Happy Mothers Day...

Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums out there.....extra special wishes to my Mum today especially after the last week.  Looking forward to seeing you today :)

It will no doubt be a difficult day for some who will be missing their Mums on this especial day so big hugs to you all too and a joyful day to those who are celebrating being a Mum for the first time.  An emotional day all round!

The card I am sharing is again coloured with Spectrum Aquas.....all my other colouring mediums are gathering dust at the moment...I'm sure it will be their turn again one day but for now these are my favourite.

A Lili of the Valley image 

Patterned paper - Hobby Craft -The Junior
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon was from Ladybug Crafts (no longer trading - sad face )
Crafters Companion water colour card
Spectrum Aquas - 
Aquamarine
Moss, bud green, red violet, gold, sunflower
Fawn, desert, chocolate
Slate, blosson

I have also added Wink of Stella glitter which doesn't show up in the photo.

Have a lovely day everyone and extra special hugs to those who need them today.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs Sally xxxxx

Happy Birthday Mum

Happy friday to you all...... and a Very Happy Birthday to you Mum!   Hope you have a lovely day.

I am so glad it's Friday this week as it certainly has been a week for me and not really in a good way but hey ho we have to soldier on :)


Here is the card that I made for Mum using cute bears from LOTV and of course my Spectrum Aquas

The Spectrum Aquas are used are desert, fawn, kingfisher, wild flower,yellow, crimson, purple

Crafters Companion Water colour card
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen - my new favourite thing


Hope you have a good day whatever you are doing.
Thanks as always for visiting and any comments you leave.

Bye for now.
Hugs Sally xxxx

Use a Sentiment

Morning to you all.....hope you are having a good week so far.
Mine has been a busy one and I am so looking forward to the weekend already!

There is a new monthly challenge over at Spectrum Noir and the theme is a nice easy one for you to join in with.....  Use a sentiment.

I made this card for the challenge using a LOTV image

Coloured with Spectrum Aquas
bud green, moss, slate, desert, gold, sunflower,blossom, scarlet, red violet, amber

This card make me think of Spring.....I think it is definitely on it's way :)

Hope you can join us for the challenge...you just have to use Spectrum Noir products.

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

Giant cake

Morning to you all,

Hope you are all doing ok and getting back into the swing of work after the Christmas and New Year break.  

I made a few cards at the weekend and one of them I am sharing today.  Made using a Lili of the Valley image called Giant Cake

Coloured with Spectrum noir Aquatints which I am still loving :)  The colours are great and I love the finished result- I used colours from Landscape, Perfectly primary and bright & Beautiful collections.  

The image was stamped onto Crafters companion watercolour card and the tints blended with a waterbrush.

The banner is - Poppy stamps plain banner

Sentiments from There she goes stamp set 

Thanks for stopping by today

Hugs Sally xxx

Happy Christmas

Morning to you all,

Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Christmas.   Hope you all have a lovely time. 

We also think of the loved ones that are no longer with us and how hard today will be for some people who may be experiencing their first Christmas without some of their nearest and dearest.  A day of mixed emotions for a lot of you and some will be sharing it with new additions to the family.........so here's a special hug to you all.

Coloured with Aquatints, Landscape, Perfectly Primary collections

Paper from stash

Sentiment Paper Smooches

Thanks for popping over.

Have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas and Winter Challenge at Spectrum Noir

Morning to you all,

Time is definitely whizzing by, another week almost over, it was only Monday 5 minutes ago!

Here is a CAS card for the November challenge at Spectrum Noir, coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils and the shading with SN pens

One of my favourite bears :)   James from Lili of the Valley
Stitched circle die
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat
Button, twine and seam binding from stash
Spectrum Noir pencils -25, 26, 27, 58, 74, 86, 87, 110

Thanks for popping over, another busy day ahead for me and a pizza tasting session at work!  Can't be bad!

Thanks for popping over and sorry for not visiting you all as regularly :(

Hugs Sally xxx

My Little Tree.....

Morning to you all,
Hope you are all doing ok and enjoyed the weekend.

Just sharing a card today that I made for Spectrum Noir DT for the latest challenge - Embellishments

The image is from Lili of the Valley and is called - My Little Tree

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils

Tree - 58,59, 103

Skin- 5,88

Coat, scarf and hat - 92,93,85

Boots - 113,114

Trousers - 99

Notebook Die 

Twine from stash

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Have a great day.  I have a couple of days off later this week and I am so looking forward to it :)

I would like to enter the challenge - Get Ahead for Christmas at Penny Black and More

Thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

Super Striker...

Hello again,
Hope your week is going OK.....

As promised I am back with a really quick post to share another make from the weekend.   I have been going back through my numerous Lili of the Valley stamps to ink some up that havent'd seen daylight for a while and also a great excuse to use my new Spectrum Noir pencils.....

So here is Super Striker image

Embossing Folder - Crafters Companion - Football Crazy

Paper - MME

Sentiment - Forever Friends

Spectrum Noir pencils used

Skin: 4,5,88

Football Kit: 74,75,120,112, 120

Football: 120

Hair: 87,111,101

Grass: 57,58

Thanks for stopping by to say hello :)

Hugs Sally xxx

Cuddle Time

Hope you are all well and had a fab weekend.
I had a lazy weekend and managed lots of colouring and some crochet too :) Happy days.
I made the most of it as the next few weeks I am going to be so busy at work but hope to share a few cards with you over the next couple of days that I managed to make at the weekend :) 

So I have a card that I made on Saturday using one of my all time favourite stamps from Lili of the Valley called : Milly Cuddle Time.

Heres the colours of the pencils/pens that I used

Milly : Face : 4,5,85

Milly Hair: 107,110,87,85,85, TN7

T-Shirt: 32, BP7

Puppy: 114, IG7

Kitten: 87,8

Outline GB1

I use card stock from Papermill Direct and the pencils were blended with Spectrum Noir blending solution.

Thanks for looking!

Have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxxx

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

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

Rocking Horse

Morning crafters,
You don't see me for ages and then here I am sharing cards nearly every day!!

I managed to make up quite a few cards last week while I was off so I have a few to share.

Today's card is made using an image that I coloured ages ago called Rocking Horse from Lili of the Valley

Coloured with Polychromos
Paper from stash
Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink

Thanks for looking, have a good day.

Hugs Sally xx

Balloon Bunny in Distress with some twinkles....

Morning and happy Saturday,

Can you believe we have reached the 21st June already and it is the longest day?!  I am really not sure where the days/weeks/months go to.  

So our two week holiday is almost over....(very sad face) but it does feel like we have had a break from work and we have packed a lot into the fortnight including some jobs around the house that needed to be done.  We have seen some stunning scenery, took a lots of photos, learnt some interesting facts, done some people watching; which is always fascinating, spent time with the folks, walked a lot more than usual, eaten some yummy food, chilled out, I did a lot of colouring and Mike and I have been together for the whole two weeks which has been fab.............there is something to be said for two weeks off work!

As promised I have another card using one of the images coloured while in the Lake district last week.  It is another LOTV image called Balloon Bunny.

He is coloured with Distress Ink Markers and the balloon I added some Twinkling H2o paint too...looks very sparkly in real life.
The paper is MME
Punched the border with Martha Stewart punch
Ric rac braid from Papermania I think
Sentiment - a rub on.

Whatever you do today hope its a good day.

Thanks for popping over.....

Hugs Sally xxx

James - Peeping.

Hello and happy Friday,
How are you all doing?  Looking forward to the weekend...

I have a card to share today using one of my favourite bears ...... James from Lili of the Valley.

He is coloured with Distress Ink Pens mainly using Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain and Antique Linen.  I do really love these pens :)

I used stitched square die from Lil Inker 

Paper from stash

Twine from stash

Thanks for popping over today.

Hugs Sally xxx

James Bear

Morning crafty friends,
Hope you are all doing OK....looks like the weather is taking a turn for the better here in the UK....fingers crossed it continues into the weekend.

I have added more crafty stash to my sale page so hope someone might find something that want to give a home to........email me on sally.astill@hotmail.co.uk if you do :)

Right here we go with another Sally style CAS card....they are all getting much of a muchness!

Here is the super cute James bear - Umbrella

Coloured with Polychromos
Scallop Die 
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Glad you could pop over today.

I would like to enter a couple of challenges


Penny's Challenges - Anything Goes

Rubys Rainbow - Animals

Have a great day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Balloon Bunny

Monday morning again!

I had a long weekend as I had Friday off but it still seems to have well and truly flown by again!

I made this CAS card using Balloon Bunny from LOTV yesterday so thought I would share it with you

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils

Letters - Memory Box die..Typewriter Lower case...... Now this is definitely Kerry's fault from Ladybug Crafts Ink as she showed me a fab card she had made with lettering so I had to get one of the dies for myself!!   I actually got more than one so I am sure I will be sharing more cards with die cut lettering soon!!

Twine from stash.

Have a great day and I will be back tomorrow with a fun card showcasing one of the new images from the latest release at Ladybug Crafts Ink.....

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

Busy Baking.......

No it wasn't me who was busy baking!....not much of that goes on in our house anymore but thanks to following the Slimming World plan since July I am almost 3 stone lighter :)  (40.5lbs) Mike has also been really good and he is 2 stone 6lbs lighter....still a long way to go for me but it's a good start.

Anyway lil cute bear from LOTV was had a busy day baking.......

I coloured the image with Polychromo pencils blended with Sansador.
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat
Ribbon - Hobbycrafts
Twine - from stash


I managed to do a bit of colouring at the weekend and it was great...I basically didn't venture outside for the whole weekend....just what I needed me thinks!

Well hope you have a good start to the week. Some of  you will be on half term so hope the kids are not bored yet!!!

Have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Happy Birthday Dad!

I managed some more colouring at the weekend and made this for my Dad's birthday today :)
Hope he likes it as it is a bit cute for a man!  Oh well it's the thought that counts....

There isn't much to say about the card really...image coloured with Polychromo pencils on kraft card stock.  Stitched square die from Lil inker
Sentiment from Craftwork cards.
Twine from stash.

Hope you have a good day whatever you are up to..and if by any chance it is your Birthday too have a good one. 
Happy Birthday Dad!

Hugs Sally xxx