WOOHOO - HAPPY MAIL :-D

Good morning Peeps,
I got some fabulous happy mail this morning......... look at this gorgeous selection of Tapes and some glittery bits and super kitty cut-outs and a lovely card  :-D
This was from my little overseas chum KT FIT KITTY :-)  A huuuuuuuge THANK YOU xxxxxxxxxxxx

YACK !!! - CHRISTMAS :-(

Hello Peeps,
I hope you are looking forward to your crafting weekend. ?
I haven't been down more than a couple of times in my room this week, but - seeing as I totally walked the legs off the Dog this morning - I thought I would give him a rest down here out of the heat. :-)

Not much Mojo about this end but I decided to have a play with my Spectrum Noir pens and pencils.
I wanted to play along for RUDOLPH DAY, so I went to the Chrimbo box and I found a plastic bag with loads of little snippets in and some printed out images ready for colouring.
On a friend's Blog the other day, she had pictures of Hedgies in her garden that made me smile so this little guy is just the thing :-D  If you want to see them , then go visit Di.... HERE 
I coloured up this little " Santa Hedgie " from SPYDER.

The card is a piece of old shoebox and I have tons of snippets of white card lying around, so I used a 'Cuttlebug'  Christmas Tree embossing folder on some of that.  I smurged a bit of green ink pad onto the 'inny' side of the embossing folder and then stuck it through the machine. This would, in fact, be the backside of the finished embossed piece doing it this way, but I liked just the hint of green that it gave me and doing it the other way smurged ink around the image that I didn't want :-D

I found some teeny pieces of an old paper with sentiments on it and used those up too. :-)

Well - there you have it anyways - not really feelin' it this week, and life is definitely 'bleh'  just now  :-(

Thanks for dropping in and I'll catch you All later xxx

Challenges I am entering:

Rudolph Day September 2015   ***WINNER***

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #247 - Something beginning with P - Present

Snippet's Playground Week #195 

HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE DT CREATION

Hi there spooky Peeps,
I am rushing to get this one up and published too. !!!
This is my DT piece for the second half of our current Challenge over at HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE - "The Nights Are Drawing In". Halloween is quickly creeping up on us, so we are all getting prepared for the fun and spooks :-D

I have converted an old box into a sort of window.
I used a stencil and some home made paste to do the brickwork and the coloured it with acrylic paints.
The ivy is done with my "Ivy Corner" digital image from IKEsART.
I added a glow in the dark plastic skellie down the bottom to look like he was creeping out of the crypt.

The crypt portcullis was cut using a Silhouette SVG file.

On the top there is a gargoyle made with a DELICIOUS DOODLES image - "GROTESQUE GARGOYLE" and I printed him several times and fussy cut him to make him 3D. When I had finished layering him up, I dipped him in my Melting Pot. :-)

Right inside at the back I have used my "Castle Room" digital image from IKEsART.

I did put a candle in there but for the life of me, I couldn't get the darn photograph to come out properly :-(

Well, I have to rush now, but I hope you will come over and see what my fellow Minions have made to show you, and maybe even play along with us. :-D

See you at HAUNTED DESIGN HOUSE. :-) You know how it works - share your creations on this month's theme, but keep it macabre and creepy, not light and sweet.xxx

SHEESH - WHAT A NIGHTMARE !!!

Hi Peeps,
I am struggling to get things done quickly as we have been having power outages here due to mega electrical storms  and RAIN !!!! .......... our first since February ! :-) Apparently, this is supposed to continue until Friday !!! :-(

Here is my piece for ONE STITCH AT A TIME  this Fortnight  CHALLENGE #246, and our Theme is Anything Goes with LEAVES. I got to work with a sweet little image called "Dog in a Tiger Costume" by SENTIMENTAL SUSAN over at STITCHYBEAR STAMPS.

I printed him out 6 times because I wanted to decoupage him and then I coloured him with Promarkers and have made a tag. My background paper is called 'AUTUMN LEAVES' which is from SPYDER's CORNER (or it WAS - I have had this for years now and am not sure it's still in her Shop) 

I edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and used a leaf die from Marianne Creatables.

The Sponsor for this Fortnight's  Challenge is StitchyBear Digi Outlet and here is the  September image and papers prize pack. 

OK - so you have 2 weeks to come along and play and I hope you will pop over to have a looksee at what my Teamies have made for your delight :-)

Rushing off now...... byeeee xxxx

MY FIRST PIECE ON SCRIBBLES DESIGN TEAM :-)

Hi Peeps,

Here I am with my first creation for SCRIBBLES DESIGN TEAM... YaY !!!

Our Challenge #33 this month has the theme of "GOOD LUCK".
For many, September is a time of new beginnings.   Many families have children headed back to grade school.  Others have grown children en route to college or university.  Then there are those who may be starting their first full time job or just moving into their very first apartment.  These are all great reasons for wishing someone good luck.  You may have another reason to share words of good fortune with another.  Whatever the occasion, this month we want to see projects wishing someone you know good luck.  Everyone could use wishes for a little good fortune now and then!

My card is made using MR WOOL 3 and ZIPPER QUOTE, both from SCRIBBLES DESIGNS. 
I think if anyone is going for an interview then that piece of advice is very important, n'est-ce pas ???!!!

For my background - I cut a Good Luck stencil using a Silhouette svg file and then used two different colours of green Cats Eye inks to daub through the stencil.
I  printed Mr Wool  4 times  and coloured him with Promarkers and . Then I fussy cut him and added foamies to make him 3D. 

 I put the Zipper sentiment on the Inside :-)

So - you have until 15th October to play along with us, but I will be back again with a new creation to show you at the Midway Reminder posting :-D

Thanks for stopping in and I hope you will come along and play with us. There are plenty of FREEBIES from Sandy to use, if you browse through SCRIBBLES DESIGNS.

Challenges I am entering:

Cards und More Challenge #141 - No Designer Paper
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Animal Magic
TTCRD Challenge  Sept 15 -21 - Anything Goes

FROM THE HEART

Here I am with my piece for the Stamp of the Month Challenge at FROM THE HEART STAMPS.
This month we got "Pumpkin Patch" and I have coloured her up with Spectrum Noir markers. I had awful trouble colouring the face on this one - I don't know why. Maybe it's because the little mouth and nose are very small and I couldn't work out where my cheeks should go !!! LoL

I used a SILHOUETTE Svg pattern to cut a Shutter card and all the papers are FREEBIES  from MEINLILAPARK. Then edged everything with green and black Archival ink.

I think she looks jolly cute and can't wait to see what we get for next month :-)

I used:

Spectrum Noir Markers; OR1, OR2, OR3, EB4, EB6, FS5, FS7, FS9, LG3, LG5, DG3, CR5

Papers by Meinlilapark - Pumpkin Pattern Paper, Spider 6 Paper 24, Funny Spider Graphic

Challenges I am entering:

From The Heart Digi Stamp of the Month Challenge - September

STILL USING MY FREEBIES :-D

Good morning Peeps,
Here I am with another of the FREEBIES I have been snagging recently.
This one is from IMAGINE THAT  - great digis by Kris  - and you know what I am like with Kitties. :-D 
This one is called "CATS IN SUNFLOWERS" and I coloured up to look like a couple of my (many) kitties using Promarkers.

I placed then on a snippet of parchment and added a tiny sentiment. Not much else there as I didn't want to detract for the lovely image. :-)

The Ginger/white one looks just like a kitty I am (permanently) fostering for a friend who had to return to the UK..... His name is Lucky Louis :-D

Colours I used:

Frosted Jade, Oasis, Lime Green, Soft Green, Budding Rose, Dusky Rose, Cool Grey 3 + 4, Hearthstone, Black, Morning Mist, Warm Grey 1, Daffodil Bloom, Pineapple Crush, Tulip Yellow, Canary, Sleigh Bell, April Shower, Cool Aqua, Cornflower.

Challenges I am entering:

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #77 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge #279 - Anything Goes
Where The HeArt Is Challenge #1 - Add Some Text
Sunday Stamps Challenge SSC109 - Colour Time

HOW EXCITING FOR ME WEEE HEEEE :-D

It's all exciting stuff for me at this end - I tried out for the Design Team over at SCRIBBLES DESIGNS and I got in, along with KELI,  PEGGIE SUE  and ATIYA  :-D  YaY !!!

Sandy's 'Scribbles' always make me giggle, and I have used them loads of times before on my cards, so I was delighted to be accepted.

The current Challenge over at SCRIBBLES is #32 - BOYS WILL BE BOYS and you've got another couple of days to enter that one :-)

Our first creations as the new DT go out on 15th SEPTEMBER, so I hope you will come over and have a look :-D

Huggies xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

FREEBIE EXCLUSIVE IKEsART FACEBOOK FAN PAGE

Hi Peeps,

Just popping in to tell you that there is an EXCLUSIVE FREEBIE up for September over on IKEsART FACEBOOK FAN PAGE, so quick - snag yours now.
Clicky HERE.

NO PINNING, SHARING, GOOGLE+-ing or any of that stuff thank you, unless you use the WATERMARKED copy.


Here's a sneaky peeky.......

If you want to tell your Chums about it then kindly use the WATERMARKED copy. Thanks.

SOMETHING FOR THE MEN :-)

Me again,
I have a friend who we lovingly nicknames "2 Sheds" as he has built himself a couple of sheds in his Greek garden and I think, is currently contemplating his third !! He will, however, always remain as "2 Sheds" and his wife is "Mrs Sheds" LoL
Every year for his Birthday, I make him a card and also his wife and my friends order one, so here is the selection he got this year LoL

This first one I made for Mrs Sheds to give him - she always likes a sexy lady on the card for him.
I used a pretty shed picture that I printed 3 times and decoupaged the elements and the door.
The image is 'MISS FORTUNE' from KENNY K and I coloured her with Promarkers, then fussy cut her and stuck her in there with foamies.

This is the inside - using an image of Stella called 'Expiration Date' from BUGABOO (minus her veil). He probably wouldn't be lucky enough to find Miss Fortune in his shed, but I guess he can live in hop :-D  hahahaha 

This 2nd one is what I made for my friends to give him....

This one uses 'Gus - Flashlight' also from BUGABOO and I placed him up front of an assortment of sheds. All coloured with Promarkers and added some teeny googly eyes :-).

It also has a secret message flap :-)

This last one was from me and has 'BEACH BUM BOB' from DR DIGI on there. He was coloured with Promarkers (and looks a wee bit like Mr 2 Sheds by the way  hee hee).

I made a framed mirror using a bit of Mirri card so that when he held it up he could see himself in there and made a LOOK sign with some googly eyes on it. :-)

 and here's the inside...................

Hahahaha - I think he frightened the cat LoL

Puss is from DUSTIN PIKE at DOODLE DRAGON STUDIOS, and is called 'SCAREDY CAT'. 

Oki Doki - I am just sorting out my other recent creations ready to Blog. :-) Thanks for dropping in and I hope you have a fabulous crafting weekend :-D xx

**** - Oh yeah - I forgot to say..... Apparently his daughter sent him a card - made by a card company - from the UK which had a SHED on it and it said "What happens in the shed, stays in the shed"  hahahaha - I have never seen a Shed card from anywhere but she found one !! LoL ***

Challenges I am entering:

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #112 - It's a Man's World

Passion for Promarkers Week #313 - Use a Sentiment

SOS Challenge #218 - Mirror, Mirror   (CARD 3)

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Sept 7th - One for the Boyz

Without Words Sept Challenge - One for the Boyz