Garland of hearts

Morning to you all.

Hope you are all doing ok......I had a great weekend for Dad's Birthday, it was lovely to spend time together with the family and especially good to see my brother and nephew.

I am here today to share a Fizzy Moon card.....super CAS and quick as usual for me :)

I have coloured this one with Distress Ink Markers

A new favourite thing that I have found is the Wink of Stella glitter brush :) -------- You know how I love my sparkles on my cards!

Have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxxx

Believe in the magic.......

Good morning to you all,

Hope you are all doing OK....I am happy it is a long weekend here in the UK although the last Bank Holiday weekend in August always feel like we are heading fast towards Christmas!!!  
So with that in mind I have a card to share that I made the other week, coloured with Distress Ink Markers....
The image is sadly no longer available it was from There She Goes Clear Stamps

Paper from stash

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great weekend...I have a list of things that I want to get done so better get on with them!!

Hugs Sally xxxx

Tatty Teddy Flower Pots

Morning to you all,
Hope you are all doing OK :) 
Just popping by to share a quick card made at the weekend....
The super cute Tatty Teddy is coloured with Distress Ink Markers

Paper from stash

Flower - Forever Friends

Sentiment Pink Petticoat

Thats all from me today...short and sweet.

have a great day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Some Bunny

Morning to you all,
Another weekend has flown by and how did we manage to get to the beginning of August!!!

I went to visit my Bestest friend Robyn over the weekend...it is so long since we have seen each other but it was lovely to visit and we even managed some crafting.

Here is a card made using one of the images that I coloured yesterday with Distress Ink Markers.....the stamp was free with Quick Cards...I have stopped buying craft magazine and have moved onto Crochet ones but I just couldn't resist this lil cutie.....

The patterned paper is from Papermania

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you have a good day whatever you get up to.

Hugs Sally xxx

Celebrate Today....

Morning, morning , morning.......what a lovely day it looks like it is going to be again here in the UK.

I am just popping on to share a card that I have made using a Tiddly Inks image coloured with Distress Ink Markers...

Paper from stash

Sentiment - Tiddly Inks

Twine from stash.

Thats all from me today.

Have a good one.

Hugs Sally xx

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries.......

Yay, it's Friday and the weekend starts here!

So glad that this week is over in terms of work!!  

I thought I would pop on and share a card that I made the other weekend using an image from Penny Black Transparent set called Homemade.

The image is coloured with Distress Ink Markers.......I am still loving them!

The base card is made from Bazzil Basics card stock

Patterned paper - DCWV

Stitched circle die

Hope you have a lovely evening...think the wool and crochet hook will be out later! 

Thanks for popping over.

Hugs Sally xxxx

Sketch Saturday - Bloomin Roses....

Happy Saturday everyone.....

I am here this morning to share a card that I made to play along at Sketch Saturday. as Guest Designer...... Kerry at Ladybug Crafts is sponsoring them this week and the DT are showcasing cards using images from the Bloomin Fabulous new release.


Here is my card

The image is called Bloomin Roses and I coloured it with Distress Ink Markers
The papers are MME
Pearls - Hobby House
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

I followed the sketch below, just rotated it....

Thanks for stopping by and hope that you can join in with the challenge this week.

Hugs Sally xxx

Tiddly Inks.....Happy Birthday

Morning to you all,

It's Friday!  Yay :)  

I can't believe that I have only just purchased some Tiddly Inks stamps....love them!

Here is a cute and very quick to colour image....

Coloured with Distress Ink Markers

Paper - DCWV

Thanks for popping over, short and sweet today.

Hugs Sally xxx

A Favourite

Morning crafty friends,
Hope you have had a good week so far :)   Mine has been OK I guess....trying not to get too stressed with the amount of work I have got to do!   The weekend will soon be here again :)

Here is another image that I coloured whilst on holiday with Distress Ink Markers and a touch of Twinkling H2O's

The paper was from my bit box but think it was Echo Park

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat.

That's it...another ultra CAS card

Have a good day and i might see you again tomorrow!!!

Hugs Sally xxx

Watering Can

I am trying to post more regularly which is easier when I have a stash of cards to share.  I have quite a few on hand so hope you will keep popping by.

As I said in Monday's post I am enjoying digging out some older images and colouring them with my latest pens/pencils either Derwent Inktense or Tim Holtz Distress Markers. 

Here is a card made using LOTV image called Watering Can 

Coloured with Distress Markers

Paper - Bo Bunny

Sentiment - LOTV

Twine - from stash

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs Sally xxx

CAS Strawberry Jam!

Well Monday morning seems to have come round very quickly.  The weekend was lovely but it definitely seemed to be a quick one.

I am really enjoying colouring up some of my older stamps with Distress Ink Markers as it gives them a whole different look.  I have a number of Penny Black images that need to see the light of day again....

So for my card today I used a stamp from a Penny Black Transparent set called Homemade.  It is a very CAS card!

Image coloured with Distress Ink Markers

Lil Inker Stitched square die

MFT stitched circle die

Sentiment - Tiddly Inks

Thanks for popping over today.  I will be back tomorrow with some mid way inspiration for Ladybug Crafts Ink.

Hugs Sally xxx

The Bears are back.....

Morning to you all,
What a lovely morning, the sun is shining which I wasn't expecting so I think we will be off out for a walk this morning :)

I have just checked back and I think I have done very well....not a bear in site for the last few posts!  But as they are my favourite I have another one to share this morning and maybe another one tomorrow :)

This is a Lili of the Valley image coloured while I was away with Distress Markers and a touch of Twinkling H2O's which don't show up on the screen. Shame I didn't cut the image out straight though, it looks decidedly lop sided!

For my Distress pens I used Daler~Rowney Bockingford Watercolour Paper 140lb but I did colour an image yesterday on Derwent Watercolour paper 140lb which is very smooth and got a good result. I like to use my pens directly on the paper and then blend out with the water brush.  If anyone else does this and uses different paper it would be good to hear from you :)

The stitched die is from Lil Inker

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Button and twine from stash

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you have a lovely day whatever you get up to.

Hugs Sally xxx

More Distress Ink colouring...

Morning all,

So it's back to work today :( very sad face ....... let's hope it hasn't been too manic while I have been away for a couple of weeks.

Here is another image that I coloured whilst on holiday!  He is from Penny Black but not sure what he is called...... so much for steering away from cute bears/animals!

The image is coloured with DI pens

Paper - Pamermania

Sentiments- Pink Petticoat

Thanks for popping over today.

Have a good day and I will be back tomorrow with a card using a brand new image from the latest release at Ladybug Crafts Ink ....Bloomin Fabulous..

See ya then.

Hugs Sally xxx

Birthday Wishes....

Good morning everyone,
Hope you are all doing Ok and enjoying the sunshine here in the UK.


I am back again, this time with a card that I made yesterday using a new stamp set from Tiddly Inks that I treated myself to last week.  I decided that I need to break from the usual cute bears/animals and add a bit of variety so this is my attempt!


I used Distress Ink pens and thought and had the Less is More challenge in mins when making this as their theme this week is Watercolour.....

Sorry about the wonky photo!

Image and sentiment - Tiddly Ink

Pink Petticoat background printed onto Papermill Direct white card stock.

Twine from stash.....I think I need to stop adding that to all my cards too!!!

So I would like to enter the Less is More challenge.

Thanks for looking and leaving me a comment, I need to try harder to get round and visit you all.

Have a great day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Distress Ink Pens

Morning, morning morning to you all....

So all has been quiet on my blog for a few days as we have been away.  We spent a really fab week in the Lake District staying in a cottage in Ambleside just 50 yards from Lake Windermere.  The weather wasn't too bad either.  On my previous post I mentioned the couple of days that we spent with my parents which was really lovely too.  
If you want to see what we got up to then you can hop over to Mikes blog where he has done a daily blog post...if you haven't got time to read it all then if nothing else there are some fab photos.


I managed to do some colouring while we were away and started to play with the Distress Ink Pens that I have had for a long time now and haven't really seen the light of day.

After a few images I really have to say that I love them!

I stamped the images with Archival Ink and used Daler~Rowney Bockingford Watercolour Paper 140lb 300gsm
With this paper you can actually do the direct to paper technique and add colour to the image and then use a watercolour brush to spread/blend the colour out.  I personally prefer this technique as it is the same as using Polychromo pencils directly onto the image and blending with Sansador

Hopefully before I am back to the grind stone on Monday I will have a few cards to show you.

Have a good day and I will hopefully be back tomorrow with a card.

Hugs Sally xx

Fizzy Moon in Distress!

Morning to you all......

It's my big brothers Birthday today so just in case you are reading this.......Happy Birthday Craig!  Hope you have a great day.

I have had some Distress Ink pens now for about a year and never had a lot of chance to try them out....the couple of times I did I wasn't too happy with the result as I couldn't get the ink lines to disappear from the coloured image.
I wanted to use the direct to paper technique as this is the way that I colour using my Polychromos but as all these pens/pencils you have to find what works for you.   After a couple of practices with different watercolour paper I have found that I can get a good result using Bockingford Watercolour paper 140lb (300gsm)......I used Daler-Rowney for this image.........

I have made a chart with all the colours as I also read that this would be helpful whilst getting to know the range of colours.  The brushed corduroy threw me completely though as it is very green and not what I was expecting.  I have since found out that there are a couple of the colours that are better in the actual ink pad....brushed corduroy and tea dye being the main two.

I loved colouring Fizzy Moon in and actually very quick in comparison to the pencils.  I think you will be seeing a lot more images coloured with these pens!

The paper on the card is MME
Simple Banner Die - Memory Box

Thanks for popping over today.  
Hope you have a good day whatever you get up to.....I am off to collect new glasses and then visit Mum and Dad and get my hair cut and highlighted :)

Catch you all soon.
Hugs Sally xxx