Up and Away....and OSAAT

My new release this week

At  Stitchy Bear Stamps

is Up and Away they still have a mad sale on

so if your quick you

can grab a bargain!

The new challenge at OSAAT

is a colour combo or girlie

or if you feel like both!

Thanks Rebekah for

creating a lovely card using Clara Cupcake!

Our roof...normal service to resume shortly!

Still having a great birthday week -

appologies for lack of visits.

Normal service will resume shortly!

Tiles have at last arrived and we are after 10 weeks

getting our new roof.....

It will be lovely once finnished as Angus is

making a fabulous job.

You can see now the kids are back at school

we are at last getting some decent weather!

Poppy is 4 today!

It's Hope's best friends birthday today and

she is 4!

She is a huge fan of Hello Kitty.

Paperpieced with Basic Grey Urban Prairie

and lots of added bling!

I'll be back with the girls at Polkadooodles next week

- having my birthday week off!

Pop by it's the last week of the Letraset colouring

competition - you know you want those aquamarkers!

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Milestone Birthdays/Anything goes......DT call

Over at C.R.A.F.T.

this week we are having a fun

Anything goes challenge!

I have made a 50th Birthday card using my image

Art Nouveau Roses.

Coloured with copics and Sakura

Basic Grey Green at Heart DP.

You could win my

Daisy Rubber Stamp this week.

Which are also avaiable from the

Polkadoodles store or

in Digi at SBS.

We are also having a DT call

at C.R.A.F.T.

so if you have ever fancied giving it a go let them know!

Several members of the Dt are moving on

including myself but I know we will all keep in touch

it's been a great team to work with!

Crafty Creations - recipe - 3 papers, 2 ribbons, 1 charm

This week at Crafty Creations Bernie

has set us a recipe challenge

to use

3 papers, 2 ribbons and a charm!

We welcome Mo Manning as our sponsor this week

I am a huge fan!

This is one of her very gorgeous images

that I have paper pieced.

3 papers - Basic Grey Green at heart

2 ribbons - yellow and orange from stash

charm- from local craft shop

Copics to colour skin & hair

Sakura for grass

Martha Stewart punch......

Come play at Crafty Creations!

Away partying.....

Thanks for all the lovely cards and e-mails..

I have reached the big 40 and I am

enjoying every minute so far.

Basically done loads of shopping broken

by major amounts of eating -

My kind of birthday!

Thought I'd share with you the beautiful necklace my

husband bought me....

By Nick Hubbard

Will have a card to share tomorrow!

OSAAT and new release

My new release this week at Stitchy Bear Store is

Cherry Tree Tower

another in the candyfloss tree style

but with some delicious cherries to eat!

I am also stepping in for cover at OSAAT

this week where the challenge is

to use shapes in you project -

I have gone for my favourite circular easel card.

Using the very cute Yin & Yang

by Purple Panda designs.

I have paperpieced using Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby range

and a little doodling.

I added a circle of little pandas to the inside of the card.

Come join the challenge at OSAAT and see all the fab creations from the DT!

Polkadoodles - Vintage

This week over at Polka Doodles Fliss

has challenged us to go vintage!

Fliss is a dab hand herself at this but I have to say

I felt a bit ignorant and went in search of some blogging inspiration.....

I have used imagery from All around and Everywhere CD

combined with some inking, grungeboard flourish,

screw head brad, rub on sentiment and a little faux stitching.

I have coloured the deer with some

of the lovely Aquamarkers from Letraset!

Many of the girls I know in blogland create fabulous

Vintage style projects but while reasearching I

came across the work of

Wendy Vecchi

some really amazing pieces of work.

Anyhow Blogland is a fantastic place to inspire

it's great to take time out and have a wander...

We still have our fantastic colouring competition

 on the go at Polkadoodles.

Perhaps you could combine the two

and add some colouring to your vintage project?

Wouldn't it be great to win this fabulous set of Aquamarkers!!!

I would also like to share this with

Simon Says Stamp and Show

who are having a

Wendy Vecchi inspired challenge

(thats how I found her in the first place...)

C.R.A.F.T. Sweeties photo inspiration

Yummy! Ei has some lovely sweeties as photo inspiration

this week at C.R.A.F.T.

As you may guess I went for the colours....

for my inspiration.

I have used my image

Teeny Liz and her weeny house

that was inspired by my blogging buddy Liz

(she's a bit of a Betty Boop nut)

We are thrilled to have Donna and her

Den of crafts back as sponsors...

Pop by she has lots of lovely goodies in store

including this weeks fab prize

Lovely papers to put you

in the festive spirit!

Do pop by C.R.A.F.T. and join

in the challenge - let us see your inspirational projects!

Butterflies at Crafty Creations

Jeanet has challenged us this week at

Crafty Creations

to use Butterflies on our projects!

I have used a pocket of posies DP from DCWV

my own Butterfly image

some tiny prima flowers and

some hand coloured butterflies.

We welcome back the fab

Simon Says stamp store as sponsors.

Come share with us at Crafty Creations!

Birds and Babies

For a friend to give her Mum

Birds and Babies image coloured with copics

with Basic Grey Dp - Green at heart

I have also used some alpha stickers

from the Green at Heart range.

New releases and OSAAT

This week my new releases at

Stitchy Bear are

Pepper pot land and Starry night

Over at OSAAT the challenge this week is
 a Pack A Punch challenge theme.

All you have to do is use a punch or punches on your project.

How easy is that? The winner of this challenge will receive any 3 stamps from http://stitchybearstamps.com/shop/. 

Thanks Shell for creating a beautiful card with my image holly!

Something old, something new , something borrowed and something blue

The Papertake weekly challenge is

Something old, something new ,

something borrowed and something blue!

You can use one or all the qualities......

Something Old - Inspiration for my Art Nouveau rose heart image

Something New - The image I have doodled

Something borrowed- actually had to use some of the

 kids PVA as I have run out my stash....

Something blue - Velvet ribbon (well turquoise really )

Lots of lovely creations to inspire from the Dt.

Polkadoodles - Printing on Vellum/Acetate

Stacey has challenged us to add some

printed Vellum or Acetate this week at

Polka Doodles - I went for Vellum!

My first attempt with Aquamarkers from Letraset.

I love them, used a mixed technique of pens direct to image

and also applied to acrylic block then

lifted with a wet brush.

I have used imagery from the

All around and Everywhere Cd.

Remember we still have our fantastic Letraset

competition on the go at Polka Doodles.

You could win a complete set of Aquamarkers!!!!!!

C.R.A.F.T. - Mini Beasts

This week at C.R.A.F.T. we are looking for your

Mini Beast projects

thats insects to you or me!

We once again welcome Craft Obsessions as sponsors

and the lucky winner can choose

6 promarkers (colours of their choice!)

Craft Obsessions have a fab sale on at the moment

well worth looking at and great bargains to be had!

I have use a memory frame from Craft Obsessions

Grungeboard, wire, beads(thanks Ei!),

leather die cut flowers

gem set brads

and H2O's

have fun.....and join us at C.R.A.F.T.

with your beastie projects!

I would also like to share this with the team at

Simon says stamp and show

they have a

Things with wings

challenge on the go.....

Some amazing work from the Dt

well worth a visit.

Crafty Creations - Winged things - Z fold....

Our sponsor this week at Crafty Creations

is Robyn's Fetish

and I love this fun duck image!

At this point I have to fess up.

My Z fold card went a bit Wonky Donky

and is now a W fold

we all have our off days.....

I paper pieced the image and added

some scraps (crown and cakes)

from IKEA of all places!

Actually the papers are IKEA as well.

Come say hi to the new members of the DT

and see all the fab projects this week.......

at Crafty Creations!

Donnas Den of Crafts - Something Sweet....

A Baby Boy card which I think is perfect

for the challenge at

Donnas Den of Crafts

Something Sweet!

How sweet is that wonderful image by

Wink Wink Ink

OSAAT - Mystical Challenge

I am helping out at OSAAT this week

and I loved using this wonderful digi

by Beary Dust Love Fairy

vailable at Stitchy Bear Stamps

Coloured with copics and Sakura

DP is DCWV - Pocket full of Posies

Quote - "People only see what they are prepared to see"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I thought this was quite appropriate for the image

and the challenge which is

Mystical

Pop over to OSAAT to see all the DT fabulous

creations this week. There are

loads of changes ahead and lots more creators and

DT members to visit!

New Releases and a card......

Basic Grey Dp and my Art Nouveau Vase 2

one of last weeks new images coloured

with copics and Sakura.

For a friends Gran's 94th Birthday.

Kept it very simple.....

My new releases this week at Stitchy Bear Stamps

Ewe Tree

aptly named by my brother Angus.

Hope said my sheep looked like a tree......

and Candyfloss Croft

We have lots of new Designers on board at

Stitchy Bear Stamps

Pop by and have a wee look!