using my trusty Copic Ciaos. The papers Re "The merry days of Christmas - Old St Nick" by My Mind's Eye and "St Nick Holly Berry" by Bo Bunny. The flowers are hand made and the other embellies are from my stash.
If you like this card and you have a minute to spare I would love it if you left a comment. I love reading them. Thank you for popping in and please feel free to come back any time. have a great crafting day whatever you are intending to create.

Hugs,

Charisma Cardz #49

Hi to all you girls out there in blogland who have decided to spare time to visit my little corner. It's nice to have you here. I hope you find something to gladden the heart and inspire you in your own creative efforts.

Got all my cards written and away and every one of them handmade - even down to the envelopes. I feel a great load lifted. A couple of pressies to buy and that's it. Who is feeling smug then?Lol.

I made this card to enter the current Charisma Cardz challenge that gave us a colour combo of "Red, Green & either White or Silver". I have chosen the white option and used white glitter card put through my Sissiz Bigshot in a Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder. I have combined this with Bo Bunny's 12" back to backs -"St Nick's Toyland". The image is a combination of Magnolia's "Sitting Santa" and "Chimney Top with Snow" coloured using my Copic Ciaos. The embellishments are all from my stash.

I hope you will like this card and would love you to leave a comment to let me have your views on it. It's great to know who has called in to my blog and I can identify any new visitors and call in on you. Go carefully and enjoy your crafting.

Hugs,

Simon Says ... Let it Snow

Hi again to anyone returning to my blog and a warm and friendly welcome to you if this is your first visit.
What a day this has been. Woke up to a driveway and local streets just one sheet of pure ice - not easy to negotiate on crutches (Santa please take them away when you leave me the new back and hips I asked for. Lol). 8:30am at the surgery for the nurse to dress the large sore on my heel. 2pm at the dentist for a regular checkup. 5pm back to the surgery for the same nurse, my pal Liz, to get my Swine Flu Injection (apparantly an asthmatic in my age group qualifies). Do I sound as though I'm moaning? - I hope not.

I made this card for the Simon Says .... Let it Snow challenge. I used two stamps here. The background is a new Magnolia image "Winter Forest" which I stamped on top of A Penny Black stamp " Caroling Trio" from the "Slapstick" range that I masked to give the effect of the furries in front of the trees. The paper is "Blizzard" by Doodlebug Designs Inc. I used Copics Ciaos and "Stickles" to colour the images and the flowers are handmade. The ribbon is from my stash of goodies (soon to be replenished by Santa I hope).
If you like this card why not let me know by leaving a comment. Every comment I get is treasured because I get so much joy reading them and so much help and encouragement from them. It's been a pleasure to have you and I hope you'll come back shortly - I try to post a card every day. Enjoy your carfting day.
Hugs,

A Spoon Full of Sugar #81 & Papertake Weekly

Good morning girls, nice of you to drop by and giveme a little of your time. I trust you will find something to make your visit worthwhile. This card is for two challenges. A Spoon Full of Sugar where the requirement was for "Monochrome" and Papertake Weekly where "Red & Green must not be Seen". The stamp I have used is Magnolia's "Snowman with Snow Flake" coloured with my trusty Copic Ciaos. The paper is "Blizzard" by Doodlebug Design Inc and I made the swilrs from Bazzil. the flowers are handmade from punched petals and the sentiment was produced on Microsoft Word. I hope you like the various shades of blue and that you enjoy this card enough to leave me a comment to let me know you've been here today. I really enjoy reading all you girls have to say about my attempts at being creative. I value your input. Have a fantastic crafting day.

Hugs,

Sketch & Stash #25

Hi Peeps. Great to have you visit my little blog. I hope you enjoy your stay and find something to bring a little inspiration.
Well hubby got the outside lights up today and he may as well saved himself the bother. It is so foggy here that you can't see them across the street. Lol. However when (or if) it clears up I'm sure they'll make the place look very Chrismassy.
Anyway I had better get back to business. This card was made for this week's Sketch and Stash challenge where they gave us a fantastic image to follow. I have inked up Magnolia's "Tilda with Christmas Presents" and coloured her with my Copic Ciaos. The backing paper is My Mind's Eye's "Colourful Christmas" (I think) and I have used some new lace ribbon I bought recently. It runs vertically and across the middle of the card although it is almost obsured by the image and the handmade flower. I also used a Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch to create two borders in different shades of blue. The small flowers were made using petals punched out on various small punches.
I really hope you find this pleasing to the eye and would love to read any comments you might chose to leave. It would really make my day if you could find time to let me know you had visited. Thank you for popping in - hope you come back soon.
Hugs,

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe #10 & Winter Wonderland Week 28

Hi girls. Good to have you here on my wee blog. I haope all is well with you and yours and that your Christmas preparations are all well in hand. Less than two weeks now until the old man with the white beard appears down the chimney. We are putting up the Christmas lights today outside the house and in the garden so by the next time I post I hope to feel a deal more Christmassy.

This card was made to enter two challenges. Crafts 4 Eternity gave a recipe this week that comprises of a great sketch + Santa + 2 Brads and Winter Wonderland had a theme of "Ho Ho Ho" (I hope the Santa saisfies that requirement). The image is from Stampin Up and is coloured using my Copic Ciaos. The papers are the reverse side of "Alpine" by Eskimo Kisses and My Mind's Eye's "The Merry Days of Christmas - Santa's Forest". The flowers are handmade and the other embellishments are from my stash.
I do hope you like this card and that you will do me the favour of leaving a comment to record your visit and let me know what you think. I appreciate your visit and hope you found it enjoyable. have a good day crafting.
Hugs,

Creative Inspirations #22 & Allsorts Challenge #30

Hi Girls, great to see you here today. I hope you find something during your visit to please the eye or give inspiration. I am so pleased you have taken time to have a peek at my blog. Two weeks to go nearly getting past the panicky stage - it's almost too late to panic.
This card today is to be entered into two challenges. Creative Inspirations gave a great sketch to follow and the Allsorts Challenge wanted something in "Purple". I hope this fits the bill. Friday is also my day for posting a card on the Crafty Sentiments blog using a stamp and sentiment from their range. If you are interested why not pop over there to see what is available by clicking on the shop link in my sidebar.
The image is "Lulu" coloured with my Copic Ciaos with a splash of flowersoft added. The papers are a mixture of the main colour and reverse side of Stampin Up's "Perfect Plum". The embellishments are all from my stash except the flowers which are hand made.
If you like this card I would really appreciate it if you left a comment to let me know you've been. I can assure you that I will enjoy any contribution you make. Thanks again for your visit.
Hugs,

Just Magnolia #34

Good morning girls. Welcome to my little space on blogland. I'm glad you could visit and hope that what you see will appeal to you. The weather is a bit better today - a bit frosty but dry. I hope your having a good day where you are.

I have made this card for this week's Just Magnolia challenge where the requirement was to make something for "Someone Special". I have used Magnolia's "Tilda with large Christmas Gift" and coloured her using my Copic Ciaos. The papers are both sides of My Mind's Eye's "Colourful Christmas - Snowflake Stripes". The flowers are homemade and the other embellies are from my stash except for the sentiment which was made on my laptop using Microsoft Word.
I hope you like this card enough to leave me a comment. I really love reading them. They are so encouraging. Thanks for spending the time here. Have a great crafting day.
Hugs,

Cute Card Thursday #89

Good morning. Thank you for calling in to my blog. I'm pleased your here. I hope that you find a little joy while your here. Wednesday again and only two more before Christmas - Frightening!! Still I have to go into Perth today to get my eyes tested (annual inspection) first thing and after lunch I have a hospital appointment (again) so hubby thinks we should finish off (well start & finish really) our Christmas shopping between the two.

I made this card to enter into Cute Card Thursday with the Theme "Swirly Girly". I inked up Magnolia's "Merry Christmas Tilda". The papers are "Eskimo Kisses (Thin Ice)" by Basic Grey and "Winter Wonderland (Winter Words)" by Crafts House. Some of the flowers are homemade and some are from my stash.
I hope you like this card enough to leave a comment to let me know your views. I would love to know that you had visited so that I can call in on you. I really appreciate your visit and thank you for sparing the time. Enjoy your crafting today.
Hugs,

Creative Inspirations #37 & Secret Crafter #61

It's a great privilege to have you visit my little blog. I do hope you find something that makes you feel that your visit was worthwhile. I can tell from my blog hops that we are all beginning to panic slightly at the rate Christmas is approaching so I hope your preparations are on target. I wish mine were.

Anyway to business - this card is being entered into two challenges. The Creative Inspirations challenge which requires a "Christmas Card & Tag Set" and Secret Crafters that asks for a "Matching Set". This is unforgivable but I don't know what the stamp is - it's one of a batch my Daughter-in-Law inked up for me a while ago. It is coloured using my Copic Ciaos and glittered over. The orange paper is My Mind's Eye - "Colourful Christmas (Gumdrop Sprinkles)", The lilac one is glitter board and the blue one is unknown. The flowers are handmade and the embellishments are from my stash. The sentiments for both are from Crafty Sentiments and the stamp on the back of the tag is from Forever Friends.

I enjoyed making these and I hope you like them. I would love you to leave a comment to let me know what you think and to let me know you've been. Thank you for taking the time to visit. I really appreciate it.
Hugs,

Papertake Weekly #29 & A Spoon Full of Sugar #80

Thank you for coming to see my wee blog. I appreciate you taking the time to pop by for a visit. I hope you find something that you like and maybe even give you some ideas for your own projects. I don't know how your fairing but I'm getting a bit fed up with this rain day after day. It's cold and I fear we are in for worse to come.

Anyway enough of that - this card is being entered into two challenges. It follows the great sketch given by Papertake Weekly and follows the theme of "No Red or Green" required by A Spoon Full of Sugar. I have used anither of my favourite Magnolia stamps "Tilda with Piglet" and coloured her using my Copic Ciaos. The papers are Basic Grey's "Eskimo Kisses - Village" and Crafts House's "Winter Wonderland wonder words". I used white glitter card embossed using a Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder. The snowflakes were made using a Nesties No1 Snowflakes set on white and lilac glitter card.

Please don't leave without leaving a comment letting me know you've been here. I would love to read your views on this card and if I know you've been I can visit back. Thanks for you time.

Hugs,

Cupcake Craft Challenge #68

Hello girls. thanks for calling in to have a look at my blog. I appreciate your visit. It's the first weekend in December already - it's frightening when I think of everything I have to do yet for Christmas. Still I don't suppose I'm alone in that.

This card was made to enter the Cupcake Craft challenge where the theme was "Red & Green". I inked up Magnolia's "Tilda with Mistletoe" coloured in using my Copic Ciaos. The image and sentiment are mounted on a red spotted paper by Bo Bunny and the two main papers are both sides of "The Merry Days of Christmas" by My Mind's Eye. I have mounted a punched Holly border from a Fiskars punch onto glitter card and put a ribbon across.

I hope you like the overall effect and would welcome any comments you might have time to leave for me. I really value them and enjoy reading them. Please don't leave without leaving a record of your visit - I will return the compliment.

Hugs,

Fiona x

Winter Wonderland Week

Hi Girls. My cousin has gone home again and I'm back live so to speak. We had a great few days and I think she enjoyed the break. Thank you for continuing to visit my blog while I've been otherwise occupied. I did manage to do a bit of blog hopping each day but will have to catch up on all my cardmaking.

The challenge at Winter Wonderland was to stamp a candle or decorate a candle holder, so I decided to have a bash at the stamping. It's a long time since I last tried this and it was a good opportunity to give it another go. I used a candle from Tesco's and stamped up Magnolia's "Snow Flurry Tilda" on tissue paper and coloured her on the wrong side. I then placed her on the candle and wrapped her in wax paper and heated the candle with my embossing heat gun to merge the tissue image into the candle.
I hope you like the result. If you have a minute I would love it if you were kind enough to leave me a comment. I would really appreciate you taking the trouble.
I hope all goes well for you today and that the creative juices are flowing.
Hugs,
Fiona x

Basic Grey #9 & Allsorts Challenge #29 - Buttons

Hi girls glad you could find time to visit my wee blog. There are so many of us suffering from wet and windy weather at the minute and I don't know about you but visiting blogs to see the fabulous creations you all make cheers me up greatly.

I made this card for the Basic Grey and Allsorts challenges this week. I used Bazzil medium colour turquoise card and mounted Mirra card panels on a plain light turquoise card before mounting the backing paper and the image. The image is "Yasmin" from Crafty Sentiments coloured with my Copic Ciaos. The papers are both Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses, the first one is "Village" (reverse side) and the other is "Thin Ice". The embellishments are from my stash except for the sentiment which is from one of the Crafty Sentiments Christmas sets.

Please, please feel free to leave me a comment telling me what you think of this card. I love reading them and appreciate the time you take to leave them.

Go carefully and enjoy your crafting.

Hugs,

Fiona x

Friday Sketchers #80

Thanks for popping in to have a look at my blog. I hope you will not be disappointed with what you find. Into December and Christmas is fast becoming a preoccupation. Must get things organised. My cousin is still here but going home tomorrow so I hope I get a bit more crafting done. It's been great having her and I've really enjoyed it.
Anyway, on to business. This card follows the great sketch provided by Friday Sketchers this week and I have used Magnolia's "Tilda with Christmas Presents" as the centrepiece coloured using my trusty Copic Ciaos. The papers are from Stampin Up's "Merry Moments" and I made flowers from shapes punched out of silver Mirra card. The corners were cut using a Cuttlebug die from green card. The embellishments are from my stash.

If you have a minute to spare I would love you to leave me a comment letting me know what you think of this card. Any comments I get are really much appreciated.

Go carefully and have a good day. Enjoy your crafting.

Hugs,

Fiona x

Charisma Cardz #47

Hi girls. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit my little blog. I am delighted you have taken the time and I hope you find something to make it worth your while.
The theme this week over on Charisma Cardz was "Anything Christmas". I made this card at another class run by Siobhan at Stampaholics in Perth. She is a fund of great design ideas and is so patient and attentive - it's a pleaseure being at her classes. The stamps are "Snow Baby" and "Let is Snow" sentiment by Crafty Individuals. The papers are mostly Bazzil embosed in Cuttlebug folders "Snowflakes" and "Fleur de Lys". The snowflakes are from No 1 Nestie. The double border is punched using a new Martha Stewart "Doily Lace" punch.
I hope you think that this all hangs together and I would love to get your opinions, so if you have a moment to spare please leave a comment. I get so much help and encouragement from them. Thanks.
have a good crafting day.
Hugs,
Fiona x

Simon Says .... Winter Love

Hi one and all. Thanks for coming in to see me here. I'm glad you could find the time. I hope you find something to make you feel it was worth it.

This card is my entry for this week's Simon Says ... Winter Love. I could think of no better image than Magnolia's "Tilda & Edwin on Ice" to show winter love at it's cutest. I have coloured in this charming pair using my Copic Ciaos. The papers are turquoise Bazzil and My Mind's Eye's Colourful Christmas "Frosty Pines". I punched a border using a new Martha Stewart "Doily Lace" punch that has mysteriously appeared in my punch drawer.Lol. The flowers are handmade. The sentiment is from one of the Crafty Sentiments Christmas sets.

I enjoyed making this one and I would love to read any comments you may have time to leave for me. I really appreciate them.

I hope all goes well for you today and that the crafting mojo is overflowing.

Hugs,

Fiona x