Off to the SECC......

I am sooooo excited

as I am off to the Hobbycraft show

at the SECC today

to meet a friend and have a good old nosey!

Will try to keep the finances in check

but may get some early

Christmas shopping done.

Just sharing a baby boy card

I made this week.

Love these papers by Prima

and that lovely teddy image

(can't remember by who at the mo  -

will check it out!)

Polkadoodles - time flies - A Magical world.....

Life sometimes just doesn't have that enough of that

added Magical element. At these times its very important

to daydream and should be compulsory I personally feel.

Not too much mind but in moderation daydreaming is a great thing!

Anyway this said my challenge at Polka doodles

this week is "A Magical world" -  Magic/Fantasy.

It's stashbox stamps week so I have used

the very lovely Leanne Ellis Time flies stamp

available from Sugar Nellie.

All other elements are Polka doodles.

Papers/sentiment from the new Pretty Sweey cd,

tree and window from A Double sprinkle of Kraft.

Tree is printed on Safmat by Letraset.

The stitching which co-ordinates with

the promarker colours used has been

achieved with a super fine nib

(I love these detachable nibs - brilliant)

Image paperpieced with additional clock

 from stamp cut out as embellishments.

All the team have done my challenge proud

and there are LOADS of projects

this week to feast your eyes upon

from lots of new team members!

Pop by Polka Doodles and have a wee look!

Spooktacular Sale at SBS......

Pop over to SBDS and have a wee look about!

Crafty Creations....Autumn Leaves

Jaime has challenged us this week

at Crafty Creations

to use Autumn Leaves for our inspiration.

I have made a thankyou card

using my Sympathy cross image

with the wording removed.

One lucky winner this week at

Crafty Creations

will win a lovely rubber stamp from

Whiff of Joy!

Fancy Dress photo's...especially for you Mum!

 Ooooo what fun was had!

Me and the kids.....

Jen (Angus's girlfriend)

Angus (Asterix) all homemade!

Reuben and I

(Rocker and Caribean pirate)

Caleb (dont you love the wig!) - Jacob - Hope

Caveman - Jedi - Hello Kitty ballerina!

Jacob and Fancy Dress.....

Jacob is a big Moshi Monster fan

so he loved his card !

Below is the candle from yesterday

 in it's true setting.

We are off to Jen's 30th party

this evening and its fancy dress

who knows there may be photo's to follow!

This is our donation to the food for the evening

lots of chocolate...can't beat that.

Hope is very pleased to be well

enough to go. She is going as Hello Kitty

ballerina, Caleb is captain caveman,

Jacob is a Jedi, I'm Carribean pirate,

Reuben is a Rocker and Angus is Astrix.

My Brother true to form has outdone himself

on his costume.....watch this space!

Polka Doodles...Ooooooo an awfully good download!

This had to be a quicky!

As many of you know my smallest child Hope

has been pretty poorly this week.

So for Polka Doodles

this week I have created

an ornamental candle.

This isn't one for burning as I

have used Safmat but I wan't to keep it

so all is well.......

I have coloured this time with Sakura.

Pop over to Polka Doodles

to see the fab images used on my project.

Also to welcome all my new

team mates - our

numbers have somewhat swollen.

What an amazing amount

of talented, creative peeps out there.....

Hope seems a bit brighter.

I have my fingers crossed as my oldest

Jacob is nine today (where does the time go!)

so hopefully we will be able to celebrate!

Crafty Creations - Christmas Birthday

Sorry I am running late today. Hope has been ill all night and

am still clearing up the mayhem. She's a poor wee soul today.

Donna has set the challenge this week at Crafty Creations

and it is to create a Christmas Birthday card.

My friend Alison has her birthday just a few days

before Christmas

so it's good to get ahead!

I have used a wonderful image

by The Stamping Boutique.

Coloured with promarkers and Sakura highlights.

I have added some recycled ribbon from

a stationery box.

Wonderful K&Co sticky snowflakes

and some snowflake sequins

with sticky gem centres.

Come join the challenge at

Crafty Creations!

And you could win

a $10 gift certificate for paper and such

which we are thrilled to welcome as this weeks sponsor.

Happy 30th Jen

This is for my brother's

girlfriend who turns 30 today!

She is a wonderful person

and is very special to all of us!

My kids adore her.

I have used Basic Grey dps.

Image from  Solocosmo  coloured with Promarkers.

 Marianne Design and Nellie Snellen

dies used to create birds

and floral tops to box sides.

Sticky gems, ribbon from stash

and Prima flowers.

I'd like to share this with

Daring cardmakers - A little bird told us

Crafty Ribbons - Ribbons and lace

Anything goes challenge - Die cuts/punches

Top Tip Tuesday - Use designer papers

(mine are Basic Grey Porcelain)

Marianne Designs - Dying to diecut

Another Pretty Sweet gift bag....Promarkers and Polka doodles

This was the other sample I made of a

gift bag for Nikky at Polka Doodles.

The pretty sweet girls are lovely

and there are lots of different poses.

Once again its coloured with Promarkers.

Nellie Snellen frames to cut shapes,

And sentiment/papers from

the Pretty Sweet cd.

I'd like to share this with

Little Miss Muffet - girly girl
Stamp Insanity - Anything but a card

I love Promarkers - Autumnal colours

Sisterhood of crafters - Birthdays

Polka Doodles - ribbon and bows

This week at Polka Doodles

It's ribbon and bows we are looking for.

I have used the new Pretty Sweet cd

for the pretty girl and papers and sentiment

from the same cd.

Coloured the image with Promarkers.

Coloured a second image for the back and

cut out with a Nellie Snellen frame.

Adding ribbon to the sentiment

hanging from my bag handle,

and red bows to her hair and sentiment!

Come play at Polka Doodles.

Nikky can also be seen on

Create and Craft

today (Friday 14th October)

at 9a.m. and 5p.m.

this sample may even be with her.....

Anniversary card

I have used my image

My love keeps growing

for this Anniversary card.

It's a large format 20cms x 20cms

from Craftwork cards.

Coloured with Promarkers...

I've added a detail below of hearts

hopefully to show colouring better.

Using Nellie Snellen

and Marianne design dies

to add dimensional florishes.

I'd like to share this with

Papertake Weekly - get in shape

Marianne Design Divas - Bloom and grow

Paper Sundaes - Favourite colour combo

(you will be seeing alot of cards in this combo over

the next few weeks - a new favourite!)

One Stitch at a time - anything goes!

(just popping by to say hi girls! - obviously

don't count me in voting...lol)

Crafty Creations - 3...2...1

It's a recipe this week at

Crafty Creations

3 dp's, 2 embellies and 1 image.

We welcome Willow Designs as the

sponsor this week and you could

win a fab prize from them!

I have used my GCD dp's to create most

of the embellies by fussy cutting

and die cutting.

So the added embellies are

large Prima flower and brads.

My image is Quirky Dizzy Lizzy.

I haven't added the final details to my card yet,

it's a special age one and I don't want to give it away....

Thanks Deena for a great challenge

at Crafty Creations!

Spongebob...Happy Birthday Harley

I had alot of fun creating this for a

big (or not so big) Spongebob fan!

Harley is going to be six.

Spongebob and Patrick

are having a great time in the ocean

as always, with the jellyfish!

Handmade flowers at Polka Doodles

Fliss challenges this week at Polka Doodles

to create something with handmade flowers.

I have used lots of Polka Doodles stamps

for my picture to create a scene.

Coloured with Sakura and then pearly doodles.

My flowers are punched Pretty sweet papers

with tiny fimo centres

that you can read about here.

Don't we all love making flower embellishments!

Come play at Polka Doodles......

and remember we are looking for creative people to

join the Polka Doodles design team.

Clara Cupcake - Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Sonia

using Clara Cupcake

coloured with Promarkers.

Marianne designs die cut greenery

sprayed with inks,

fabric flower and gem brad.

I'd like to share this with....

CES Challenges - totally gorjuss / pretty girls

Crafty Creations....create a decoration!

Thanks Nikki at Polka Doodles

for sponsoring Crafty Creations this week!

I have used the fab and fun

Magical Winter cd part 2

to create my light bag

hope my photo reads well!

This is in the dark with a candle inside.

I found the bags while I was on holiday

and they looked so fun - if a health and safety nightmare.....

Crafty Creations are looking for you to create

a decoration this week!

I printed the images onto

Letraset safmat which is ideal

because it is transparent

so lets the light shine through.

Just added some gems and

snowflake sequins.

You could win the cd...how great is that!

Also remember Polka Doodles have a DT call on the go.

My Mum's special birthday!

We spent a lovely day with

my Mum and Dad Yesterday.

They share a birthday but  2 years apart.

So Mum was 70 this year(Dad's 72)!

We went out for a lovely lunch at

Scotts at Largs Yacht haven,

then they came back to ours and we spent

a lovely afternoon catching up.

My Mum loves Ducks

so I went for this fun image

and had him hiding in a box.

I'm pretty sure the duck is Robyn's fetish design.

I'd like to share this with

Marianne's Designs Divas - Bloom and grow

(I have used several Marianne design dies)

2 Sisters challenge - fancy folds

(and also the card below)

My Dad also asked me to make her

 a card from him.

I used my Lovely flowers bird image.

Coloured with promarkers,

handmade flowers

and foliage sprayed with cosmic shimmer.

I'd like to share this with

Aud's sentiment challenge - Happy Birthday

Crafts and me - flowers