Top Chef

Good morning and Happy Saturday!
Sorry I haven't been around much at all this week but I have been down at our Business Support Centre in Surrey for 3 days so not much time for my favourite thing.......Crafting!   I hope to put that right today though after the shopping and a few jobs.

So this is a card that I made a couple of weeks ago with a Lili of the Valley stamp called Top Chef....just perfect for the lovely weather we have had.

Coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils
Papers MME
Buttons and Twine from stash
Sentiment - Woodware set

Thanks for stopping by.
I will be back tomorrrow with a new challenge at Ready Teddy Go.
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxxx

Spots and Stripes at Ladybug Crafts Ink

I hope you enjoyed the past fortnight at Ladybug Crafts Ink with the new Teenage releases.  I know we had a great time!

So for this fortnight the challenge is Spots and Stripes which was chosen by the lovely Diane

For my card I have used Best Friends Phoebe and Olivia

The image is coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils. Chalk for the sky.
Paper from stash
Ribbon and Twine from stash
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink
Flower - Die Namics

Thanks for visiting today.

Hope you can join us for the challenge.
Hugs Sally xxx

Easter Bear Wishes

What a beautiful day :)
I have done my chores for the day, well apart from sorting out lunch and tea later so I thought I would share a card with you that I made yesterday.

It is a CAS card and I have used a digi image from Stamp Fairy

The image is coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils
Paper Tatty Teddy Spring Chick satck
Ribbon, twine and button from stash.
Sentiment - Forever Friends/DoCrafts


I would like to enter the following

Craft us Crazy - Religious/Easter or Something Sweet
Moving Along with the Times Easter Wishes
Dutch Dare Cute and Cuddly

Thanks for popping over.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
I will hopefully be back later with my Card for the Christmas Club.

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Photo Inspiration

Another challenge is here again at Winter Wonderland and this week the lovely Debbie is hosting for us and it is a Photo Inspiration.
The only thing we ask is that you tell us what has inspired you from the picture and you create a Christmas Card.

We are sponsored this week by Pink Gem Designs amd you will be able to choose 4 digi images form the shop as your prize.

For my card I have used a Pink Gem Designs image called Teddy with a Christmas Tree;.

I have taken my inspiration from the Christmas wreath, red ribbon and the colours red, white and green.

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils and highlighted with Stickles and Liquid Pearls for the baubles on the tree.

Sentiment - Hero Arts

Fir tree branch stamped using a tiny leaf stamp which I think is from Woodware.

Ribbon from stash.

Really hope you can join us and get yourself organised for Christmas this year.

Make sure you check out the challenge blog and see what the Design Team have created.

Thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Day 10 reveal at Ladybug Crafts Ink

So have you been following the new Teen Image  reveals so far over at   Ladybug Crafts Ink  ?  If not then you need to pop over and investigate what you have missed!!!  
It has been really exciting to see the new images each day as we had only seen the two images that we had been sent to create our cards.The images are available from Ladybug Crafts Ink at £1.75 each or a Multi buy.

So I have used Texting Josh for my first card.
The image has been coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils

I decided to cut round the image and placed it onto some red cardstock as the background.
The other papers are from MME
Happy Birthday Sentiment is also from Ladybug Crafts Ink.....I dont know how I ever managed without these messsages.
Twine from my stash. 
Thats it simples! 

My next card is Whispering Wall Jess and I have used Tomboyish colours for this card.
Again the image is coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils.

Paper is from Basic Grey - Nook and Pantry Paper Pad
Brown ribbon and sentiments - Ladybug Crafts Ink.  Sentiments are off Phoebe and Olivia BFF's set
X Cut nesting Stars
Twine from stash.

So I hope you can join us remember to pop over to the challenge blog and leave us a comment and you could win one of these two fab images.  There is also the usual fornightly challenge Anything Goes  I hope you can join us.
Have a great day.
Thnaks for visiting today.
Hugs Sally xxx

Check it out.....

I coloured this image at the weekend and I have to say I am very happy with the way it turned out.  My Promarkers and Copics have taken a back seat for a while and the pencils are out again :)

The challenge over at Pollycraft this weeks is Check it Out and they want to see tartan, gingham or checks.

The image is from Lili of the Valley called Little Nurse.

Gingham card from Payper Box

Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink

Twine - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Sally xxx

Just a note....

Good morning to you all in Blogland......at last the sun is shining here :) Lets hope it continues.
Did you all have a lovely weekend?   Are you all ready for Monday?  

Here is a card that I made for bestest friend Robyn to say Hello as she has got some exams this week and hadnt been feeling too good last week so hopefully this made her smile.


The image is from a Transparent Penny Black set called tiny wishes.

Coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils which I am loving again!
Cuttlebug embossing folder.
Sentiment came in the same set as the image.
EK Success Daisy Border punch finished with Liquid Pearl centres.

I would like to enter the following

Speedy Fox and Friends (Marks Finest Papers) - CAS
Shelleys Image Blog - Anything Goes

Before I go dont forget to pop over to Day 7 reveal over at Laybug Crafts Ink.
If you struggle with images for Teenagers then this is the place to be.  Just leave a comment on the challenge blog and you could win one of the images.

Thanks for popping over.
Have a great day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Happy Mother's Day Mum

Happy Mother's Day Mum.......  I know you have already opened your card so I can now add it to my blog! ........... Glad you like it :)


This card is just a little bit different for me as I haven't used a coloured image on the front.  I tried to keep it plain and simple.

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat
Paper is from MME - Penny Lane and is glittered which doesn't show up on the photo.
Chenille Ribbon from Ladybug Crafts Ink
Flower and Pearls from my stash.

Well thats its from me at the moment.  Happy Mother's Day to all the Mums that are celebrating today.  Hope you have a lovely day.

Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs Sally xxx

Penny Black Saturday - Anything Goes

Where is the sunshine?!.....I hear that some parts of the country have glorious sunshine but it certainly isnt anywhere near Coventry.  We have seen the odd glimpse that looked promising but it seems to have disppeared completely now.

Here is a card for the challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge which is Anything Goes.

The image is called Hobble & Cuddle and is coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils.

Paper is from my stash as is the ribbon

Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink

Thanks for popping over today.

Hope you are having a great weekend so far.

Hugs Sally xxx

I must also just say thank you for the Versatile Blog award that I received this week from the lovely Clare and also the lovely Christine .   I think I am going to have to opt out of passing this on simply because I have tried to pick 15 blogs and it is just so incredibly difficult. I feel that you all deserve to have the award from my blog so feel free to grab it and display.  Thanks ladies for passing it on and picking me as one of your choices. I hope you understand.

Ready Teddy Go Mid month reminder

Sorry I don't seem to have a lot of time for blogging at the moment...
I do want to share a card for the great challenge at Ready Teddy Go called its a wrap and also remind you that you still have two weeks to join us.

It's a Wrap - sounds like something you might hear on a Hollywood film set doesn't it but not this time ... this is a challenge which is inspired by packaging!!!!!

Marketing companies worldwide are paid a small fortune to come up with striking and alluring packaging to make us part with our hard earned cash.


Colour schemes and eye catching logos aren't just thrown together so . . . I would like to challenge folk to take their favourite product colour scheme and use it to make a card, a scrapbook page, a bag or box or indeed anything which also features a bear of course!

I was inspired by Options Mint Hot Chocolate for my card -

I used Busy Baking from Lili of the Valley, coloured with Prisma and Polychromo Pencils.
Paper DCWV
Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Thanks for popping over today. Hope you have a good day.

Also dont forget to visit the Ladybug Crafts Ink for day 3 reveal of the new teen images.

Hugs Sally xxx

A bit late but check whats happening.......

Over at Ladybug Crafts Ink
We have a new release of images....

These will be revealed daily by each member of the Design Team.  None of us have seen the images other than the ones that we have used to make our cards so its excitement all round.

Kerry has started the ball rolling today with two fantastic cards.....love them Kerry!


And as always we have a challenge this week - and the prize for the challenge is a £15 voucher to spend at



LADYBUG CRAFTS INK

The theme this week is

ANYTHING GOES

nice and easy!

Don't forget to pop back tomorrow for the next "Reveal" - and leave a comment on the main challenge blog to win one of Today's new Digi images.

Sorry I havent got a card for you today.

Hope you have had a good day. Enjoy the new images and hope you can join us for the challenge.

Hugs Sally xxxx

 

Butterfly Bear

Just sharing a card that I made yesterday for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  This week they want to see a card for a child.....Young Ones is the name of the challenge.

I have used Butterfly Bear coloured with Prismas and Polychromos.
Paper - Forever Friends
Ribbon, Teddy Charm and Buttons from stash.

Thanks for popping over today.
Hope you have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Card Club - Winter Sport

I have managed to make a card for the Christmas Card Club which is just as well being as I set the challenge!
I asked the girls to make a card featuring Winter Sport.

For my card  I used a Penny Black image called Snow Fun.
My bestest friend Robyn visited last weekend and brought over two big boxes of stamps to borrow so you will probably be seeing quite a few Penny Black and LOTV images over the coming weeks.

The image is coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils.
I added snow write and glamour dust for the snow.
Paper - Dovecraft
Embossed paper - Craftwork Cards
Snowflakes - Sizzix Die
Sentiment - from stash

Thanks for popping over.
Hope you have a good day.
I hope to have more cards to share with you this week.

I would like to enter Crafty Hazelnuts challenge - Glam it up with Glitter.

Dont forget to check out what the rest of the girls made.....they are listed on my side bar.

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland - Christmas Scene Challenge

Time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and this time we want to see a card with a Christmas Scene.
We are sponsored by Squiggles Stamps and the prize is 2 digis from their shop

So for my card I have used two images from Ladybug Crafts Ink
The images are coloured with Prisma Pencils and Polychromos.  To show off the images I have made a side step card

Paper - Dovecraft
Snowflakes from stash
Pom pom trim Ladybug Crafts Ink
Thanks for popping over today.
Hope you can join us for the challenge this week.
Hugs Sally xxx

Happy Birthday Mum

I couldn't let the day go by without wishing Mum a Very Happy Birthday. 
Here is the card that I made for her.  Using a cute LOTV stamp coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils.  The balloons are highlighted with stickles and glossy accents.
I also used an embossing folder and Martha Stewart edge punch.  The numbers are from Ladybug Crafts Ink Sentimental Number Clear Stamp Set.
Seam Binding from my stash.

Love you Mum.

Thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Jump for Joy

So how is your Monday going?   Good hopefully....and before you know it the weekend will be here again!!!
I needed to make a birthday card for a friend and she loves frogs so this Penny Black stamp called Jumping for Joy was just perfect.

The image is coloured with Prisma and Polychromo pencils.
Paper - Me to You Spring Chick pad
Ribbon - Ladybug Crafts Ink both the wide stripe and the chenille pom pom.
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts - I blanked off the A in Happy and then replaced with the O.

I would like to enter the following challenges
Make it Monday - Linky Party - Anything Goes
The Craft Place - Anything Goes
Hiding in My Craft Room - Monochramatic - Green ( Hope its ok as it has a hint of pink)

Thanks for hopping over today!!!
Hugs Sally xxx

Easter Egg Hunt Time.........

Here is something to hopefully cheer you up on this wet and dreary Sunday morning.  Mike has gone out so before I go out and do some shopping I just wanted to share this card.
For a few weeks now I have been colouring my images with my Copics and Promarkers but now I have reverted back to using my Prisma and Polychromo pencils for a while.   I do love the soft effect that they create and I do find the shading so muh easier with them.  Shading and shadows is still something that I struggle with to be honest so I think I need to keep on colouring lol!!

The image is Spring Bunny with Eggs from Lili of the Valley
Paper - Me to you Spring Chick
Ribbon from stash
Card Candi
Sentiment - Forever Friends.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Pink Gem - Perfect Pastels
Penny Black & More at Allsorts - Springtime
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Crafters Companion - Spring

Thanks for popping over today.  Hello to my lovely new followers, glad that you could join me.
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xx

Ready Teddy Go DT Card - Its a Wrap

I almost didn't get this card made on time ....I'm sure the hands on my clocks go round twice as fast at the weekends!   The time is flying by and it will be Easter before we know it.

Well anyway I made and it the lovely Julie Ann challenged us this month with "Its a Wrap" which is something I haven't heard of before on a challenge blog.  So what we are looking for is your card to be inspired by packaging......Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kelloggs, Homepride your favourite perfume......anything.  Have a look at their colour combinations and see what you can create.  Its great fun.


You can enter our challenge up to four times and just make sure that you have a bear as the main image.


So my card was inspired by Kelloggs

The image is from Teddy Bo and is coloured with Prisma Pencils and Polychromos.
Paper is from MME
Die Namics JUmbo Ric Rac Die
Buttons,Twine and sentiment from Stash

Hope you get chance to join us over the next month. 
Thanks for popping over today.
Hugs Sally xxx