Sunday 27 January 2013

Hi everyone, hope your all well on this bright breezy cold Sunday...
well this week i have a card that was a bit of a challenge in itself lol the Glitter n Sparkle challenge theme this week its Boys are made of, my image to use was Molly from Cdee Designs, humm i thought bit odd for a boys card but ever one to take on a challenge i went ahead and made this ....


I thought red and black would be good strong colours for a boys card, i found these lovely papers on a MCS disk, and teamed them with a black base card, using the same card as a matt i layered the papers up, i made a sentiment and layered, then i took Molly and coloured with pencils to match the colour theme.

So are you up for the challenge?
come join in over at Glitter n Sparkle, you could win one of 4 great prizes from our sponsors who are ...

QKR Stampede offering 5 digis of your choice
Cdee Designs offering  4 digis of your choice
Delicious Doodles offering 4 digis of your choice
and finally offering a $10 voucher to spend in their shop is 

so come on lets see all your fab makes .
hugs x


Saturday 26 January 2013

Visible Image Saturday Blog

Hi all
Another Saturday and another Visible Image Post and another Character tag!
this time i used Max, his little pout just makes me smile  you gotta wonder what text he just got lol.
so first i took a tag, same size as the others (these will be a complete set of the characters).
I covered it in some snazzy paper, and inked around the edge in Broken china distress ink, then using the cracked glass (well that's what it reminds me of) from the Time After Time set, and spiced marmalade distress ink i stamped over the paper randomly, then using the same Time after Time set, i used the numbers in broken china Distress ink to stamp again over the background...
I stamped Max and coloured with pro markers and cut out, adding him to the tag on sticky pads for dimension
I then took a scrap of paper, crumpled it and inked with brushed corduroy and using a baby bulldog clip i added a very special phone number .. so if you fancy any of these fab stamps give it a call...


hope you like it guys
hugs x



Sunday 20 January 2013

hi guys
I'm late again with this post but at least I'm on the right day and the way i have felt the last couple days that's a miracle lol, i wont go into details lets just say it wasn't pretty :P
OK so her is my post for Glitter and sparkle Challenge blog, this weeks theme is Sentimental , ( must use a sentiment) if you have been following me for a little bit you will notice i hardly ever use sentiments on my cards, just a personal thing really .

our sponsors this week are the Lovely Sassy studio offering 4 digi images of your choice, next up is Stitchy Bear digital Stamps offering $10 to spend in their store and our 3rd sponsor this week is Crafty Sentiments Designs offering 3 digis of your choice.


i used a variety of papers from do Crafts Capsule collection, in pretty pinks, combined with the lovely digi Violet and the love you ticket from Crafty Sentiments, coloured of course with my pro markers and finished with some black gems.
hope you like ti and come join in the challenge 
hugs x

Saturday 19 January 2013

hi everyone, wow another week gone..
its been snowing here all day so i holed up warm and got to work on my DT post for Visible Image stamps.
its another tag using one of the fabulous characters and this time i used Emma, she is so pretty.
this tag was inspired by the amazing. Cheremane smith and her wonderful dt project for the January challenge over on the Visible Image challenge blog.

OK my tag



i took some brown paper and covered a tag, edging the edges in a slightly darker brown, then i used my favourite Grunge flourish stamp with a glue pad, and stamped around the edges then covered in glitter. next i cut a clock on my robo, inked and glittered and clued to acetate then onto the tag, i drew a vine freehand, and added cut out leaves, and some pretty flowers, printed and cut some pink crystal slippers and covered them in glossy accents.
finally i added Emma who was coloured with pro markers, i glittered  her dress and headdress, popped her on some sticky pads and finished with some glittery ribbon.
hope you guys like her 
hugs x



Tuesday 15 January 2013

Hi guys
Thought id show you the ATC's i did for a blog hop on Fun With ATC's for their 3rd birthday, i unfortunately forgot the theme was celebrations and just made 3 ATC's using Visible Image Stamps :/ i swear i get worse!
anyway there are some fab makes on the Fun with ATC's blog, and you can follow the hop from there , or you can pop over to the Visible Image blog and join it from there you will also see the great makes from the Visible Image dt there too.
so here are my cards


This first one is using the Classic face Stamp, i used a blue backing paper, and stamped the face with hydrangea big and juicy ink pad, i then used the word dream from the Imagine Dream Inspire set.


For this one i took a pattern paper in shades of light green and stamped over it using the Retro Dots background stamp, i coloured some white card with dusty concord and broken china distress inks, the stamped the Dragonfly in black onto it, then i stamped the dragonfly again onto some acetate that i had coloured blue, i cut both out and layers to give the shimmery look of dragonfly wings, and finished off with the word Beauty from the Beauty is Art set.


And finally a really easy simple one, i just took some Halloween paper cut to size and stuck to some card i had inked in black soot distress ink, and using the wording from Free your Imagination set i stamped around the image.

I love making ATC's and had a lot of fun with these, i hope you pop over to the Fun with ATC's blog and join in the hop , and don't forget the Visible Image blog to see the DT makes there

hugs x


Sunday 13 January 2013

Morning everyone
Just a quick post today with a card for Glitter and Sparkle Challenge, this weeks theme is use a digi so lots of scope there for you .
 Our sponsors are Jellypark offering 5 digis of your choice, then we have Bugaboo Digi Stamps offering 7 images of your choice Floppy Latte's offering a $6 voucher to spend in their shop.

So onto my offering my digi is from Bugaboo, Ava on a swing.


I chose peach and blue as my colour pallet for this one, coloured as always with pro markers, matt the image onto matching blue paper, i took a white 6 x 6 card base, and covered with blue gingham paper, then added a smaller patterned piece in peach with blue circles, and another even smaller piece in peach with blue distressing, i added a paper ribbon in blue and some paper lace in white just to lift the colours a touch, then finished off with some bows and a few peach flowers .

hope you like it and will come join in the challenge .
hugs x

Saturday 12 January 2013

Hi everyone, well here we are again, another Saturday, where did that week go!
OK so Saturday means Visible Image Stamp day :)

This week i went Graffiti , i took the Brick Wall background stamp and covered an a5 sheet of paper, then using MCS i did some graffiti , and sent the paper through the printer.
I then used the splodges from Free your Imagination set and the heart from the Teen Extras set , i found some spray cans on line and re sized to suit then printed and stuck them along the bottom , finally i took Molly, stamped her coloured with pro markers, and using the Teen extras again i kind of pimped up Ted LOL.
I hope you like it


Why not pop over to the Visible Image website and see all the other fab characters just waiting for you .....
and don't forget the challenge blog, great challenge and you could win £10 to spend on Visible Image stamps.
hugs x



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Monday 7 January 2013

hi guys
i have to start this post with a massive apology to 2 (omg how bad am i) of my dt's, while i did get my samples in on time i didn't do blog posts :( so so sorry guys wont happen again, well unless something drastic happens Cos you can never say never, but i will promise to do my very very best not to miss another post.

so i will now post the cards with information to each challenge and hope you guys come join in with us , great prizes on all of them up for grabs..

first up is for Glitter and sparkle challenge and this weeks theme is anything goes,
our sposnsors are Daisy Doodles offering 3 images of your choice.. next up is Digi Darla's offering 5 digis from their store and finally we have Sandi's Samples offering 4 images .

here is my card i thought this little girl was so pretty


the papers are from do crafts papermania beautiful disk, , the edges are all inked with dusty concord distress ink, then layered up on the card, i coloured the digi with my pro markers and added 3 tiny pearls to just lift that top corner.

next up is my card for Artistic Inspirations challenge blog the theme for this challenge is add some sparkle and is sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs offering 4 digis of your choice and QKR Stampede offering 5 digis of your choice

this is my card and this image just called out for sparkle too so i had some fun with it


this time i used papers from do crafts papermania enchanted faeries disk, the flower embellishments also came from this disk, i coloured her with pro markers, and added glossy accents to her crystal ball, and her eyes...then i just went crazy with the tiny purple and green gems to give her a sparkly magical feel, :)

do please come play, id love to see your creations 
hugs x



Saturday 5 January 2013


Hi everyone happy Saturday, well here is my Saturday blog for Visible Image Stamps, and i have a treat for you all in the shape of 2 lovely new characters for you to play with.....

may i introduce you to Bradley and Emma....


how adorable are they! all dressed up ready for the Valentine ball....

i took some charcoal grey shimmery card and made an 8 x 8 scalloped card, i added some pretty pink papers , and a mat in the same grey and another pink paper, i coloured Bradley and Emma with pro markers, but then i paper pieced their clothing to match the backing papers, he has a pink waistcoat and bow tie the same paper as Emma's dress, sadly its a little pale and doesn't show up too good even when i tried a close up :(
anyway i added the big bow, a pretty flower some bling , and of course Bradley is a proper gent so he has brought Emma a corsage....

pop over to the website Visible Image stamps for inspiration form the other DT members, you will love it .. and check out the other new stamps while your there, you might even be lucky and still find a bargain or two left in the sale.

hugs x


oh and don't forget to join us on face book ./https://www.facebook.com/groups/visibleimage/

Tuesday 1 January 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
and what better way to start it of than with a challenge :)....
This one is for the Amazing Visible Image Stamps, and the challenge is Reflections, so many ways to interpret this one don't you think!
i went with an idea i saw posted on FB , though i changed it slightly as in i used a box not a jar, the idea is you take a jar and though the year you write down things that happen good or bad , happy sad or whatever, then next new years eve you take them all out and reflect on the events and see how its changed or not changed you or your life, clever huh..well i didn't have a jar (people who know me will laugh at that) but i did have a box..( yeah more giggles from the gallery ). anyway here is my take on reflections.....

first i took my box which i loved but was looking a little sad as one side was a little sun bleached



i cut papers to size and using 3 yes 3 background stamps i set to work, first the Crackle background in peeled paint distress ink, over this i used the Grunge Polka dot background in Hydrangea big and juicy, then around the bottom and around the top i set to with my favourite Grunge Flourish stamp with pine needles distress ink.




i then spent the evening with kitty on my lap cutting out lots of flowers and leaves from MCS, and arranged on the top..



and finally to finish it off i added the beautiful Isabella



now to begin filling it with memories and reflections to look over this time next year.
i hope you will come join us in the challenge it is a wonderful theme so much you can do with just one word, i look forward to seeing your creations.




i hope you all have a perfect 2013, i wish you all health love and laughter, big hugs xx