Mousey thank you

Hello folks

I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday. I am safe and snug in my craft room busy crafting away. I have a number of projects to finish, several very tight deadlines so I have been crafting since 6.30 this morning. Unfortunately I am unable to share any of them with you at the moment so I thought I'd share a thank you card I made a while back - 

Card ingredients - 

• Tonic layering squares die set
• Tonic twisted twine square die set
• Country lady paper pad from LOTV
• LOTV taster art pad (I have checked the website but I am unable to find them, sorry)

That's all really, a very quick and simple card. I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - November - use any image

Well back to the craft desk now. Thank you so much for stopping by today.

Lesley

Traditional Christmas

Hello and a very happy Saturday morning to you all

Today is the start of a new challenge at Fantasy Stampers and this fortnight the design team would love to see your Taditional Christmas projects. Here is my DT card -

This is a big card (8inches square) - I got a little carried away! I stamped Sheena's perfect poinsettia stamp onto watercoloured card with Stazon ink and coloured them with my Sparkle pens and Spectrum Aquas -

• red berry sparkle pen
• burgundy Spectrum Aqua (to add the shading)

 I made the ivy sprigs from Sheena's stamping card and Die'sire ivy which I then coloured with Olive jade Sparkle pen.

The other ingredients used were -

• Sheena's poinsettia die set
• Neenah card
• gold centura pearl
• gold embossing powder
• Nordic Christmas time embossing folder (from Crafter's Companion)
• Penny Black Believe greetings
• gold gems
• Spellbinder's circle and scalloped circles nesties

A close up of the embossing.

The sentiment.

I hope you are able to join us at Fantasy Stampers this fortnight. Please remember we are a stamping challenge and your main image must be a stamped one.

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

One, two, three

Good Friday morning everyone

As it is Friday it is time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland. This week the challenge is 1,2,3....... which means one image, two design papers and three embellishments. Here is my DT card for the challenge -

I have used Paper Shelter's Snowman digi stamp, two papers from Forever Friends Christmas Kraft notes and 3 embellishments - ribbon, snowflakes and gems.
I printed the image onto Neenah card and coloured him with my Spectrum Noir pens - 

• snowman - IG1, OR1, OR3, CR3, EB3, EB5 and DG4
• hat - IG6, IG8, IG10, TB1, TB2 and TB4
• scarf - TB1, TB2 and TB4
• broom - GB5, GB7, GB8, GB9 and GB10
• sky - IB1
• snow - IG1

This week we are sponsored by the Paper Shelter and the lucky winner will recieve a $15 voucher.

Why not join in the fun this week, we would love to see your Christmas projects.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge -
http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - November challenge - use any image

Thank you for stopping by.

Lesley

Frosty fun

Hello Folks and a very happy Saturday to you all

Another busy week over again, the weeks are flying by and that special time of the year will soon be here. This week at work we begun practising the songs for our Christmas play so it is definitely Christmas now.So in light of all this festive fun today's card is a Christmas one -

The stamp is Penny Black's Frosty Fun which I stamped onto Neenah card and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens, pencils and Sparkle pens -

• hair - GB8, GB10, EB8, 104 and crystal clear Sparkle pen
• skin - FS2, FS4, FS9, CR1 and 089
• clothes - IG1, IG2, IG3, 117, GT1, GT3, 050 and crystal clear Sparkle pen
• sky - moonstone Sparkle pen
• snow - crystal clear Sparkle pen

If you look carefully you can see the sparkle in the hair, it hasn't photographed as well as I had hoped.
The other ingredients used were -

• Penny Black Believe greetings
• backing paper from my stash
• teal centura pearl
• teal core'dinations
• white glitter card
• Spellbinder's scalloped circles
• Die-namics stitched circle stax
• ribbon from my stash coloured with GT3
• snowflake punch
• gems from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges - 

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/ - November challenge -Anything Christmas
http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk - dies and punches (snowflake punch)

Spectrum Noir Facebook challenge - Christmas

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

On your engagement

Good morning folks

This is a card I made for my friend who recently got engaged - 

The image is Love fully from Tiddly Inks which I stamped onto Neenah card and coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens, pencils and Sparkles.

• skin - FS3, FS4, FS5, TN2, CR1 and 089
• hair - TN7, TN8, EB8, EB3, EB5, EB7, 102 and 097
• clothes - PP1, PP2, PP3, BG1, BG2, BG3, BG4, BG6, 117, 119, 034 and crystal clear Sparkle pen
• flowers and balloons - PP1, PP2, PP3, DG3 and crystal clear Sparkle pen
• sky - IB1
• ground IG1 and IG2

The other ingredients used were - 

• The Promise paper pad from First Edition
• Die'sire create-a-card Florence die
• Spellbinder's lacy ovals die
• LaLa Land heary scrolls and hanging hearts and love dies
• pink ribbon from my stash
• pearls coloured with PP1

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 336 - ribbons and bows.html

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

11th birthday celebrations

Hello everyone from a very weary crafter

Last weekend was my youngest son's birthday and this weekend has been his party/sleepover. There was very little sleeping going on I can tell you! All the guests have gone home so I am now sat in front of my lap top blogging his card from last weekend - 

The stamp is Benjie from Crafter's Companion's Scruffy Little Kitten range. I stamped the image onto Neenah card and coloured him with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils -

• hair - GB8, GB10, EB5 and 104
• skin - FS2, FS4, FS9, CR1 and 089
• clothes - BGR1, BGR2, TB1, TB3, TB4, 114 and 069
• ball - true black, IG1, IG3, IG4 and 114
• cone - OR1, OR3, IG1, IG3, 114 and 022
• ground - BG1 and BG3
• sky - IB1

The other ingredients used were - 

• Tattered Lace stepper card die
• blue core'dinations
• backing paper from Scruffy Little Kitten CD
• sentiments from the stamp set
• antique linen distress ink

Now I am off to have a little nap.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Winter Wonderland

Hello folks and a very happy Saturday afternoon to you all

After a very busy working week I am late for my Fantasy Stampers design team deadline. I am hanging my head in shame and yawning after a very early crafting start this morning but I have finished and submitted my card - 

The challenge this week is Winter Wonderland. I don't tend to buy scenery stamps so I found this challange just that - a challenge. 

The image is Annabelle with gifts from Wild Rose Studios which I have coloured with my Spectrum Noir pens and sparkle pens -

• hair - GB8
• skin - FS2 and FS9
• clothes - TB1, TB3, TB4, IG1, IG2, IG3 and crystal clear Sparkle pen
• dog - TB1, IG1, IG2, IG2, IG3 and IG4
• holly - DG2 and DR3
• bird - GB10 and GB11
• sky - IB1

The other ingredients used were - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base), blue centura pearl and white glitter card
• snowflakes embossing folder (from Crafter's Companion)
• Spellbinder's floral ovals and icicles dies
• LaLa Land Christmas tree die
• LOTV's Christmas wishes sentiment stamp set
• tumbled glass distress ink
• pearl coloured with TB1

sentiment from Christmas wishes

Why not pop over to Fantasy Stampers to see what the other members of the design team have made and join in with the fun.

I  would like to enter this card into the following challenge -

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - November challenge - anything Christmas

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Christmas Angels

Good morning and a very happy Friday to you all

As it is Friday it is time for another challenge at Winter Wonderland and it is my turn to host the challenge which is Angels. We would like to see your Christmas projects featuring Angels in the design. This is my card for the challenge -

Apologies for the yellowness of the photos. It is that time of year when more often than not I have to take my photos using non natural light which casts a bit of a yellow tinge on my photos.

I have a lot of Christmas angels stamps the majority of which are from LOTV and this is my most recent purchase - Heavenly Christmas. I have coloured her with the following Spectrum Noir pens - 

• hair - TN7, TN8 and EB8
• skin - FS1, FS3 and FS9
• wings - TN1 and TN2. I then added Crystal Clear Sparkle pens for some Christmas sparkle
• dress - EB1 and EB2
• crown - CG3 and DG3
• cloud - IG1
• sky - IB1
• stars - gold gel pen

The other ingredients used were - 

• First Edition Gilded Winter paper pad
• gold centura pearl
• Memory Box precious stars die
• Die-namics stitched circle STAX die
• Spellbinder's Reflective Moments die
• gold ribbon from my stash
• LOTV's Christmas Wishes stamp set (for the sentiment)

So why not get cracking with your Christmas cards and join our challenge at Winter Wonderland.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - November anything goes card challenge

Take care

Lesley

Time for tea

Hello Folks

Today's card is the last of my DT makes for the Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen launch. Imagine how chuffed I was when Dean showcased it on the launch show - 

Here is the card in person (so to speak) -

It features the stamp set Tea time treats from Crafter's Companion which I stamped onto Neenah card and coloured with the following pens - 

• pink garnet, cosmos, rose quartz, moonstone and crystal clear

The other ingredients used were - 

• white centura pearl (for the card base)
• pink core'dinations
• backing paper from Bebunni birthdays CD
• Die'sire essentials circles and scalloped circles
• ribbon from the Ribbon Girl

The bunting is also from the stamp set.

Sentiment also from the stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

All of a flutter

Hello and a very happy Sunday to you all

Today is the last day of my half term break. All the DIY is complete for now, as usual this has had a knock on effect on other parts of the house but that will have to wait now until after Christmas. My poor hubby is exhausted and is off to work tomorrow for a rest!

Today I am sharing another card made for the Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen launch. I made loads so I will be sharing for a little while longer.

The stamp set is called Flutterby from Crafter's Companion which I stamped onto Neenah card and coloured with the following pens - 

• moonlight, starry sky and blue topaz

The other ingredients used were - 

• blue and white centura pearl
• Die'sire heart doilies and essentials hearts dies
• butterfly corner embossing folder from Sara's Signature range

Thank you so much for stopping by today

Lesley