Easter Card

I am having such a lazy weekend.....my Bestest friend Robyn came to stay on Friday night and yesterday we played in my craft room.  We had a fab day and even managed a couple of cards!   We don't spend enough time together so we must make a plan to catch up again soon!
The laziness has carried on into today and I think I will be doing the bare minimum I can get away with today :)

Here are a couple of quick Easter cards....The image is from High Hopes ...... both are coloured with Polychromo pencils

Ribbon - Hobbycraft

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Ribbon - Hobbycraft

Sentiment - Forever Friends Easter set

Twine - Stash

I would like to enter the following challenges as it is so long since I played along with any challenges

Brown Sugar Challenge - CAS

Sunflower Field Design Challenge - Easter or Spring

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Easter

Pumpkin Spice Challenge - Ducks or Bunnies.....hope this entry is Ok with the lamb too :) delete if not.

Thanks for stopping by.....hope you are having a lovely weekend whatever you are up to :)

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT Snowballs

Morning everyone, how are you this morning.  Glad it is Friday again so that means I am here to share my card for the latest challenge over at Winter Wonderland.
This week the lovely Kate is hosting the challenge and the theme is Snowballs

I have used an image from Ladybug Crafts Ink called Snowballs 10 cents..... it is available as a digi image so can be re sized to fit your card.  There are lots of other fun images in the collection...minimum colouring needed so perfect for those quick cards :)

Coloured with Polychromo pencils

Sizzix embossing folder for the background

Gingham ribbon from stash

Twine from stash

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

We are sponsored by 

Marianne Design

giving away this fabulous set

Hope you can pop over and see what the DT have created and even add a Christmas card to your box in readiness for the festive season!

have a good day and a lovely weekend.

Thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Birthday Challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink

Hope you are all doing ok,  
I am here today to share my card for the next challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink.  This time the lovely Lyndsey has chosen the theme of Birthdays and we are showcasing Cupcake Cuties.  I love these images and they will all be special as they were the very first LCI stamps that I ever purchased.

They are now available as digital images in the shop for £1.75.....there are four altogether so why not pop over and treat yourself.  They are great for kids and adults alike....... :)

I loved colouring this image in and decided to use kraft card stock for a change.

Paper - MME
Polychromo pencils
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat
Ric rac ribbon - American Crafts
Button from stash.

Hope you can join us for the challenge and it would be great if you could use a LCI image......there are so many to choose from.  It can be from any of the collections.
Pop over and see what you fancy.

Have a good day and thanks for stoping by today.

Hugs Sally xxxx

Happy Mother's Day!

I couldn't let the day pass without wishing all you Mums out there a very happy day and special wishes go to my super special Mum :)   

Also remembering those of you who haven't got your Mum's around anymore....big hugs to all of you.

My Mum and Dad are coming to visit today and I am so happy as I love it when they come and see us.

So I made this cute card for Mum.....

My first proper play with Distress Markers.....it will take a bit of getting used to the technique and the colours but will definitely be having another go.

I think the stamp was a freebie with a magazine ages ago.

Paper from stash

Twine from stash

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Thanks for popping over today.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Hugs Sally xx

For a Special Lady....Ladybug Crafts Ink DT

Morning, morning, morning.....how are we all today?

All is good here.....back from a fabulous week away in Northumberland....think I am falling in love with it.  This is the second time we have been up there and we definitely will be returning.

The cottage we stayed in was great and we had some fab days out at to Howick Hall, Bamburgh Castle, Cragside, Seahouses and Beadnell.   We found a great gastro pub in Newton-by-the-Sea called The Joiners Arms.......if you are ever in the area I would definitely recommend visiting :)  The fish and chips claimed to be World famous and the biggest fish that the boat could safely land.....I don't think they were far wrong with that statement either......

Anyway I was naughty last week and didn't have a card ready for Julie's challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink which this fortnight is For a Special Lady...... it leaves you with lots of options to join in with the challenge....Mothers day, birthdays etc etc.
The DT are showcasing some of the older LCI images and this time we are all using Nikki and friend...there are some great images and I'm sure you will find something for almost any occasion.

I used Ironing Nikki and hope I have redeemed myself by making a card for the midway reminder ;)........will have to wait and see what head ladybug has to say.......

So as ever I coloured the image with Polychromo pencils

The paper I think was MME

The stunnilicious ribbon is also from Ladybug Crafts Ink and you can find the details here

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Thanks for popping over.

Have a great day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Paint the Town Red - Winter Wonderland DT

Happy Friday everyone....
Hope you have had a good week.  We have been on holiday this week and have a fantastic week up in Northumberland staying in a lovely cottage in Ellingham between Alnwick and Seahouses.  The weather has been pretty good too and the cottage was fab........It will be a definite one to go back to :)

So it it is time to share a card for the latest challenge at Winter Wonderland and the theme is 

Paint the Town Red - Use lots of Red 

I used a Tatty Teddy Image 

Coloured with Polychromo pencils.

paper from stash

Sentiment from Pink Petticoat

Twine from stash

Hope you can join us this week.

we have two fabulous sponsors 

Crafty Sentiments 

With a Prize of 3 digis

and

Crafty Ribbons

Who have some gorgeous new and vintage ribbons to choose from

With a prize of a £10 voucher

Thanks for stopping by.
Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

For a Special Lady- Ladybg Crafts Challenge

How are you all this morning?

Hope all is ok.   This is just a quick post to let you know there is a new fortnightly challenge starting today at Ladybug Crafts Ink and this week the challenge theme has been chosen by the very talented Julie and is called for a Special Lady.

I ran out of time to get my card made for this week so will be adding a card for next week......

The DT are show casing the Nikki images for this challenge and I did have a sneaky peek at what they have come up with and they are all fantastic.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed.  Hope you can hop over and see their creations

There are some fabulous Nikki images available as both stamps and digi images in the Ladybug Crafts Ink Shop too and they are suitable for a wide variety of occasions.

Hope you can join in with the challenge this week and I will see you all soon.

Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxxx

Winter Wonderland Dt - A Christmas Couple

Good morning and happy Friday...another week almost over and then a couple of days away from work :)  I love the weekends!!!

It is time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and this time the lovely Kelly is hosting the challenge with the theme of 

Christmas Couple 

So we are looking for images with 2 people

Our sponsors this week are Oyster Stamps with a £10 voucher

AND Sunflowerfield  with 1 stamp for the winner, which is pictured beneath this logo.

For this theme the obvious image for me had to be from LOTV and this sweet image called Oh Christmas Tree  fits the bill.

Coloured with Polychromo pencils....paper from stash

Ribbon - American Crafts

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Hope you can play along with this challenge.

Have a good day and thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Happy Birthday Mum

Hello to you all in blogland,

A quick post today as I just wanted to share the card that I made for my Mum's birthday which is today

Happy Birthday Mum!

It had to be a bear as Mum and I have always loved the cuddly cute bears.....so I used James bear with butterflies from LOTV.

Another CAS design.

Coloured with pencils, blended with Sansador.

Paper - papermanis

Scallop die for the top with liquid pearls

Sentiment - Craftwork cards.

Hope you have a good day Mum.......

Hugs Sally xxx

One for the Boys at Ladybug Crafts Ink

Happy Tuesday everyone,
Hope you are well this morning.  It is time for another new challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink and this fortnight's theme has been chosen by the lovely Sue and it is 

One for the Boys

We are showcasing some of the older images over the upcoming challenges as there are so may great ones that you may not have seen for a while and they will all be available in digi format.

This fortnight is Jack and Josh....see the fab creations fro the DT here 

I have used Jack chasing frog........pop over and see what other great images you can pick up for only £1.75 each 

As usual the image is coloured with Polychromos

Paper MME

Bunting Die

Twine and sentiment from stash

Have a good day and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Sally xxx