HOW AWESOME !!

Eeeeeeee !!! I received my first package from the SAMFLORA Flower Club last night and these are just stunning.
I was a bit hesitant to join the Club due to living in Greece, but these came super fast and in perfect condition. Let's hope that DonkeyMail keeps going like this for next month :-D

Looky, looky :-D ........

Now, I hope I will actually start using them instead of sitting here coveting them all.  I have lots of Samflora's but I get a real stingy feeling when I go to put them on a creation !!!! hahaha LoL

LUCK O' THE IRISH & RAINY DAYS

Hello Peeps,
I have a couple of things to show you today.
The first is my entry for round #3 of the Progressive challenge with Sandra Caldwell. I used the freebie given to me on an Irish inspired background with some added digital embellies.

My second show is the latest set of Ticket Kits that I have made for the Artsy Fartsy Swap over at YOUR PAPER PANTRY.

The theme this time is  " APRIL SHOWERS ".

The image I used is a print & cut  from KADOODLEBUG DESIGNS and he's called " RAINY DAY DUCK" - I just went to get a Link and you can snag him just now for only $0.30  !!!!!!    CLICK HERE to find him.

I printed him out and then covered the whole sheet with clear sticky-back plastic before cutting him out. This gave him a cool wet look :-D I added a cut out rainbow which I also covered in the plastic.

The background was made with a Pocket & Tag cutting file from Silhouette which I stamped with a Droplet rubber stamp from Designs By Ryn at De-Stempelwinkel. I used a home made stencil to ink some clouds on there first. 

There are lots of different Swaps over at YPP so why not pop over and have a look :-D 

Thanks for popping in :-)

Challenges I am entering:

SANDRA CALDWELL STAMPS Progressive Challenge Round #3.

READY FOR ST PADDY's DAY

Hello Peeps and happy weekend.
I have popped in with a little St Paddy's card that I will be sending to a friend in the UK.
I used St Paddy Digi Papers  and  Irish Birdie  from DOODLE PANTRY. I edged the card with green  ink and also stencilled through a doily with the same green.
I printed the birdie 4 times and fussy cut him and then layered with foamies to make him 3D. Afterwards I glossed him with Glossy Accents.

The Birdie comes with some Irish sentiments and I used one on the front and another on the inside.

I followed the Sketch shown at Just Add Ink.

Just Add Ink Challenge #300 - Sketch      
                                                                                           
Crafting With Friends Challenge #15 - Anything Goes
Crafting When We Can Challenge #113 - Use A Digital Stamp

HIPPY HONKY CAT

Hi Peeps,

Here I am with a piece I have made which has been inspired by the song " HONKY CAT " by Elton John in 1972. :-)
This is a very Hippy Honky Cat as I have given him a psychedelic background and he is a glorious, drug induced pink colour :-D  I suppose he could be called 'Lily' after the song 'Lily The Pink' by The Scaffold in 1968 ....... Showing my age now hahahaha :-D
He has been coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.

I was well into my psychedelic period in Art at school at this time and also very much into Elton John :-) Sometimes we were allowed to bring records into art class to play whilst we worked - such a cooooool Teacher we had :-D

This piece really took me back to my school art when I was really into weird patterns and colour block changes etc. LUV it :-)

Oh yeah - and I lived just a few streets away from David Bowie :-D Who'd have known he would become such a mega superstar ?!!!!

This guy is from SLS Lines and he's called 'REBEL CAT'.

OK - that's me for the moment. Thanks for dropping by xxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

SLS Lines Challenge #17 - Inspired by Move/Book or Song  **** TOP 3 ***
Crafting With Attitude Challenge #12 - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon Challenge #330 - Furry Friends
The Mod Squad Challenge - Animal Fun
Moo Mania Challenge - My Favourite Pet...... Cats... I have 17  :-D
The Paper Shelter Challenge #237 - Animal Magic

POCKET LETTER SWAP

Hi Peeps,
I have popped in to show you a Pocket Letter I made a while back. I couldn't post about it before because it was for a Swap and I didn't want to spoil the surprise, but I know it has safely arrived now - so here it is :-)

FRONT

BACK

RONI from INK STAINS arranged it all for us and we swapped directly with our partners.  

I used lots of different rubber stamps and digital images and obviously, the theme I chose was ALICE.

I did put lots of trinkets and stuff in there as well, but I packaged them up separately in my parcel. :-)

The only thing I forgot was a little letter with stuff about me !!!! Hey-ho :-)

Thanks for dropping by. xxxxxxx

SNIPPETY SNIPPETS

Hello Peeps,
I am not doing much at the moment as my Carpal Tunnel has flared up again AND I've got thumb Tendonitis in both hands too  (oh, puleeeez !!!!) so I am posting bits that I made last weekend.
I used up some snippets to make little cards that I could put in parcels when I am sending gift-ettes or Swaps.
I used the left-over bit from cutting hexagons with placed on a snippet of cream card. Then I used more snippets to make a butterfly. I stamped in the holes for my greeting :-)

I used:

Tonic Studios Butterfly Die Set - " Ringlet Rest "

Marianne Designs Extra Die + Emboss Set DF3404

Whispers Archival Ink - Port Wine

Studio g mini alphabet set

Mini jewels from stash

Thanks for dropping in :-)

Challenges I am entering:

Snippets Playground Week 217

Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge #48 - Butterflies + S is for Stamping

SHOCK, HORROR .... I'VE STARTED AN ART JOURNAL !!!!!

Well hello there Peeps - are you gearing up for the weekend ???!!

Would you believe it.... I have started an Art Journal. !!!! I was inspired recently by a page made by my mate SARN, using her Gelatos she got for Christmas. I held onto my old dairy from last year because I thought it might be just the right size for me to start with. It's 7 x 9.5 inches, so not too big to frighten me off. :-)
It has a lovely blue material, slightly padded cover and I wasn't sure what to do, whether to cover it or leave it and just hide the 2015. Maybe I should have done that before starting my first page, but hey-ho !!!

My first page was made on watercolour paper. I've always adored Daffodils and decided to do a piece to celebrate the Wordsworth poem.

I cut shapes for clouds and hills and I used them on the background by chalking around them to make a pale scene.

Then I printed William Wordsworth himself up on the top left, but made him very transparent.

I made a little clipboard with note paper and stamped the Dills onto it using a lovely rubber stamp I got the other day with my Pocket Letter from RONI at INK STAINS. I made a couple of masks so that I could over-stamp them to make a little cluster.

I coloured them with Promarkers, then I wrote out the first verse of the poem onto the note paper.

I decorated the side with die cut Dills :-D

Well - there it is !  I am not sure if it needs a title or something up the top right or some sort of embellishment around the edges, - do my die cut Dills need some leaves ????.... but I guess I could do something with that at another time. 

I am still a bit "yaaaaarrrrrggggh" about this journaling mallarky as I tend towards very precise, fiddly work with my art and I want to try and get myself to be a bit freer and wilder so that's why I am going to try this Art Journal. Hmmmm - let's see how long this lasts eh ?!!!  LoL

Thank you for dropping by anyway, and I hope you are going to have a lovely crafting weekend:-D 

Thanks to SARN for the inspiration.  xxxx

Challenges I am entering:

YAY !!! THE MAIL BOAT CAME IN :-)

So excited today Peeps - the mail boat obviously came in last night cuz this morning my mailbox was stuffed with goodies !!!! :-D
It's all Happy Mail so here's some pictures of my fabbo new things...

Firstly, my absolutely stunning Pocket Letter I got from RONI of INK STAINS.  She kindly organised a Swap and this is my one from her. Look at that awesome water colour painting on the flowers, and I also got some pretty fabbo  gifties in the backs of the pockets. There's a daffodil stamp that I am just dying to have a play with. :-)
If you click HERE you can see all the gorgeous creations :-D

This one is my Prize for winning a Challenge over at CONNIE CAN CROP.

This one I bought from XxJULESxX who is having a craft item Sale  HERE .  Can't wait to have a go with that later :-) Soooooo pretty :-)

and these are all the gorgeous Swaps I received in return from the ARTSY FARTSY POCKET CARD KIT SWAP - JANUARY which is held every month over at YOUR PAPER PANTRY.  Hosted by the lovely Linda Lapotka. :-)

Well, I can't wait to play with some of these and it's great to know that DonkeyMail is still actually alive and kicking............ albeit only just  !!!

Thanks for dropping in. xxx

FITNESS ANYONE ???!!

Good morning Peeps,

Well - there are ' Watchers '  and ' DO-ers ' in anything in life , right ?!! 
I had a bit of fun with the image to be used in GERDA STEINER's Progressive Challenge for February.
I went over to the Shop and bought him and a couple of others, so that I can join this Challenge. I think next month I will get an image to play with for Free.
This little image is called  " Jump Rope Bunny ", and it's the image for February.

I printed out the jumping bunny several times, and I also bought from the Shop  " Nerdy But Nice Bunny" and he is the Fitness Instructor, and sneeking a peek around the corner is another that I bought today.. " Peeking Panda " cuz he's obviously the Watcher not a DO-er hahaha  :-D

I used Spectrum Noir pens and a lead pencil to colour my creation.

I hope you got a giggle at my creation. :-D

Challenges I am entering:

GERDA STEINER's Progressive Challenge for February *** TOP 3 ***

Ellibelles Critters & Creatures Linky Party - FEB

Through The Craftroom Door  Challenge TTCRD 16 - 22 Feb

POCKET LETTER # 2

Hi Peeps,

I am here with my second only Pocket Letter. I have made it for the FAERY INK Competition over on their FB page.
All the images are from Faery Ink and are coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.
The idea was to make a 'Themed' PL so I went for FAIRIES.

I made a stick pin for the side and attached beads and charms to the ribbons.

I am still not sure exactly what I am doing with these PL but I enjoyed my colouring in :-D  LoL

Challenges I am entering:

Faery Ink FaceBook Pocket Letter Competition  *** WINNER ***