Torico's Birthday Blog Hop Candy Winner

Good morning everyone.   Just a really short post to announce the winner of my candy

Thats number 26 Claire from Claires Crafty Corner.  I will get your candy in the post to you later today :)

Thanks for everyones lovely comments as always they are really appreciated.  I will be putting some more candy together shortly so keep visiting to see what I have for you.

Have a lovely day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Pink and Girly DT

Hope you all enjoyed the fun at Ladybug Crafts Ink with the blog hop and all the new images. The DT have had great fun with them and have made some great creations. Thanks for joining us for the Spring is in the Air challenge we had some great entries and some using Ladybug Crafts Ink images.

So this week the lovely Catherine has set the challenge of Pink & Girly

I have used the great Roadster Nikki image that you can find here

The paper is from my stash
Image coloured with Copics and Promarkers
Fringe Flower Die Lil Inker
DieNamics - Jumbo Ric Rac Die Cut
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink
Button and Twine from stash.

Hope you can join us for this challenge which will last for the next two weeks.
Have a good day and thanks for popping over.
Hello to my new followers to :)
Hugs Sally xxx

Torico ........HappBee Birthday!!! - Mini Blog Hop and Candy......

Hi everyone! Many of you will know from following my blog that I have recently discovered  Torico, the illustrator of Birdie Brown and There She Goes stamps. Well, today is her birthday and a gang of some of her biggest fans thought it would be fun to do a blog hop showcasing the birthday cards we have made with her gorgeous designs!



And not only that, we are giving away some candy for one lucky random person who leaves comments on each gang member's Torico birthday post! Before we get onto the candy, first here is my card for Torico!

Now here is the list of everyone on the hop!


Mary J of Where's My Creativity?


Shirl of Creations by Shirl


Helen of Molecraft


Snehal of Snehal's Creations


Sally of Scallywags (Me)


And what about the candy?! Here is what you can win from my blog ...
Me to You ......Spring Chick Double Sided Paper Pack,
Papermania Adhesive Stones and some gorgeous ribbon.


 

You have until midnight on 28 February GMT to comment for a chance to win the candy!
Please leave me a comment on this post letting me know that you want to be in the draw.


Have a great day Torico!
Thanks to everyone for stopping by today.
Hello to my new followers glad you could join me.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Glitter and Bling

Friday again and its time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and its my turn to host it.   This week we want to see Christmas cards with Glitter and Bling.....a nice easy challenge for you.
We are sponsored by

and they are offering a great prize of $15  gift certificate.

For my card I have used an image from Meljens Designs called North Pole Critters

The image is coloured with Promarkers and Copics and I have added Stickles and adhesive gems.
Glitter Snowflake from stash.
Sentiment - Hero Arts.

Thanks for popping over today.  Hope you get the chance to join in with our challenge this week.
Hugs Sally xxx

Sunflowers to Brighten your Day

Good morning and Happy Tuesday!
This is a scheduled post so hope that Mr Blogger is behaving himself.
Just wanted to share a card using another of the new digi releases from Ladybug Crafts Ink the image is called Sunflower

Image is coloured with Promarkers
Stickles for the centre of the Sunflowers
Paper - MME
Paper Yarn - Making Memories
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Sizzix embossing folder.

Don't forget you still have a week to play along with the " Spring is in the Air" challenge at Ladybug Crafts and there is also a blog hop with some great prizes along the way.  Hope to see you there.
Have a good day everyone.
Hugs Sally xxx

A Pinwheel

Hello to you all in Blogland......can you believe I have reached 200 followers.....I am very happy to have done that before the follower thing all changes :)

This is a really quick post to share the card that I have made for the Less is More challenge where the theme is Die Cuts and Punches

I bought this die called Mini Pin Wheel from Lil Inker just after Christmas and have only just got round to using it!

The yellow die cut is a nestie and the blue scallop circle is a die cut from Craftwork Cards.
Twine and cocktail stick from stash.
Sentiment - Penny Black Mimi in Paris

Thanks for stopping by today.
I will be back tomorrow with another card using a new digi from the release at Ladybug Crafts Ink.

Have a good afternoon.
Hugs Sally xxx

Wellies Delight......

Hope you have had a good week, especially those that have been on half term.  It has certainly been a quieter week at work for me :).

I really do love the new Floral Delight digi images from Ladybug Crafts Ink and had to buy The Whole Delightful Shebang which you can buy here

For this card I used Wellies Delight image

The image is coloured with Promarkers and the Wellies and Watering can I have glazed with Glossy Accents
Paper from scrap bits box
Twine, Button and Ladybird from stash
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink
Thanks for popping over today. 

Don't forget there is a blog hop over at Ladybug Crafts Ink for the next two weeks with some great prizes on offer so hope you get the chance to join us.  It would also be good if you can  join us for our current challenge - Spring is in the Air.
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Love and Kisses

Hope you all had a lovely Valentines Day and got spoilt :)
Also for my regular followers I hope you love the new images that were released yesterday at Ladybug Crafts Ink.   I have ordered mine this morning :)

I just wanted to share this CAS Valentines card that I made for Mike

The image is coloured with Promarkers and Copics
X Cut nesting heart dies and heart punch.
I would like to enter this at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Love and Kisses
Sassy Cheryls - No Designer Paper
Celebrate the Occasion - Must use a Heart
Crafty Sentiments - Love

Thanks for popping over today. A big Hello to my new followers.....can't believe I am fast approaching 200!
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Spring is in the Air - New Release Day and Blog Hop at Ladybug Crafts Ink!

We are so excited at Ladybug Crafts Ink as its new release day today of the digi collection Floral Delights.

All of the DT team have been teasing you and each other with sneaky peeks and we have only seen the image that we have used for our cards so we can't wait to see the whole collection.

So onto the rules of the Hop - which are...


a) Visit each of the DT members in order and leave a comment on each of their blog hop posts.

b) There will be a LETTER the challenge blog and on each of the DT's blogs - note these down! At the end of the hop the letters you have collected will spell a word. Email us at lcichallengeblog@aol.com with the word you have spelt .

c) Display the blog hop banner on your blog, either in a post or on your side bar.

The First Prize is The whole shebang ....

all 9 images in the new release

and we have 5 Runner up prizes of two images each. Winners will be chosen at random!

Easy eh?

The hop will close 9am GMT on Monday 28th FEB and the winner will be announced at 9am GMT on Tuesday 1st MARCH.

You should hopefully have arrived here from the super talented Sue's blog. If not you can find the full list on the main blog page.

I made two cards with my image :)
Firstly I made a cute easel card, the image is coloured with Promarkers and Copics and then I added lots of Liquid Pearls and Stickles which I'm not sure has shown up on the photo.

The second card -  image is coloured with Promarkers and Copics and then I haved added Stickles.
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat
Embossed Scallop Square - Craftwork Cards
Kraft card from stash.
Twine - Ladybugcrafts Ink.

The next stop on the hop is the lovely Michele and before you go the letter you need from me is "T"
I hope you get the chance to join us on our blog hop :)
Have a good day and I can't wait to see what everyone has created.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Snowflakes

Brrrr its cold and damp here today and we haven't even ventured outside.

I have a card to share with you that I have made for our Christmas Card Club and the lovely Sylvie chose the theme of Snowflakes.

I have used a Ladybug Crafts Ink image called Magnum and Lily building Snowman

The image is coloured with Promarkers and highlighted with Stickles

Snowflake embossing folder for the background

Martha Stewart Snowflake punch with self adhesive gems

Bakers Twine

Thanks for popping over....hope you are managing to keep warm if you have similar weather to us.
I hope to catch up with you all a bit more this week.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - No Square or Rectangular cards

I'm sorry this is late everyone ........ better late than never.
This week at Winter Wonderland we have the theme of
Shaped cards - No Square or Rectangular cards chosen by Linda
We have two sponsors this week

Crimson Cloud

They are offering this fantastic Penny Black Mystical stamp

and secondly we have Sassy Studio Designs who are giving away four images from their online store

I have made another small card for this challenge cut out with nestabilities.

The image is from Personal Impressions and is coloured with Copics

E K Success Flower punch and liquid pearl centres

White gel pen for the dots on the Kraft card scallop circles.

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Hope you can join us this week for our challenge which doesn't have to be Christmas themed..

Thanks for popping over.

Have a good evening and keep warm :)

Hugs Sally xxxx

Girl with a Rose

Happy Monday! Did you all have a great weekend?
Mine didn't go to plan because of the weather so my bestest friend Robyn who lives down in Surrey is coming this weekend as we postponed because of the forecasted snow on Saturday.
I did a bit of work and also managed to make some cards which are mostly DT work which you will see soon.
I think I am addicted to these great images by Torico at Birdie Brown 
Here is another CAS card to show off the cute image.

Coloured with Promarkers
Sizzix flower embossing folder.
Oval scallop edge and plain edge nesties.
Sentiment - Rub on from stash

Thanks for visiting.
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Edited to say.....blogger didnt do his thing and post this on Monday!

Secret Santa!

This another scheduled post so hope blogger is doing his thing.
I meant to share this sooner so that my Secret Santa can see that I have started on the crochet flowers.............
I haven't got very far and it will probably take me until this Christmas to get them finished!
I am so envious of people who can crochet as it is such a brilliant craft......still getting to grips with the basics........just need more time.

Thanks Secret Santa I will keep you updated with the progress.
Hope you have a good day.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Hugs Sally xxx

Sneaky Peek

Morning to you all,
This is a scheduled post so I hope Mr Blogger is behaving himself.  There is a lot of excitement amongst the Design Team at Ladybug Crafts Ink at the moment as there is a new release on 14th February along with a blog hop!!!
So all of us Ladybugs have only seen the image that head Ladybug Kerry sent us, although I think some have tried to get their hands on the whole set.heheheeee... So its going to be a great surprise for us all when the cards and images are revealed next Tuesday.  How exciting!
I ended up making two cards with my image so here are my sneaky peeks........ I think you are going to Love it....such a versatile image too.

Hope you can join us at Ladybug Crafts Ink for our current challenge which is Loves me, Loves me not

Hope to see you next week on the hop!
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Friends

So the prediction was right and we have got a covering of snow.  It was snowing most of the afternoon yesterday......very fine like icing sugar powder and then carried on up until about midnight getting quite heavy at times.  Looks like it won't be hanging around though as I don't think we have any more forecast.  I guess some will be happy that we have it and others not so happy!

I did a bit of work and then some crafting yesterday and then more crafting :)  Hope you are all keeping snuggly and warm if you have the same weather as us.

I made another card using an image by Torico at Birdie Brown - Friends Puppy & Chick

The image is coloured with Copics and Promarkers and highlighted with Sakura glitter pens.
The umbrella is glazed with Glossy accents.
Spotty paper - Pink Petticoat 
Friends was stamped using American Craft letter stamps.
Embossing folder
Twine - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

I would like to enter this into the following
Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely Sunday.
Thanks for popping over today.
Hugs Sally xxx

Just Bloomed.......

.........I thought I would make a card that makes you think of Spring!!!   The image is called Just Bloomed and is a digital image from Birdie Brown
I love these images which are cute and great to colour in.

So the image is coloured with Promarkers and I don't think it has shown through on the photo too well but I have highlighted with Sakura glitter pen. The flower and pot are glazed with Glossy Accents.
Just for You ribbon - Papermania
Embossing Folder was a freebie with Creativity Magazine from DoCrafts
Paper - from bits box - K & Company
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat
I hope you are all managing to keep warm and cosy as the temperatures here in the UK plumet well below freezing......do you think we will get the predicted snow!!! Lets wait and see what the rest of the day brings.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Stampin for the Weekend - Embossing
Patties Creations - Embossing
The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes

Right I've got some work to do and then tidying up in my craft room me thinks.
Keep warm.  Hugs Sally xxx

I'm In Stitches - Ready Teddy Go DT Card and DT Call.

Thanks to all of you who joined in and supported the last challenge it was great to see you there.
Hope you are all managing to keep warm this morning as it certainly is cold outside.



Challenge #6 has just opened at Ready Teddy Go........ I'm in Stitches.
All you need to do is make sure that you use a Teddy Bear as the main image on your card and add real or faux stitching....simples!!!   You can also enter up to four times and have the whole month to come and join us.  You could win a set of Aqua Promarkers.......so hope you manage to play along.
We are also looking for some new members to join us on the DT so make sure you enter DT after your name when linking up if you fancy the chance to join us.

I made this card for my Dad's birthday which was on Monday......
The image is one of the new Fizzy Moon stamps called "All about Him"

The image was coloured with Promarkers and Copics and then Prisma pencils to add the extra shading.

Papers from MME and scrap bits box.

Star cut using X Cut Dies

Button from stash.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Die Cuttin Divas - Must use a Die Cut - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays  - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Beary Sweet - Must include a Teddy Bear

Thanks for visiting.

Have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxx