No Squares Allowed

Hello how are you all doing today?   Hope you are ok.

I am here this morning to share my card for the new challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink which is 

No Squares 

I must admit I didn't have a lot of time so this card was made in super quick time.....I had the image coloured as I did that a couple of weeks ago :)

The image is called Tracey and Reindeer and is available in the Ladybug Crafts Ink shop.

I have made a circular easel card for a change as my cards are getting predictable especially the rectangular clean and simple ones......I have made a whole stack of those so watch out for those.

Hope you can join us for the challenge over the next two weeks.

Have a great day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Ready Teddy Go DT Card - Summer Days

Can you believe we are half way through September already!   Why is the time whizzing by so fast......it would be great if the weeks would fly by and the weekends went at a snails pace!

So I am here this morning to share my card for the September challenge at Ready Teddy Go...
The theme this month is Summer Days

We are sponsored this month by 

Meiflower with a super generous £20 shopping voucher up for grabs.

This online craft shop is a one stop shop for all things to embellish your work.  Meiflower offers fantastic customer service, excellent quality items and even an inspirational blog for when your mojo levels have fallen off the scale!  Thanks Shabana :)

I have used a very sweet image from Penny Black called -  Fly with Me.

Coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Sansador.
Paper from stash
Sentiment - Forever Friends
Card Candi - Craftwork card
Twine from stash
Die cut star and circle to create the sun.


I hope you can join us for the rest of the month. Remember you can enter up to four times with different items.
Hop over and see what the rest of team Bear have come up with,.
Thanks for popping over today.
Hugs Sally xxxx

Mix it and Make it.....

Hello to you all,
Have you had a good day?  Hope so.  Mine has been busy again.
Thought I would just hop on here and share a card I made a couple of weeks ago......it's another CAS design.  These have to be my favourite at the moment :)

I use a Lili of the Valley image called Mix it and Make it.

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Sansador.

The card is made from white card from Papermill Direct 

Ribbon from Hobbycraft nd twine from stash.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT Card - Candles

Hello to you all,
Hope you have had a good week.........mine has been stupidly busy so this post is a bit late.  Sorry team mates...got there in the end!

It's time for a new challenge over at Winter Wonderland and this week the lovely Miria is hosting the challenge with the theme of  Candles

We want to see something related to candles on your project:  you can use an image or paper, you can decorate a candle or make some packaging with candles, as you like.

We are sponsored by the wonderful
KennyK

And the lucky winner will get 3 digis of their choice.

I chose a snowman image and made a tea light holder /card

Sentiment - Hero Arts.
Twine from stash
Paper was from a Forever Friends pad.

Hope you can hop along and join us.
Have a good day and Hello to my new followers, glad you could join me.
Hugs Sally xxx

New Release at Ladybug Crafts Ink - Silly Snowmen

Well it's all busy busy still at work so this is a short post but glad the new term is starting so we can get back to normality!  

We have another new release at Ladybug Crafts Ink today and the images are called Silly Snowmen.
I have seen the other cards that the DT have made and I think you are going to love them!
I have used Silly Snowman Drummer .......isn't he cute.  He is available with 9 other great new images for £1.75 each.  Hope you like them and you could make some fab cards to add to your collection of Christmas cards :)    Or if you haven't started then why not start today :)

The theme for our challenge for the next two weeks is Winter Wonderland
There is no competition but if you leave a comment here on the challenge blog you could win all 10 images to start your Christmas cards!

Card Blank - Craftwork Cards
Paper - K&Co and cardstock from Bazzill Basics and Anne Marie Designs
Stitched Square Die - Lil Inker
Sentiments - Personal Impressions
Pom Pom trim - Ladybug Crafts Ink
Stickles glitter glue

Have a good day....... Hope you can join us for the challenge.
Hugs Sally xxx

Tatty Teddy CAS

Before I get to my card  this evening I thought I would share with you all that I started Slimming World at the beginning of July....... a few of you already know this but I was very happy last night at the scales as I lost another 2.5lbs making a total of 19.5lbs so far and the extra surprise was that I was awarded Slimmer of the month!   Feeling very positive about it all at the moment and hope that this feeling continues as I still have a mountain to climb.


Right onto my cards.......  I have gone totally CAS at the moment and I am loving these cards and the shape too.  I am addicted!

Tatty Teddy has been dusted off and inked up again.....  its a very long time since he made an appearance!

The card blanks are made using white cardstock from The Papermill Direct
Ribbon from Hobbycraft
Twine from stash
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink.

Nothing else to say about them....... 

Hope you are all doing ok.
Have a good evening and I wil try and get round your blogs very soon as I know I am missing some fantastic creations :(

Thanks for popping over.
Hugs Sally xxxx

Give Away winner and Birthday Bumps!

Hello blogging friends,
Have you had a good weekend?
I have had a lovely time....my Bestest friend Robyn stayed for the weekend with her husband.  We had our hair done, visited my parents and managed some crafting too :)

So I need to announce the winner of my ribbon give away........drum roll............
The winner is Wendy...... at Crazy for Flowers.  If you can email me I will get the ribbon in the post for you :)

I also have a card to share that I made for a special blogging friend.....

The image is from Lili of the Valley and is called Birthday Bumps!
Coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest it.

I am hooked on these simple style cards at the moment and have made quite a few so hope you won't get bored over the next few weeks.
Ribbon is from Hobbycraft 
Twine from stash
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink
Pearls - The Hobby House.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Sally xxxx

4 Months til Christmas Blog Hop for Fun - Inspired by a Song

Hello everyone,
Hope you are enjoying the long Bank Holiday weekend :)

Can you believe what you are reading only 4 months to go!
This year has flown by again.  I can't believe that this time last year we were packing up and getting ready to move house.

So the theme for this months blog hop is    

Inspired by a Song.

My first card was inspired by the song Rockin Around the Christmas Tree


The image is a stamp from Ladybug Crafts Ink called Bless this Tree

Coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest It.
Sentiment - Woodware
Paper from stash
Twine - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

The second card was inspired by the carol - Away in a Manger

Image is from Wild Rose Studio coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest It.
Sentiments - Sizzix Clear stamp
Paper from stash
Twine from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

This Months Blog Hop Order:

Shari

Heather

Mary

Sara 
Sally - thats me :)

Sandy

Hope you can join the blog hop and see what everyone has created.
Have a great day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Winter Wonderland DT - Rudolph

Morning to you all in blogland.
Hope you are all ok and looking forward to the long Bank Holiday weekend here in the UK :)

A new challenge starts today at Winter Wonderland and this week the challenge is hosted by the lovely Kate with the theme

Rudolph

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful 

My Crafty Heart

My Crafty Heart specialise in designer papers, quality stamps, dies and embellishments from all major crafting companies in the world.  Teresa, the owner of the store, who is a keen card maker herself, updates her shop regularly with new and exciting items, so why not pop into www.mycraftyheart.co.uk and see what's in store!"

For my card I have used a cute image from Wild Rose Studio coloured with Polychromo pencils

Paper - Lily of the Valley

Sentiment - Helz Cuppleditch - Trimcraft

Stickles Glitter Glue - Star Dust

Hope you can join us for the challenge.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Fizzy Moon and a Give Away

Afternoon to you all,
How are you all doing?  I am looking forward to September being over and done with as it's quite stressful at work at the moment :(

I managed to get my hands on the new Christmas Fizzy Moon stamps at the weekend....

I had a weekend of playing in my craft room and a bit of tidying hence I have news of a little give away further down.

I made another rectangular card which I am loving as they are relatively quick to put together.  So here is Fizzy with his Christmas Sack of Presents :)

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest it!
Nestabilities Bauble
DooHickeys - Spruce Twig
Sentiment - Humphrey Stamp set - Crafters Companion
Twine from stash
Card blanks made with White linen card stock - Papermill Direct.


I have started on a tidy up in my craft room as I need to get rid of some things that have been hanging around for too long!
So to start with I have a big bundle or ribbon......  Its all assorted colours and lengths but Im sure somebody can give it a good home :)

Leave me a comment on this post before Saturday and I will pick a winner over the weekend.  I do have more stuff lined up so keep checking back.

I would like to enter the following challenges

Pile it On Challenge No Designer Paper
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Anything but Square
Fashionable Stamping Clean and Simple

Enjoy your evening.
Hugs Sally xxx