SPYDER's BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE 2022

 Hello Peeps,

I am popping in today to tell you about SPYDER's BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE 2022.

You may use any SPYDER's CORNER image that you like for your project and the Theme is " ANYTHING GOES ". The Challenge will run from 12th March to 12th April 2022, so you have plenty of time.

Spyder is not going to tell us how old she is this year, so I'll have to do some digging LoL  :-D

My card is made using yellow corrugated card and a new image from SPYDER called ' BUBBLE BALLOON BEAR ', which was a freebie from a couple of weeks ago. SPYDER does a weekly FREEBIE on her Blog :-)

I have coloured him using Spectrum Noir markers. I haven't used these in a while due to my 'chemo fingers' but it didn't go so bad..... a couple of places of 'over-run' but hey ho :-D 

Oki Doki - I'm off to see if I can find some other Challenges to enter him into.

Thanks for popping in.  xoxo

Challenges I am entering

SPYDER's Birthday Challenge  12/04

Fab & Funky Challenge #547 - Hand Coloured image  30/03

Cutie Pie Challenge #169 - Anything with a B   5/04

ANOTHER APPLIQUE PICTURE

 Hi Peeps,

Here is another applique picture I did for a friend. He has several Dachshunds and Border Terriers and his partner is from Scotland - hence the Tartan sweater :-D

It has safely made it's way up to Yorkshire, so I can Blog it now. :-D

He was done from an ELIZABETH HARTMAN pattern called " Dogs in Sweaters ".

I am currently working on a Rotweiler picture, which will go to Australia. :-D

Hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Thanks for popping in. xoxo

SOME MORE APPLIQUE

 Hello Peeps,

Well - I'm doing a lot better this week. I've had my stitches out and now my chemo Port is ready for use :-D

I have popped in to show you another piece of applique I did a couple of months back. I can show you now because it has arrived as a gift to a dear friend - I didn't want to spoil the surprise. :-D

I would love to make this whole quilt one day but it's a bit beyond me at the moment.

I'm now working on a doggie one to go to Australia :-D

I hope you are all well and I wish you Happy Crafting.

Huz

xoxoxo

A TOUCH OF T REX- ITIS

 Hello Peeps,

I know I haven't been around here much recently but I had to come tell you of a funny story on my road to fighting cancer.

I don't know if you are aware, but having so much chemo absolutely trashes your veins, making it more difficult every time you go for them to get a Cannula in. It was recently decided that I would be fitted with a permanent "Port" - which is a device fitted in your chest just below your collar bone during a small operation. I must say, I was delighted.

I have been suffering lately from an arthritic or something attack in my left should joint, which means I can only lift my arm at the elbow and makes dressing and reaching etc. very difficult. So, I merrily enter the operating room and he says " Which side do you want it on ?".

Now, with hindsight, my brain should have said " Put it on the left because your arm is already skanky", but Noooooo....... " I'll have it on the right please " I gaily reply.

When I awoke I realised how very painful this "little" operation was and that now my right arm is also limited to only being moved at the elbow..... Hahahahahaha  :-D

Hence - until this heals in a few days, I am constantly wearing my pyjamas and my arms are about as puny and useful as those of a T Rex........ T Rex-itis   :-D :-D :-D 

CAT LOVERS BLOG HOP 2021 DAY 6

Here we are again with the FUR-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP organised by the wonderful JANIS at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

I am one of the Sponsors again this year and am sponsoring the Daily Games. Here are the Prizes I have donated.....

You could win one of these images at the Daily Games........

and I have also offered this Set as a main Prize at the end of the Hop..

PLEASE PLAY IN THE DAILY GAMES EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE DRAWINGS FOR THE DIGI PRIZES.  

There are lots of fantastic Sponsors offering different Prizes, so it's not all digital :-) 

I have decided this year to feature SPYDER from SPYDERs CORNER in the creations I have made for the Hop. Spyder has some marvelous images and lots of Cats =^..^=  She gives away wonderful FREE digis every Wednesday on her Blog. You can find her Shop HERE.

This card uses " SPOOKY CATS NITE OUT "  which was the new FREEBIE from SPYDER on her Blog last week. 

I have had to move my SHOP to a new location and it can now be found on my new Blog - IKEsART DIGITAL IMAGES which can be found HERE.

The orders will be made by email and payments by PayPal. I can change the currency to whatever you want :-) The Shop is still under construction so more images will be added but I think I got all the CAT ones in there already.

There's FREE images popping up in there as well if you browse through you'll find them :-D

Thank you for popping in and I hope you will come along and play at the HOP, The link for DAY 1 is HERE.

See you later xoxo   =^..^=

CAT LOVERS BLOG HOP 2021 DAY 5

Here we are again with the FUR-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP organised by the wonderful JANIS at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

I am one of the Sponsors again this year and am sponsoring the Daily Games. Here are the Prizes I have donated.....

You could win one of these images at the Daily Games........

and I have also offered this Set as a main Prize at the end of the Hop..

PLEASE PLAY IN THE DAILY GAMES EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE DRAWINGS FOR THE DIGI PRIZES.  

There are lots of fantastic Sponsors offering different Prizes, so it's not all digital :-) 

I have decided this year to feature SPYDER from SPYDERs CORNER in the creations I have made for the Hop. Spyder has some marvelous images and lots of Cats =^..^=  She gives away wonderful FREE digis every Wednesday on her Blog. You can find her Shop HERE.

This card uses " PUMPKINS IN A ROW "  and " SMILEY MOGGY CAT  ". 

I have had to move my SHOP to a new location and it can now be found on my new Blog - IKEsART DIGITAL IMAGES which can be found HERE.

The orders will be made by email and payments by PayPal. I can change the currency to whatever you want :-) The Shop is still under construction so more images will be added but I think I got all the CAT ones in there already.

There's FREE images popping up in there as well if you browse through you'll find them :-D

Thank you for popping in and I hope you will come along and play at the HOP, The link for DAY 1 is HERE.

See you later xoxo   =^..^=

 

CAT LOVERS BLOG HOP 2021 DAY 4

Here we are again with the FUR-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP organised by the wonderful JANIS at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

I am one of the Sponsors again this year and am sponsoring the Daily Games. Here are the Prizes I have donated.....

You could win one of these images at the Daily Games........

and I have also offered this Set as a main Prize at the end of the Hop..

PLEASE PLAY IN THE DAILY GAMES EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE DRAWINGS FOR THE DIGI PRIZES.  

There are lots of fantastic Sponsors offering different Prizes, so it's not all digital :-) 

I have decided this year to feature SPYDER from SPYDERs CORNER in the creations I have made for the Hop. Spyder has some marvelous images and lots of Cats =^..^=  She gives away wonderful FREE digis every Wednesday on her Blog. You can find her Shop HERE.

This card uses " PURRFECTCHRISTMAS PUDDING PUSSY ". 

I have had to move my SHOP to a new location and it can now be found on my new Blog - IKEsART DIGITAL IMAGES which can be found HERE.

The orders will be made by email and payments by PayPal. I can change the currency to whatever you want :-) The Shop is still under construction so more images will be added but I think I got all the CAT ones in there already.

There's FREE images popping up in there as well if you browse through you'll find them :-D

Thank you for popping in and I hope you will come along and play at the HOP, The link for DAY 1 is HERE.

See you later xoxo

CAT LOVERS BLOG HOP 2021 DAY 3

Here we are again with the FUR-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP organised by the wonderful JANIS at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

I am one of the Sponsors again this year and am sponsoring the Daily Games. Here are the Prizes I have donated.....

You could win one of these images at the Daily Games........

and I have also offered this Set as a main Prize at the end of the Hop..

PLEASE PLAY IN THE DAILY GAMES EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE DRAWINGS FOR THE DIGI PRIZES.  

There are lots of fantastic Sponsors offering different Prizes, so it's not all digital :-) 

I have decided this year to feature SPYDER from SPYDERs CORNER in the creations I have made for the Hop. Spyder has some marvelous images and lots of Cats =^..^=  She gives away wonderful FREE digis every Wednesday on her Blog. You can find her Shop HERE.

This card uses " SCAREDY CAT ". I have coloured  them digitally as my Chemo fingers are still not quite up to par for 'proper' colouring with markers etc.

The background is a SPYDER Autumn Leaf  FREEBIE and can be found HERE

I have had to move my SHOP to a new location and it can now be found on my new Blog - IKEsART DIGITAL IMAGES which can be found HERE.

The orders will be made by email and payments by PayPal. I can change the currency to whatever you want :-) The Shop is still under construction so more images will be added but I think I got all the CAT ones in there already.

There's FREE images popping up in there as well if you browse through you'll find them :-D

Thank you for popping in and I hope you will come along and play at the HOP, The link for DAY 1 is HERE.

See you later xoxo

 

CAT LOVERS BLOG HOP 2021 DAY 2

 Hi Kitty Peeps,

Here we are again with the FUR-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP organised by the wonderful JANIS at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

I am one of the Sponsors again this year and am sponsoring the Daily Games. Here are the Prizes I have donated.....

You could win one of these images at the Daily Games........

and I have also offered this Set as a main Prize at the end of the Hop..

PLEASE PLAY IN THE DAILY GAMES EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE DRAWINGS FOR THE DIGI PRIZES.  

There are lots of fantastic Sponsors offering different Prizes, so it's not all digital :-) 

I have decided this year to feature SPYDER from SPYDERs CORNER in the creations I have made for the Hop. Spyder has some marvelous images and lots of Cats =^..^=  She gives away wonderful FREE digis every Wednesday on her Blog. You can find her Shop HERE.

This card uses " THOMAS THE PARTY CAT ", but I swapped out his present for a Pumpkin.  I have also added " HAUNTED HOUSE "

I have coloured  them digitally as my Chemo fingers are still not quite up to par for 'proper' colouring with markers etc.

I have had to move my SHOP to a new location and it can now be found on my new Blog - IKEsART DIGITAL IMAGES which can be found HERE.

The orders will be made by email and payments by PayPal. I can change the currency to whatever you want :-) The Shop is still under construction so more images will be added but I think I got all the CAT ones in there already.

There's FREE images popping up in there as well if you browse through you'll find them :-D

Thank you for popping in and I hope you will come along and play at the HOP, The link for DAY 1 is HERE.

See you later xoxo

CAT LOVERS BLOG HOP 2021 DAY 1

 

Hi Kitty Peeps,

Here we are again with the FUR-bulous CAT LOVERS' BLOG HOP organised by the wonderful JANIS at HER PEACEFUL GARDEN.

I am one of the Sponsors again this year and am sponsoring the Daily Games. Here are the Prizes I have donated.....

You could win one of these images at the Daily Games

and I have also offered this Set as a main Prize at the end of the Hop..

PLEASE PLAY IN THE DAILY GAMES EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE DRAWINGS FOR THE DIGI PRIZES.  

There are lots of fantastic Sponsors offering different Prizes, so it's not all digital :-) 

I have decided this year to feature SPYDER from SPYDERs CORNER in the creations I have made for the Hop. Spyder has some marvelous images and lots of Cats =^..^=  She gives away wonderful FREE digis every Wednesday on her Blog.

This card uses " RE-LION ME ". I have added a jungle background. I know Lions don't actually live in the jungle, but maybe this guy has gone on his holidays :-D

It's nice to pay tribute to some big cats sometimes :-D

I have coloured him digitally as my Chemo fingers are still not quite up to par for 'proper' colouring with markers etc.

I have had to move my SHOP to a new location and it can now be found on my new Blog - IKEsART DIGITAL IMAGES which can be found HERE.

The orders will be made by email and payments by PayPal. I can change the currency to whatever you want :-) The Shop is still under construction so more images will be added but I think I got all the CAT ones in there already.

There's FREE images popping up in there as well if you browse through you'll find them :-D

Thank you for popping in and I hope you will come along and play at the HOP, The link for DAY 1 is HERE.

See you later xoxo

EVEN MORE SEWING

 Hello Peeps,

Here is another wall hanging that I made for a friend's birthday using patterns from the SEAGULL PARADISE QUILT by SUZY's SITCOM.

As I did it as a wall hanging, It allowed me to add "googly" eyes on it again because it won't need to be washed, and I'm not sure if they would stay on :-D

I have got lots more I want to do now, and am gathering different pieces of fabric to make a stash. :-)

Thanks for popping in xoxo

FOR ALL YOU CAT LOVERS

I AM SPONSORING AGAIN THIS YEAR....

 

COME AND JOIN IN FOR A LOT OF KITTY FUN AND MAJOR PRIZES.

MORE SEWING

 Hello Peeps,

I did some more applique for a special " Snaily " friend and she received it yesterday so I can show you now :-D

I made it as a wall hanging and hope it gives her a smile every day :-D

I am making another Seagull one but having a really rough week this week so haven't quite finished it yet :-(

Thanks for popping in. xoxo

ANYONE FOR A SELFIE ?

 Hello Peeps,

Gawd I am so tired. Started my follow-up chemo 2 weeks ago and due for another dose on Monday :-( Have to go every 3 weeks for a year !!!   They said it wouldn't make my hair fall out this time but all my eyelashes plinked out in one go last week, so I'm not happy with that.... back to " fish eyes " hahahaha :-D

Anyhoo - I managed to make myself a little card to enter in the SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS CHALLENGE - X for EXPOSED :-D This just tickled me :-D :-D

So my kitty is definitely exposed :-D :-D

He is a photo of a very silly purse that I bought that just makes me laugh out loud :-D

The kitty with him is a sticker and I have used a negative frame and some paw print backing paper.

I had a day trip to Kos yesterday as had to go to the Police and register for these new Biometric cards we have to have now to replace our Residents' Permits, because of Brexit. :-(   Really early start at 6am for the ferry and a looooong time waiting around and was out all day until 5pm. Pretty knackered today so not doing much else just now.

Hope you are having a good day.

Thanks for popping in. xo

Challenges I am entering:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #189 - X for Xposed     23/7

A BIT OF GREEK ART

 Hello Peeps,

Today I have made a page using the July free image from GECKO GALZ to enter this month's challenge.

I have used a Greek flag, Greek lace and a Greek μαίανδρος *  border for my background.

* Greek: Μαίανδρος is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Such a design is also called the Greek fret or Greek key design, although these are modern designations. Μαίανδρος – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course. This is where the English word Meander comes from.

I changed her dress colour to blue to fit my theme.

I have added bunches of blue grapes to decorate.

Thank you for popping in today.

Challenges I am entering:

Gecko Galz July image Challenge   1/8

ZOMBIE FISH STONE

 Me again today,

Continuing my Sea theme - I found this rock on the beach that gave me a mental image of a fish so I brought him home and painted him. :-D  This rock fish gave me the inspiration for my ZOMBIE PET SHOP 1 + 2 collections of digis.

I might collect some more rocks and paint kitties or nice things on them and put them back on the beach for people to find :-D :-D

Thanks for dropping in again xoxo

Challenges I am entering:

CRAFTLANDIA CHALLENGE #7 - The Sea  1/7

UNDER THE SEA

 Hello Peeps,

Here is something I made using one of my images - MERMAID 1 - but I only used the top half of her.

I made the background using blue and yellow paint on card, and I smurged it all around with my fingers. I then added "waves" using glitter glue.

The mini shells I got from the beach and I added the scary skull because she is a bit scary too :-D

Thanks for popping in.

Challenges I am entering:

CRAFTLANDIA Challenge #7 - The Sea  1/7

I'VE BEEN SEWING

 Hello Peeps,

I have been trying something completely new - QUILTING.  :-D

Now, I didn't have a lot of material hanging around to do this - going to have to beg friends for any scraps as I'm now hooked.

I joined a quilting site a couple of months ago because I fell in love with the Seagull quilt squares that would be offered every month and here is my first attempt. Suzys Sitcom and this is part of the SEAGULL PARADISE QUILT.

I made a wall hanging for my friend's outdoor Cabana so it's stuck onto 2 layers of thick cardboard.

My chemo fingers had an easier time with the sewing machine. I bought this round needle foot thingy so I could see to edge around all the little pieces but I think it's a foot for freehand embroidery because it was very "slippy ", but considering my furky fingers, I didn't do too bad.

I added googly eyes and omitted to do all the extraneous embroidery as I can't cope with that :-)

I can't show you a full picture of the Quilt because we are awaiting the final square next month, so we don't know what we're going to get yet :-D

I am going to do a couple more as pictures or wall hangings, maybe even a table runner. :-D

Thanks for popping in.

Challenges I am entering:

CRAFTLANDIA Challenge #7 - The Sea  1/7

CRAFTLANDIA MONTHLY CHALLENGE

 Hi Peeps - long time, no speak eh ?  I'm doing OK and my chemo numb fingers are getting much better :-D

I have played around with a journal page, using up an old diary,  to enter the latest CRAFTLANDIA MONTHLY CHALLENGE #7 where the theme is The SEA and the Sponsor is GECKO GALZ.

I have used " UNDER THE SEA " backing paper by SPYDER, " SEAHORSE " from the "SEA LIFE 12 piece Set" by me at IKEsART, a SeaShell Border by MY SCRAP CHICK, a saucy lady from GECKO GALZ - TATTOO SUMMER Craft Kit and two images from GECKO GALZ - NAUTICAL 1 & 2 decoupage pages.

I've got something else I'm working on too so I will be back again later :-D

Thank you for popping in.

xoxo

Challenges I am entering;

Craftlandia Challenge #7 - The Sea    30/6

Challenge Up Your Life #136 - Under Water   27/6

SPRING BLOG HOP

 Good Morning Peeps,

Welcome to the first day of Spring :-D 

Well it's definitely starting to feel like Spring here in Greece - although it only lasts about a month before it gets hot :-) There are baby goats and lambs everywhere and the Almond blossoms are out. :-D

I just bought this new set by LEIGH SB DESIGNS - called ......

I love these quirky cute little guys :-D

I have coloured them up in pale Rainbow colours and set them on some spring coloured papers and card.

There are lots of brand new Spring designs in Leigh's Shop HERE and there's a SALE on now :-D 

Thanks for hopping in :-D

Challenges I am entering:

Leigh SB Designs Spring Blog Hop

International Art + Soul #104 - Bunny    27/3

Cutie Pie Challenge #157 - Bunnies/Blooms    12/4

Create a Smile Challenge - Spring   30/3

Ellibelle's Corner Challenges - Spring Colours   31/3

MAWTT Challenge #128 - Spring is Coming   31/3