Colouring's way more fun than ironing...

Mornin' all!
My darling Stamping Angel picked up a coupla Magnolia mini's for me at the NEC - isn't this one a cutie?! I've been dying to get them inked and when I saw the latest Passion for PROMarkers challenge earlier on I couldn't resist! I may be teetering on the edge of the challenge theme with her, but I'm sure her adorableness makes up for it!!!!

Only a quickie post - I spent the last hour making this instead of boring housey things, that ironing pile's looming large over me...

Have a happy day!
Hugs,

Blah, blah, blah {aka - I can't think of a good post title...}

Mornin' all!
Dontcha just love waking up to oodles of sunshine - it makes the world look so much happier.
*happy sigh*

Anyways, here's a little card I whipped up for Magnolia Down Under's "Masking" and Papertake's "Cutie Pie" challenges...

It's a kinda a matchbook card, but upside down...nah, I'm not sure why - I just felt like making something a teeny bit different! I was obviously having a "moment" while making it - it has pearls and sparkles and freaky-weird flowers...

Off to do some colouring - thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,

Daydreams..

A super-speedy card accompanied by a super-speedy post today - well, the sun's still shining and the beach has miraculously emptied...what's a girl to do? ;D

Hmmmmmm, not too sure what happened with Tilda's scarily coloured face {seriously, what's going on with that? Some kinda nasty skin condition maybe?}, but other than that I think I like it...I dug out my fave EK Success border punch, so it ties it rather nicely with this weeks Just Magnolia challenge {no scary faced Tilda's over there, they can obviously all colour in properly}.

Thanks for coming along to visit :D
Catch ya laters!
Hugs,

Why didn't anyone remind me that I just can't do the distressed thang?

I have a challenge tripler today - Magnolia Down Under have a "Thank You" theme, the Creative Card Crew wanna see "Vintage/Aged" {shoulda just blogged a pic of my face...} and Simon Says "It's so Distressing" - here's my offering...

This li'l cutie and the prettied-up candle's are a little thank you gift to a sweet friend :D

Another quickie post, sorry - we're about to be invaded by 4 extra kids {nieces n' nephews}, I'll catch y'all soon {provided I survive of course...}

Hugs,

Yuck, yucky & yuckier...

I'm not well peeps...like proper "oh my goodness, please just let me die" moany kinda not well.
Yuck.
So I'm just gonna add my piccie for this weeks CCT "Easter" challenge and tell you to go join in. 'kay?

Total thanks must go to Emma for making these yummy egg baskets and reminding me I had this sweet K&Co paper lurking about - diolch cariad :)

I'll see y'all soon as I've regained the power of speech/movement/basic ability to function...

Hugs,

Hey Tilda...

Apologies in advance for the incredibly speedy post today - who on earth decided the kids should have another two weeks off school?
A big, big thank you to those who sent Birthday wishes the li'l Horror's way - he had a fab coupl'a days and I have some real "li'l Horrorism" gems to share with you very soon!

Here's a simple little card I made for the Magnolia Down Under "Stitch" challenge...

I'll catch up with you all very soon - thanks for visiting!
Hugs,

Schtuff used:
Tilda with three flowers {catchy name, huh?}
Rachelle Anne Miller sentiment
PROMarkers, pencils and ink
MME Quite Contrary papers
And my lovely ol' Singer ;D

Lots to waffle on about today...

...so where shall I start?

'Kay, first up this li'l bundle of gorgeousness is on it's way to...

Angela

Look what you can do on Random org - make lists and then randomize them - how cool is that? (yeah I know, small things and small minds...)

List Randomizer

There were 34 items in your list. Here they are in random order:
1. Angela
Timestamp: 2010-02-22 09:26:19 UTC

If you can send me your addy Angela sweets, I'll get some Contrariness sent your way :D

Everyone else still with me? Or did ya just come to see if your name came top of the (genius thing known as a) Random list?
(Yes, there is a possibility that I will spend my whole entire day making lists then pressing the li'l button - could be a good way to decide what to cook for dinner every night...)

So those who are still with me, here's my card for this weeks Magnolia Down Under challenge:

Hmmmmm, was about to say this card isn't anywhere near as squiffy in real life as it looks in this pic, but I think it actually is...
More scrummy new MME releases - this is "Quite Contrary" Little Boy Blue
(no maybe I love this too much about this one - I definitely, absolutely do. I highly reccomend you go buy as much of the stuff as you can from Tracy before it all becomes mine)

Two reasons why I had to join in with this challenge - firstly had never, ever made an easel card before (bit slow on the uptake with that one) and second (must whisper this bit cos it shouts of my slumminess) I still had all the bits on my desk from making my (very similar) CCT card for this weeks Metal Mania challenge - made over a week ago, not the best at tidying away, me...

Errrrrr, what else?
The last of my CHA samples are over on the Stampavie blog today if you wanna looksie - this is already a hideously long post, you're bound to be as bored as I am reading it all, so I'll blog those piccies on here t'morrow...

Happy Monday,

Metal Mania...

Yay!!!!
It's Thursday peeps - head on over here for the latest, brand-spankin' new CCT challenge
(I liked this challenge, can ya tell much?)

How old is this li'l Edwin? I found him lookin' all sad and just had to use him - c'mon, look how cute he is!

More of the yummity-scrummity new MME papers...
(I'm thinking I may need to stockpile some of these - not that I do that, of course...it's not me who causes paper shortages by hoarding...)

Catch y'all t'morrow...
Hugs,

Love bugs...

Howdy all :D
Thought I'd use this weeks Just Magnolia "Love" challenge as an excuse to colour in these two funny-bugs - dontcha just love 'em?!

More scrummy-yummy Love Bandit papers...

I have plans to fill the bag with goodies and hand it over to my littlest niece for Valentines :D
Apologies for the speedy post - hopefully all will be back to normal very soon (although eeeeek! Half Term next week, so maybe not!).
A quick reminder to you all to pop in on SJ's party this weekend - there's another free digi available to all today and the chance to win a truly beautiful painting of hers - I want it!!!!
Have a good 'un all,
Hugs,

Tando-Tastic...

...'member the card that nearly killed me? (was only a few days ago - surely your memory can't be that bad?) Well when I saw this li'l comp over on the Tando Creative blog I thought I'd make a li'l pretty thing to go with it :)

So one chippie Heart Basket and a whole load of Crackle paint later, this is what I have...

Pretty flowery huh? Oh well, Lynn'll be proud of me... ;)
I'm lovin' Tando at the mo - I have a couple of these ring binders that I'm in the midst of turning into Horror books...I'll share soon!

Lubs ya!

The card that nearly killed me...

...no, really - can you imagine the heart-stopping-oh-my-god-I-need-to-remember-to-breathe reaction this weeks CCT challenge caused? Flowers? Do I have to?

For those who don't know, I have flower issues. I love them & have piles & piles of them in my crafty space - I adore the creations I see that are beautifully covered in them and stalk the Prima blog in a rather worrying way, but me put 'em on one of my cards? Nah, they just look weird...

So I kept it simple and used the same layout as I did on the Cuddle Up card a few days ago.
And d'ya know what?
I likes it!
Well apart from the flowers, they look kinda weird...

Hugs,

A dashing by kinda post today...

...cos the Horrors' have finally gone back to school and I have a pile of stuff to catch up on!

Keep warm!

Swirly girlies...

...is the theme over at CCT and this week we're sponsored by Nutcrafters.

My card hasn't ended up quite how I'd pictured it...where did this dirty bit of craftin' come from??!! Even Tilda's face looks a bit grubby, poor love!

Two of my current stamp faves make an appearance today - the beloved Lost Coast Designs swirl and that oh-so-sweet sentiment, love 'em!
You can see the full challenge details and all the other yummies from the DT here :)

Have a great day all!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

...I'm looking out of the window toward some not so far away mountains and they are covered in snow - yay!!!!!!

Anyways...heehee...as soon as I saw the Passion for PROMarkers "Anything but a card" Mega Chrimbo Challenge I knew I wanted to make some li'l tags.

These sweetie snowmen from The Greeting Farm are adorable, but tiny - perfect for taggin'!

Keep Cozy stamps, My Minds Eye Colorful Christmas papers and Martha Stewart Arctic Snowflake punch can all be found at Dies to Die For.

I had all the bits already cut and coloured for this little Tilda tag - she was originally going on a card, but I kinda like her just like this!

Yup, my beloved swirly stamp came along to say hi today too ;) For those of you who asked it's by Lost Coast Designs



Have a great Tuesday (I'm taking big Horror to the dentist this afternoon - is it wrong that I might giggle evilly and be glad it's not me sitting there, while his teeth are prodded and poked?)

Eeeeeeek - it's how many sleeps til Christmas??!!

Decided to totally challenge myself with this weeks Passion for PROMarkers challenge...vintage and a Tilda? Eeeeeek!!!!

PROMarkers and Magnolias can be purchased from the shockingly lovely Tracy over here at

Dies to Die For :)

Have to admit I'm kinda likin' the ol' Magnolias again...I already have a couple more lined up :)
Ooooooh and that swirly stamp you can see?..*swoon*...I bought it a few days ago and we're currently in complete and utter love. I'll keep you all regularly updated on the progress of our relationship ;)

Happy Sunday all,

So it turns out I don't have man flu...

...I know this cos the Pigster was kind enough to leave me a li'l symptom checklist - it's in the comments section of yesterdays post if you fancy a giggle ;)

Had a little play today...I've been informed that Christmas is approaching and thought I'd better crack on with some suitably festive makes...

So here's a li'l card/candle combo with - eeeeeeek! - an actual, real Magnolia image on it. Still not really sure what my problem is with these stamps at the mo, but I figured that since I have so many of them I 'd better use at least one for sumfin'...

These candles are likely to pop up with some regularity - I found them in Poundland and they actually smell nicer even than Yankee candles...Yeah, that good. This particular one is cinnamon cos the colour matched the pp!

Happy Friday all,

Eeeeeeeek...

...another super-speedy where-does-the-time-just-vanish-to? post from me - I have a few bits to show this week & thought I'd start with this li'l notebook I altered for the big Horror. I'm hoping that having a funky little book to write in will stop him moaning so much about practising his spellings...I can always hope ;)

I must tell you about the offer Tracy has going on over at Dies to Die For - to celebrate her upcoming birthday, there's a special offer every day this week. Each day is different and finishes at 9pm - hop on over, cos there are some fabby bargains to be had!

I'll be catching up with everyone as soon as I possibly can - if you're waiting on an email from me, please accept my apologies, I'll get back to you really, really soon!

Hugs,

Oh baby...

A very non-traditional baby card from me for this weeks CCT challenge - I had scraps of this Cosmo Cricket paper sat looking at me on my desk and just had to use them!

Full details of the challenge and all the fantabbiness from the rest of the DT can be found here :)

Hugs,


The oh so gorgeous new Cosmo Cricket mini decks landed on my doormat yesterday morning - I'm desperately trying not to Swiss Pixie them. I think this obsession I have with them is extreme even for me...

Boo...

Another super-speedy post I'm afraid {actually, are they better? Less drivel from me can only be a good thing!}.


I had an urge to actually make something, so followed this fabby tutorial here and made this...

Hugs,


Apologies for not coming to visit you all - my muppet 'puter is refusing to let me view some blogs :( I have a sneaky suspicion that it doesn't like some widget or other and am using all my techie brilliance to sort it out...snort - techie brilliance? Me?...I'll find someone else to fix it!