Winter Wonderland DT Photo Inspirational

Can you believe that is another week almost gone.......I'm sure the time never used to go this fast!   Just in case my brother reads this post as I know he does from time to time.... Happy Birthday big Bro!!!! (its a big one for you this year.....the 5 perfect 10's!!!!!) Hope you have a fab day :)

Well it's time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week we have a photo for you and the lovely Kate is hosting the challenge for us.

Photo Inspirational

don't forget to tell us what inspired you in your posts

Please remember Christmas projects only.We are sponsored by 

Crafter's Companion

Who are offering the lucky winner a £10 voucher

Here is my card..... I was inspired by the colours in the photo and the little one all tucked up in bed

The image is from Penny Black called - the night before.

Coloured on kraft card stock with Polychromo pencils
I have also done some paper piecing.
Papers are from Echo Park
Sentiment - Craft work Cards
Embossing Folder - Cricut
Seam Binding and Twine from stash.

Thanks for looking.  Hope you can join us for the challenge.
Pop over and see the rest of the teams creations :)
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxxx

Birthday Cake

Happy Tuesday!
Hope those of you in the UK enjoyed the long Bank Holiday weekend.  We did see the sun in the Midlands :)

I managed to make a couple of cards of the weekend and here is one of them.  I used the  an image from one of the sketch pads from Lili of the Valley

The image is coloured with Promarkers and Polychromo pencils.
Papers Nitwits from LOTV
Seam Binding from stash
Flowers made with Marianne Designs Die
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

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

Oh Baby Week 3 at Ladybug Crafts Ink.

Happy Tuesday everyone.
I am here with a very quick post today.

Hopefully by the time you read this head Ladybug Kerry will be a Glam - ma! 

Its week 3 of the Baby Billie image release.  Pop over to the man challenge blog to see what the rest of the team came up with this week.  I am loving these cute bear images and hope you are too.  Remember to leave me a comment on my card and you may be chosen to win this cute image called Baby Billie's Blanket  Or you can buy the image from Ladybug Crafts Ink for £1.75 :)


The two lucky people who won Baby Billie's Duck last week are Jules - Always with a Heart and Lisa - Wishcraft.  If you can email me at sally.astill@hotmail.co.uk and I will arrange to send your image

Image is coloured with Polychromo pencils
Paper - Forever Friends
Sentiment - Forever Friends
Stickles and Liquid Pearls

Have a great day and sorry again for the lack of comments and visits recently.

Hugs Sally xxxx

Reminder at Ready Teddy Go Spring has Sprung and DT Call.

Hello to you all, 
Its been a very busy week again at work and I don't seem to have had a minute.  

I am here today to share a card for our reminder Spring has Sprung challenge at Ready Teddy Go.

We have Kerry from Ladybug Crafts Ink sponsoring us this month and she very kindly let the DT have some images to play with from the Billie Bear release a few weeks ago.  I love Billie and think she is too cute.

Pop over to the main challenge blog for all the details as we also have a DT call.  If you love Teddy Bears/Bears then this could be just for you.

Here is my card using Watering Can Billie and Flower Billie both images are available for £1.75 each from Ladybug Crafts Ink

The images were coloured with Polychromo pencils

Papers - LOTV Nitwits Collection and Craftwork Cards
Sentiment and Flower - Craftwork Cards

Thanks for stopping by today.
Have a good day and I will try and catch up with you all later today.
Hugs Sally xxx

Oh Christmas Tree

Time for a new weekly challenge over at Winter Wonderland this week we have the lovely Debbie hosting the challenge and the theme is

Oh Christmas Tree

(We want to see all your fabulous 'Christmas Tree' creations this week)

Please remember Christmas projects only.

This week we are sponsored by 

Ivanovachest

Who are giving this gorgeous bundle of ribbons and charms to this weeks prize winner. 

For my card I have used a very cute Wild Rose Studio image called Bella with sledge

Image coloured with Polychromo pencils, I have added liquid pearls to the tree and background

Paper - I think was Echo Park

Sentiment - Woodware

Twine from stash

Hope you have a good day.

Hope you can join us for the challenge and don't forget to pop over to the main challenge blog to see the fab creations to see what the rest of the DT came up with.

Hugs Sally xxxx

Baby Billie at Ladybug Crafts Ink

Its week two of our month long challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink where  we are showcasing the new Baby Billie images.    You all know how I love my bears so I am just loving Billie :)

Hop over to the main challenge blog for all the details of the challenge.  You can however win the image I have used so be sure to leave me a comment if you want to be in with a chance.

Each Ladybug Team member is picking two people who comment on their cards each week to win the image that they have used on their card.
Last week the two people that won Baby Billie's Bottle are
Margaret from Dutchess and Pauline from Crafting with Cotnob.  Please email me so I can arrange your image to be sent over.  

If you fancy winning Baby Billie's Duck then be sure to leave me a comment and two more people will be picked next week :)

If you want to buy any of the images they are available over at Ladybug Crafts Ink for £1.75 each :)

Instead of the usual blue or pink theme for a baby card I have chosen yellow and white which I think is so fresh looking.   So here she is the cute Baby Billie's Duck.....
I really do need to sort out my photography skills.....its definitely not the camera! 

The shaped card blank is from Craftwork Cards
Paper - Forever Friends
Heart Dies - X Cut Heart Nesting Dies
Ribbon and Seam Binding from Stash
Liquid Pearls
Sentiment - Forever Friends - Welcome Little One set

Thanks for popping over and pop over to see what the rest of the Ladybugs came up with.
Hugs Sally xxx

Tea Party

Happy Sunday!
I do love Sunday mornings as it feels like you can be as lazy as you like.  I usually start my Sunday with some crafting which is always relaxing.

I have made a quick card this morning using Billie bear again from Ladybug Crafts Ink this image is called Tea Party.  

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils
Paper from MME and Dovecraft
Twine - Ladybug Crafts
Button from stash
Sentiments from Kanban Fairy Cake stamp set.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Colour me Creative - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Sister Act Challenge - Anything Goes


Have a good day.
The sun is out here at the moment :)

Hugs Sally xxx

Bunches of Love

Good morning to you all in Blogland,
It's nearly the weekend again!  

Thought I would share a card that I made the other week but haven't had chance to post on my blog.
It's a very cute Lili of the Valley image that I think has only been coloured in once before called Bunches of Love.
Coloured with Polychromo pencils.....think I should get rid of my Copics and Promarkers as at this rate they will have dried up!

Paper - Forever Friends Kraft Notes from DoCrafts
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Twine and Button from stash.
Thanks for popping over and a big Hello to my new followers - glad you could join me :)

I would like to enter the DoCrafts Blog Challenge - Stamps

Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

DT Call at Ready Teddy Go....

Evening to you all in Blogland......

I haven't got a card to share this evening but wanted you to know that Ready Teddy Go have a DT call.....

Do you love teddies and bears as much as we do?  

Are you a regular in blogland and do you love creating with paper?

Would you like to join us on our really friendly Ready Teddy Go challenge Design Team?

If the answers are YES, here's your chance . . .

We're expanding our team here at Ready-Teddy-Go and we want to find some new teamies to join us.

All that we ask is:

• That you produce one project per month according to a set challenge theme.
• That you promote the challenge through your own blog by posting your project and displaying allocated blinkies/ badges etc.
• That you leave a comment on challenge entries on a number assignment basis
• That you will participate in any blog hops/promotions when they occur
• That you will commit to a minimum term of 6 months 

No previous DT experience is necessary . . . just show us what you can do!

If you want to be considered please  link one of your favourite projects (no older than 2 months please) 

Please don't be shy . . . we look forward to meeting you.

Have a good evening and hope you can join us.

Hugs Sally xxx

New Release at Ladybug Crafts Ink

Morning to you all in Blogland....
Hope you all had a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.  We were very busy doing jobs around the house.  I can't believe we have been here for almost 5 months!

On to more importnat news.......Kerry over at Ladybug Crafts Ink is about to become a Glam-ma!!! To celebrate the imminent arrival of her daughter Nikki's baby there is a new release of the adorable Billie bear images.

My image is called Baby Billie's Bottle and is now available with the rest of the collection for £1.75 ........cute don't you think :)

Image coloured with Polychromo pencls

Boofle Tri-boss embossing folder

Nestabilities 

Sentiments - Oh Baby Cling Stamp set - Ladybug Crafts Ink

Seam Binding, Ribbon and twine from stash

Teddybear charm - Meiflower

Liquid Pearls

Pink Heart from stash

Thanks for popping over and be sure to hop over to the main challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT have made.

Hugs Sally xxx

Birthday Party!

Hope you have had a lovely Sunday.

We have been busy doing some tidying up in the garage and it is now almost sorted, just one trip to the tip should get rid of the final rubbish.  We have been wanting to get this done since we moved in November! Better late than never.

I managed to put a card together this morning with an image that I coloured one evening last week.  Its another image from one of the Lili of the Valley sketch pads..........very cute don't you think.

Again the image is coloured with Polychromo pencils

Paper - Lili of the Valley - Nitwits

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Twine - stash

See you all soon.

Thanks for popping over.

Hugs Sally xxx

Pick of the Bunch....

Hope you are having a good weekend so far :)
I have been very busy at work recently with not much time to craft or blog other than DT cards so hopefully I can share a few cards over the weekend.

I couldn't resist the new sketch pads from Lili of the Valley 

This one is called Hand Picked ......coloured with Polychromo pencils
Paper - Lili of the Valley Nitwit pad
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Flower - Die cut
Stickles and Liquid Pearls

I would like to enter the following challenges

Stamping with the Dragon - Spring has Sprung
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting Musketeers - Anything Goes
Forever Friends  - Anything Goes

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

Winter Wonderland DT - Dashing through the Snow

Well do you think that Spring has finally sprung in the UK?!  Lets hope it continues for the long Bank Holiday  weekend

A new challenge starts again today over at Winter Wonderland and the lovely Lisa is hosting the challenge for us which is 

Dashing Through the Snow

We would love to see any project which incorporates an image involving movement ie ski ing, sledging, skating etc..
Please remember Christmas projects only.

We are sponsored by 

J&C Creations

who are offering a prize of a £10 voucher

and also 

Crafty Ribbons

who have kindly offered this wonderful prize..

For my card I have used the adorable Fizzy Moon

Coloured with Polychromo pencils

Stitched square mat from Lil Inker Designs

Snowflake is a combination of Lil Inker Designs and Marianne Creatables

Liquid Pearls - Snow

Paper from stash

Thanks for popping over today.

It would be great if you can pop over to see what my team mates have created :)

Have a fantastic weekend.

Hugs Sally xxx

Ready Teddy Go New Monthly Challenge - Spring has Sprung!

Well I am not too sure about the theme for this month at Ready Teddy Go which is 

Spring has Sprung!! 

( I don't think I even need to comment on the weather here in the UK!!)  We want to see your Spring themed projects.  Make sure you have a Teddy/Bear as the main image and you can join in up to four times.

We have a fab sponsor this month Ladybug Crafts Ink  

Kerry kindly let the DT have some of the gorgeous new Billie Bear images to work with.

I used Watering Can Billie for my card.....she is too cute :)

The image is coloured with Poychromo pencils blended with Sansador
Paper is from Forever Friends
Ribbon from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Hop over to the main challenge and see what the rest of the DT have come up with.

Thanks for visiting and I am sorry again for not visiting you all much at the moment.

Hugs Sally xxx