CRAFTY CALENDAR - FEBRUARY - 'LOVE IS IN THE AIR'

Good afternoon peeps, here I am blogging and it's so miserable and wet out there it's enough to persuade me to hibernate!  I'm having lots of trouble trying to make cards or even get onto the 'puter just lately.  Apart from the system playing up - I've recently lost both printers off the laptop (thank goodness for the maestro 'cos he put it right for me!), I've just lost another follower (because of blogger) so I'm lookin' a right Billie No Mates!  If anyone thinks I've 'unfollowed' them, it's not true - please contact me to let me know and I'll re-follow just like I did for Mrs A.  Oh and Biscuit has decided to be a 'mummy's boy', he insists on lying across my desk - or across my chest if I let him.  He also likes sitting draped over my shoulders - and his favourite place to play with his toys is ... wait for it ...  in the bath (empty of course) - boy have we been adopted by one weird cat this time!

Inside my card ...

Ingredients

'Bee with Flower' digi - Bugaboo Stamps
6" x 6" White Card Blank - Papermania
'Willow Bee' 6" x 6" paper pad - Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Hexagonal Layer dies - Tattered Lace Dies
Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax die - Die-namics Dies
Embossing Folder Extra (Folder plus die) - Marianne Designs DF3404
Flexmarkers
Wink of Stella pens
Flower/Foliage punches - ? Nellie Snellen
Sentiment - Typed and then foiled using my Minc machine
Pearls - Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Specials


Now the first winner of our challenge will win 7 digis donated by the wonderful Jodie from 

The second winner of our challenge will receive 3 digis of their choice from the fantastic

Can't wait to see your creations - you have a month to get them on the blog!

Anyway - must pop orf now and try to get some colouring sorted - whilst they are all having a nap - and yup I'm including the maestro in the bunch!!!

Hugs to you all out there and please take care!

Love Sue xxx

I'm hoping to enter my card into the following challenges -

Art by Miran Challenge No 51 - Anything Goes

Craft for the Craic 2nd Birthday Challenge - Something to make you smile

Craft Rocket Challenge No 8 - Valentine/Love

Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge No 50 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge No 102 - Anything Goes

Gem of a Challenge No 162 - Love is in the Air

Morgan's Art World Challenge No 3 - Add Flowers

Pattie's Creations Challenge No 119 - Love is in the Air

Simply Create Too Challenge No 102 - Love or Valentine's

That's Crafty Challenge - First Love 

THROUGH THE PURPLE HAZE - CHALLENGE NO 94 - THINGS WITH WINGS

Hello there!  We've had some changes on the TTPH blog this year, the team has been split into two and our challenges are now fortnightly.  So here's my first contribution for Team Bubbles where our theme is 'Things with Wings'.   We've been sponsored by 'All Dressed Up' and they are offering 2 digis to our challenge winner so come on let's see your creations!

Wendy Burns who owns the shop, lives in Nottinghamshire - just like moi - and she has some absolutely super images to choose from.

Ingredients

7" x 7" White card blank - Anna Marie Designs
Image - 'Fairy Magic' from All Dressed Up Stamps
Lace Edger die (SD 007) - Joanna Sheen Signature Dies
Ribbon Banners LG die - Spellbinders Dies
Pippi Butterfly die - Memory Box Dies
Pin Point Scalloped Circles die - Memory Box 'Open Studio' Dies
Pin Dot Circles die - Tattered Lace Dies
Patterns of the Rainbow paper pad - Aspire Crafts
Promises pad - LOTV
Flexmarkers 
Sparkles pens - Spectrum Noir
Pearl flower embellishments - Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Specials

I do hope we see your creations very soon.  

By the way - we are having a very busy week trawling around catteries - yup we've decided we're going on holiday and don't want to leave three terrors alone in the house - goodness knows what sort of things they'd get up to - orgies, parties, disco's, smoking catnip - oooh you name it!  So we've been out and found a lovely place and the 'rooms' are really big - of course we'd need to have one for each cat 'cos they never sleep in the same room - well they are divas of course.  Having said that, Donny is being left at home because he is so timid and frightened of his own shadow that it would be too stressful for him and our neighbour will take care of him for us.  Just got to sort out our insurance now - that's an hour or three on the 'phone because they need to know 'the in's and out's of Meg's backside' as my old uncle used to say - bless him.  They have to know all about my medical bits and bobs but we don't care as long as we are covered.  I had a week all planned out but we suddenly decided to do this so everything went haywire!  Oh well - just looking forward to that sun and if Scottie can beam me up and transport me without the aid of an aeroplane, I would be more than grateful.  Ooops just remembered - need to go to the Travel Agents now to book the holiday - duh!!!

Take care all of you - I hope you are keeping well and dry.

Hugs to you all.


Love Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Crafty Addicts Challenge No 7 - Anything Goes/Elegance

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge No 156 - Punches and/or Dies

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge No 56 - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge No 26 - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Challenge No 105 - Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers Challenge No 301 - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions Challenge No 282 - All about Borders

Lemon Shortbread Challenge No 7 - Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge No 5 - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge No 278 - Anything Goes

OSAAT DT - CHALLENGE NO 253 - ANYTHING GOES BUT NOT SQUARE OR RECTANGLE

Good afternoon fellow bloggers - as I'm posting this one there's a little ray of sunshine peeping through the window - not sure how long it will last so I thought I should mention it 'cos I'm always whingeing about the wet weather.   Anywoo this card is for the OSAAT challenge this fortnight and as you can see above you can make anything you want to as long as it isn't a square or rectangular in shape.  Simples.

You can win gorgeous digi images and a paper pack so it's well worth entering our challenge.  Come on peeps - let's see your creative juices flowing!

Ingredients

7" x 7" White card blank (cut into hexagon shape) - Anna Marie Designs
Digi - 'Sianne' by Kaz Kraftz at the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet

Patterned Card - My Mind's Eye 'Lost and Found 3' Ruby Glittered Pad (New)
Black card - stash
Tattered Lace Dies - Hexagon Nesting dies (New Dies)
Creative Expressions Dies - Frames & Tags Pierced Flags by Sue Wilson
Spellbinders Dies - Sentiments 5 by Die D'Lites
Signature Dies - Mirror Pairs Mini Leaf Flourish by Joanna Sheen
Pearls - stash

Whilst I'm here I want to wish you all a very Happy New Year - just in case I missed anyone - let's hope it's a good one for everybody.

Big hugs to you all and I'll catch you up on Biscuit's health problems later on.


Love Sue xxx

Oooops better late than never - I'd like to enter my card into the following 10 challenges

Ching Chou Kuik Challenge (Jan) - Something New

Crafting Musketeers Challenge No 33 - New Beginnings

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge No 25 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge (Jan) - AG with patterned papers

Doodle Pantry Digi Challenge No 13 - Anything Goes

Karleigh Sue Challenge No 8 - Anything Goes

Live and Love Crafts Challenge No 43 - Something New

Scrappers Delights Challenge No 51 - Anything Goes

Sisters of Craft Challenge (Jan) - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge No 07 - Anything Goes

CRAFTY CALENDAR - JANUARY - SOMETHING NEW!!

Happy New Year everyone - I'm hoping for a healthier and positive year for all of us.  Mind you this bloomin' weather isn't very healthy at the moment and I really am thinking about all of the poor families out there suffering because of the floods.   Take care!

I'm now posting my very first card for 2016 as a member of the Crafty Calendar Challenge DT - our theme this month is 'Something New' - now that could be anything - new home, new baby, new crafty item, new fur baby (just had to get that one in!!) so the scope is endless.

We have two sponsors this month - All Dressed Up, who are giving two digis as a prize and Wild Orchid Crafts, who are giving a £10 gift voucher!  The digi I've used is from All Dressed Up - Wendy Burns who drew this gorgeous image lives in Nottingham just like me - woo hoo!!!   I've used a new die (ooops, just spilt the beans to Winnie)  and a new doily for my 'Something New' items on my card.

Ingredients

Digi - Little Skater from All Dressed Up
7" x 7" White Card Blank - Anna Marie Designs
DCWV - 8" x 8" Citrus Stack pad
Grand Scalloped Square die - Spellbinders Dies
Classic Scalloped Circles Large die - Spellbinders Dies
Curlicues die - Tattered Lace Dies (NEW)
Snowflake SDD007 - Sweet Dixie Dies
Snowflake punches
Copic Markers
DecoArt Glitter
Cosmic Shimmer Clear Varnish Lacquer
Square paper doily - NEW from Ebay

I haven't popped a sentiment on this one 'cos it's going to be the first one in my 'card stash' box this year and I didn't use typical winter colours either because she's at the Nottingham Ice Skating rink!  Ta da!!!

Anyway I just hope you can do a little bit of crafting and enter our first challenge of 2016.  

Lots of big hugs to you all - 


Love Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge No 279- Anything Goes

As You Like It Challenge - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge No 344 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge No 25 - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Challenge No 103 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge No 406 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge No 5 - Anything Goes

A Snowflakes Promise Challenge No 13 - Winter/Christmas

That's Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps Challenge No 89 - Anything Goes Winter

CRAFTY CALENDAR - DECEMBER - LET IT SNOW!

Hi there folks - here's my card for the Crafty Calendar Challenge mid month reminder - oops!  Our theme this month is 'Let it Snow' so there's lots of images you could use for this one.

Here's my card with a touch of poetic licence 'cos I thought a brown chipmunk would stand out a tad too much - so here on Planet Susie he's an Arctic chipmunk!  Woo hoo!

We have two sponsors this month - Di's Digi Stamps and Fabrika Fantasy (where my little chippy came from).  They are offering great prizes - a $12 in store voucher from Di's Digis and digis from Fabrika.  Lovely to start off the New Year!

Ingredients

7" x 7" White card base - Anna Marie Designs
'Chipmunk' digi from Fabrika Fantasy
Paper - Docrafts 'Bellissima' Christmas
Embossing folder - Free with Papercraft Inspirations - very popular!!
Impression Obsession Dies - Snowflake die DIE024-X
Impression Obsession Dies - Snowflakes die DIE100-F
Memory Box Dies - Frostyville Wreath die
Memory Box Dies - Bianca Snowflake die
Cheery Lynn Dies - Snowflakes die C146
Graph'it and Flexmarkers
Sentiment printed and then foiled on my Minc machine.

I know you will be very busy this time of the year but if you can find the time to make a creation we'd love to see it.  Check out what my teamies have made over on the Crafty Calendar challenge site.

Just off to administer to Biscuit's wound - like Blossom he had a lump on his tum and had it removed yesterday - not sure what it is but it was definitely pricey!  Bless him though he's a lovely boy even if he is dribbling everywhere - they've put a drain in his tum eeeew - too much information peeps???

Take care all of you - especially out there in this wet weather.

Lots of love and hugs

Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Animal Friends Challenge No 33 - Christmas/New Year

Come and Get It Challenge (Dec) - Anything Goes with Christmas

Corrosive Challenge No 239 - Merry Christmas

Craft for the Craic Challenge - Christmas Cheer

Dies R Us Challenge No 39 - Winter - use snowflakes

Emerald Faeries Challenge No 74 - Merry Christmas

Natalie and Amy's Challenge No 39 - Christmas

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge No 117 - Anything Christmas (plus image)

Robyn's Fetish Challenge No 294 - Add a Christmas Die-Cut

That Craft Place Challenge - Christmas

OSAAT DT - CHALLENGE NO 252 - ANYTHING GOES WITH THE COLOUR RED

Hi everyone out there - is it me or does it feel as if Christmas is nearly here??  The same thing is happening again - I've suddenly been asked if I have any cards going spare.  So here I go again, I hate saying no so that means I need to make a few more - and as you know I just can't do quick cards - well only very rarely!  I guess having a mumble helps - not!  Anyway this fortnight the OSAAT theme is Anything Goes with the colour Red - so I chose to make this little milk carton gift box using a beautiful little digi from Beary Dust at the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

This is our last challenge until January and we have the following prize for you to win

Ingredients

Digi - 'Hot Chocolate' by Beary Dust from Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet
Stardust card - stash
Milk carton gift box template - internet tutorial
Ancient Peel-off Stickers - Create and Craft
Spellbinders Dies - Long Classic Rectangles Large die
Britannia Dies - Poinsettia die
Signature Dies - Joanna Sheen's 'Holly Berries'
Copic markers
'Stardust' glitter glue
Ribbon and Tassel - stash - again very ancient!
Very yummy mini Marshmallows (I didn't scoff many 'cos they were soooo sweet)

I'm really pleased with this little gift box and it was so easy to make - which is a huge bonus!  Hope you can find time to enter our last challenge of 2015, you have until round about January 8 2016 to enter.

Take care all of you and in case I don't post until after Christmas (hope not, but you never know!) enjoy yourselves and have a peaceful and relaxing time.

Hugs to you all.

Love Sue xxx

I'd like to enter my gift box into the following challenges

Animal Friends Challenge No 33 - Christmas/New Year 

Come and Get It Challenge (Dec) - Anything Goes for Christmas

Corrosive Challenge No 239 - Merry Christmas

Craft for the Craic Challenge (Dec) - Christmas Cheer

Cut it up Challenge No 86 - Brrrrr - Winter

Emerald Faeries Challenge No 74 - Merry Christmas

Glory of Christmas Challenge No 74 - Anything Christmas Goes

Natalie and Amy's Challenge No 39 - Christmas

Pattie's Creations Challenge No 117 - Anything Christmas (use an image)

Robyn's Fetish Challenge No 294 - Add a Christmas Die Cut

OSAAT DT - CHALLENGE NO 251 - ANYTHING GOES WITH 'WINTER'!

Hi there friends and bloggers out there and a warm welcome to my new follower Niki from Pawsitively Creative - brilliant name for a blog by the way!   Well ... this fortnight over on the OSAAT challenge our theme is Anything Goes with 'Winter' so I immediately thought icicles, glitter, snowflakes and a little winter fairy!  I was going to use shades of blue but as I'd just recently made a 'blue' card I changed my mind and used lilac and pale green plus white.  This could be for a winter birthday or a Christmas card, I'm not sure just yet so I typed out 'Warmest Winter Wishes' and .... you've guessed it, I popped it through my very useful Minc machine with some holographic silver foil over the words.  This is now my new favourite foil because the colours are amazing - just like the colours in an opal gem stone - my favourite gem of all.

I've just added the following pic 'cos it shows the glitter and the Wink of Stella (on her wings, wand and shoes) off to a better effect.

I love this little fairy she's so cute and you could use her for all seasons of the year by just changing the colours and embellishments. Sorry that the pic isn't as bright as it should be but the light is abysmal here today - as is the weather!!

Here's the winners' prize for December 

Digi papers and four great digi images - perfect for your Christmas cards.

Ingredients

6" x 6" White card blank - Docrafts Papermania
Digi - 'Spari Fairy' by BBKakes from Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet
Papers - LOTV 'Snow Princess' Solids Paper Pad and 'Snow Princess' Patterened Paper Pad
Tattered Lace Dies - Pin Dot Rectangle die
Creative Expressions Dies - Pierced Flags die by Sue Wilson
Marianne Creatables Dies - Icicles border die
I.O. Dies - Snowflake DIE100-F
Memory Box Dies - Twilight Snowflake die
Cheery Lynn Dies - Add a Flourish die
Inky Doodles clear stamp - Caroline's Christmas snowflake stamp
Other Snowflakes stamps - free with magazine 
Wow Embossing Powders
Copic Markers
Wink of Stella - Silver, Gold and Clear pens
Sentiment typed and then foiled using my Minc machine
Stickles - Stardust Glitter glue

I hope you can enter our challenge this fortnight, we would love to see your creations on our blog.  

Thanks loads for popping by and for all the comments hoping I'm feeling better - you are all stars - if I've not said this before (once or twice).

By the way we have a new addition to the family - fur-baby of course - we know a little about this one - he was left behind when his family moved from their rented accommodation and he was in a really poor state with three nasty red raw sores on his shoulder, back leg and tail.   We couldn't leave him so we've fed him, taken him to the 'doctors' and made him wear a silly hat (well a Buster Collar really).  He's definitely looking better and he's quite happy taking his tablets as long as they have a coating of cheese!  We've called him Biscuit - well the maestro has!  You'll never guess why until you see the picture that will follow shortly of course.

Big hugs to you all and please take care.

Lots of love  Sue xxx

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

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge No 339 - Winter

Craft Rocket Challenge No 4 - Add a Sentiment

Crafty Friends Challenge No 19 - One for the Girls

Creative Corner Challenge (Team Mel) - Glitz and Glamour

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge No 283 - Christmas

My Time to Craft Challenge No 309 - Let it Snow

Paper Shelter Challenge No 229 - A Christmas Card

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge No 108 - AG with a twist - use a die cut

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Add some sparkle and bling