Top Tip Tuesday #44

Hi girls. I'm back again after a couple of days of inactivity in blogland. I just seem to be struggling to find a balance at the minute. Anyway it's great to have you visiting and I hope you find something you like. 
I am entering this card into the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge where the theme is "Make it Girly". The image is Magnolia's "Tilda with Parasol" and she is coloured using Copics. I don't hve the details for the main paper but the triangular panel is a digi from Nitwits. I also used plain cardstock as a mount. The flowers are a mix of handmade flowers and Wild Orchid flowers. I also used stickles from my stash.

The second photo shows the card partially open to reveal the sentiment panel inside.
I hope you like this card and that you might have time to leave a comment letting me know what you think of it. I love reading your opinions.
I hope you enjoy what is left of the weekend and above all stay safe and healthy.

Create 4 Fun #88

Hi girls. Thanks for dropping by today. I hope you are all well and if your not I hope you are beginning to feel better. Nearly the end of July already - where has this year gone to. Still the weather has been a bit better the last few days and I have been able to kid myself that it is summer.
I made this card to enter the Create4Fun July Challenge. They gave a wonderful sketch to follow (although I have tweaked it just a little bit). The image is Magnolia's "Sweet Tilda" and I have coloured her using my Copics. The papers are "Stella" and "Rose" from My Mind's Eye and I have also used some cardstock as a mount. The flowers are handmade roses and the heart button and gems are from my stash. I have used Stickles and glitter and put glossy accents on Tilda's shoes. The doily in the background is from Marianne Designs.
I enjoyed making this card and I hope you like it. It would be much appreciated if you could find a minute to leave me a comment to let me know what you think of it. I am always so thankful for all you have to say about my cards. It's encouraging and helpful to get your views.
Have a wonderful day and above all stay safe and healthy.

Creative Craft Challenge - 3D It

Hi girls. Thank you for calling in again to my blog. I am pleased to have you browsing. I hope you like what is on offer here. I have managed a bit more commenting and blog visiting myself and hope that I able to keep it up because I get so much pleasure and inspiration from the blogs I visit regularly.

I intend to enter this card into the Creative Craft Challenge where the theme was to "3D It". I have used a flower image from a CD Rom that I got free with a magazine and cut round it so that I could mount it on a backing paper to give the 3D effect. The matching design papers are also from the CD Rom. I have glittered the main flower and the pearls and ribbon are from my stash. The sentiment is by Stampendous.

I hope you like this and look forward to any comments I am fortunate enough to have left for me. Please feel free to tell me what you think - constructive criticism is welcomed.

I hope you are having a good week and that all is well in your corner of cyberspace. Stay safe and healthy.

Hanging in There

Hi girls. As the title suggests I am posting this card to try and keep my blog going. I haven't had the best of weeks and I have done little or no commenting. I am afraid the energy levels are low. I am so grateful to all of you who keep visiting and commenting on my cards because I don't think I'm keeping up my end at the minute. thank you so much for calling in.
I made this card at a class run by my friend Kathleen over at The Daisy Chain so all the materials were supplied by her. The image is Lili of the Valley's "Little Ballerina" and she is coloured using Promarkers. The papers are digis from Nitwits Collections and the doily was made using a Marrianne Designs punch. The flower is also from Marrianne |Designs. 
I hope you like this card and that you might have time to leave a comment. I hope you are having a great weekend ans that you are all well. I hope to do more blogging this week.

Stampin For The Weekend #12

Hi girls, thank you for calling in on my blog today. The weather is still very changeable here. Still I suppose it would be worse if I was feeling the way I have been lately and the weather was tropical outside and I wasn't able to enjoy it. I had to call off my class at my pal Kathleen's on Monday evening - I was shattered. She came round on Tuesday and stayed a while so we had a good blether. I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying your crafting.
 I am entering this card into the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge where the theme is "Wings & Things". I hope the butterflies qualify. I made it as an easel card. The image is Magnolia's "Tilda with Flowing Hair" and I coloured her with my Copics. The papers are from Wild Asparagus and I used card stock as a mount. The butterflies were made using a Martha Stewart punch and the border is made using another MS sponge. The lace and pearls are from my stash. The flowers are Wild Orchid.

This is a close up of the front of the card.

A close up of the base of the easel card.

I hope you like this creation and look forward to receiving any comments you might have time to leave me. Stay safe and healthy. Thanks for visiting.

Just for Fun

Hi girls. I am so pleased to have you here visiting my blog. I have been able to do a bit of blog hopping and commenting over the weekend. Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts and wishes. You really are such a supportive bunch. I have managed to finish off this card. I am not entering any challenges with it but felt that I had to try to get back to posting a bit more often.
The image is Lili of the Valley's "New Hat" and she is coloured using Copics. The papers are from Nitwits Collections and I used brown bazzil as a mount. The flowers are from Wild Orchid and the ribbon is from my stash. I used a border punch for the border.
I hope you might have a minute to tell me what you think of this card. I really value your feedback so please don't hesitate to give your views. 
As you set out on another week I hope you have a great time and manage to stay safe and healthy.

The Crafty Pad #129

Hi girls. I am pleased to have you here on my blog although in all truth I don't really deserve it. The last few days have been a blur for me. I really think I have overdone things and have suffered for it. I can see William thinking "I told you so" but not saying it. I have tried to do a bit of commenting but haven't managed a lot. Anyway, now you are here I hope you think it was worth the trouble.
I am entering this card into the Crafty Pad Challenge where the theme is "Lots of Texture". The card layout is based on a tutorial I found in the book that came with my Hougie Board. The card is creased and folded to give it depth. The image is Lili of the Valley's "Fairy on Tip-toe". I have coloured her using my copics. The design papers are digis from Nitwits Collections and the punched border was created using a Martha Stewart punch. the flowers are Wild Orchid and the silver corner at the bottom is from my stash.
I would love to know what you think of this card so if you have a minute please leave a comment.
Have a great weekend and enjoy your crafting. Above all stay safe and healthy.

Creative Craft Challenge - Pretty Blossoms

Hi girls. Thank you for visiting my little blog today. I am so pleased that you have found time to call in and I hope you like what you find here. I am afraid that I haven't been the best of bloggers of late. I have been attending numerous clinics and surgery visits and with my new found freedom with my portable oxygen concentrator I have been out a lot more. To be frank I have been a bit whacked - maybe overdone it a tad - so I have been taking it easy for a few days. I will be back commenting later today hopefully.
I am entering this card into the new Creative Craft Challenge where the theme was "Pretty Blossoms". The image is from Magnolia's "You are Special Collection" and is called "Tilda with a Small Gift". She is coloured using Copics with the exception of her dress which I have paper pieced. The papers are all from Nitwit Collections of digi papers and I used a turquoise card as a mount. The flowers are homemade and the ribbon is from my stash.
I hope you like it and if you have a minute I would love to read any comments you choose to leave.
Have a great start to the week and stay safe and healthy.

Delicious Doodles #32

Hi girls. It's wonderful to have you visiting my blog. I hope you are having a great day and that you are enjoying your crafting and blog hopping. the weather has returned to the wet windy stuff again just in time for the hordes arriving in Kinross for "T in the Park". Just as well the rain doesn't spoil their enjoyment.
Today I am posting this card that I made to enter the Delicious Doodles challenge where the theme was "Flourish and Bling". The image is "Rosie Posie" by Lili of the Valley and I have coloured her using my Copics. The papers which have plenty bling about them are by Eastern Pleasures. I have used Wild Orchid flowers and I have used liberal quantities of German glass glitter.
I hope you like this card and would love to hear your opinions on it so please feel free to leave a comment if you have time.
Have agreat day but above all stay safe and healthy.

Mojo Monday #197

Hi girls. It's great to have you visiting my blog. I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and that you are fit and well. I wish all my American friends a great holiday to celebrate Independence Day. We had wonderful weather here in Kinross over the weekend - the best of the summer so far. Still we should have rain next weekend. Kinross is the venue for Scotland's largest Pop Festival, "T in the Park" so that usually brings rain. Anyway on to the crafting.
I am entering this card into the Mojo Monday challenge (a very late entry but I should make the deadline by the skin of my teeth). I chose to do the square version. The image is Lili of the Valley's "Best Friends" and I have coloured it using my Copics. The papers are both from My Mind's Eye. The pink floral paper is called "Lush" and the spotty one is a left over scrap that I have forgotten the name of. I have used Bazzil as a mount. the seam binding and gems are from my stash and the flowers are from Wild Orchid.
I hope you like this offering and I would love it if you had a minute to leave a comment telling me what you thought of it. I so appreciate your views.
I hope that you have a bright start to the week and that you enjoy your crafting and blogging. Above all stay safe and healthy. 

Woops - Dropped a Clanger

Hi girls. Thank you for popping in on my blog today. I hope all is well with you and that you are looking forward to a great weekend.
I am afraid that I was guilty of a little (or rather big) mistake this morning. I had some photographs of cards that I had been hoping to schedule on my schedule list but they have been there for a good few days and I had put in a schedule date of 1st July on them all. Guess I forgot that June had ended because I have just gone on to my blog to to a bit of commenting to find the pictures had all been posted. No descriptions or titles - just pictures. What a mess up. I have deleted them so that I can post them one at a time with proper descriptions and maybe some challenge entries.
A few of you had left comments and I appreciate you making the effort. I have kept copies of your comments for my records. Please accept my humble (and embarrassed) apologies.