ACK !!! I FORGOT

Hello Peeps,
Here I am standing in the Naughty Corner because I forgot someone's Birthday. !!!! I am a couple of days late but with DonkeyMail it will be even worse !! :-(
I made this little card and consoled myself with the  "it's the thought that counts " mentality ... or I could even go with "Better late than never "    :-)

I followed a sketch from FTHS and the image is from them too. The Sketch had a twist of using an image which was enlarged and cropped. I used one of the BirdBrains.

The papers are from a 6 x 6 pad called 'Friendship Glitter' from Trimcraft.

Image - ' Surprised Birdbrain '

Well - I am off to find DonkeyMail right now.

Thanks for popping in - see you later xxxx

I heart Sketches #152 - With the twist   ***** TOP 3 ****

Ellibelle's Critters & Creatures Linky Party #4

LOST COAST PORTAL TO CREATIVITY IS 1 YEAR OLD !!

WooHoo - Lost Coast Portal To Creativity are celebrating their 1st birthday today with some awesome blog candy! Hop over for more info and a chance to win! And check out their other events and challenges why you are there!

Look at those awesome kitties in party hats - just right for the SUYP Challenge :-D 

Quick - whizz over there now and see how you can enter :-D xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

THAT's SO FUGLY !!

Hey Peeps - I am back again quickly eh ??!!!  LoL 

I just saw the latest SOSS Challenge and it's called F is for 'FUGLY' and it's tempting you to sort through your craft stuff and find something really nasty that you wouldn't use in a million years. !!
Well - a looooong while back I bought a set of paper pads from Paper Journeys and one of the pads is so disgusting that I wouldn't use any of it. !! I don't like the papers or any of the images, so it has festered in my stash for yeeeeeears !!
I forced myself to use a piece of the patterned paper with a cat trying to tear it's way out ............................ hee hee......

The background was made using an embossing folder smeared with ink pads in blue and black. I stamped the kitty and then cut open the Fugly paper to mimic the edges on the stamped image. I coloured the cat's eye with Copics.

I made some sentiment strips and stuck them on and Ta Da - there we are !!!

Paper -' Domestic Bliss ' 6" x 6" paper pad from Paper Journeys

Stamp from Crackerbox Palace.

Font - Kat Crap

Challenges I am entering:

Sisterhood Of Snarky Stampers Challenge#59 - F is for FUGLY

BRIGHT SUNSHINY DAY

Good morning happy Peeps,

I have been away from my Bloggy for a while as I had my lovely Daughter and her family over to visit me for my biggy birthday !!! I had such a fabulous time and it was so good to see my little grandsons again. They change so quickly and the boys are growing up fast and much different from when I last saw them in August last year :-D Time flies when you are getting old eh ? !!! LoL

Well - the weather is a bit smeggy today so I decided to play in my craft room. I dragged out inks, texture past and a box of snippets to make something bright and sunny :-D  Yellow is my favourite colour - it always makes me happy, but I don't own any yellow clothes !  Not sure it would be one in my colour palette  since I am a Soft Autumn !! :-D 
I decided to make another page in my smaller Journal and this is what I came up with....

I used lots of snippets of yellow card and the negative from a die cut on the background. Then I used another negative die cut and some texture paste for the flowers.

The stamp is called ' Jasmine ' from DE-STEMPELWINKEL and I stamped her with embossing ink and glitter gold embossing powder onto some card that I had dragged different shades of yellow ink pads over.

The Spring poem was from the internet but it doesn't give the author unfortunately.

I drew some edges around using a fineliner pen.

Thanks for popping in today and I will be back later to show you a ticket swap kit that I made for Your Paper Pantry. My kits are currently plodding their way to the US on DonkeyMail.  :-D

Challenges I would like to enter:

De-Stempelwinkel Stampers Challenge #8 - Sunshine Yellow

Snippet's Playground Week #228 - to bring them some sunshine

Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Things With Wings

NEW FACEBOOK FAN CLUB PAGE EXCLUSIVE FREEBIE

Hello Peeps,
I have just put in the May Exclusive FREEBIE over on our IKEsART  FB Fan Page, so why not pop over and snag yours now :-D

We have started our latest Challenge at IKEsWORLD CHALLENGES - EMBOSSING and there is a new post for Week 2 of my Cats only Challenge :-D

You'll find FREEBIES on both those Challenges too :-D


This fortnight I am also Sponsoring SCRAPPING4FUN CHALLENGES  #65 - Anything Goes. Why not whizz over and see the lovely creations the DT made with my images and of course, join in the fun :-D x

Have a great crafting weekend.

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE CUTESIE CREEPY ?

Well Hellooooooo :-D
I know I haven't been in before during this week, but I have been busy sprucing up garden furniture, drawing new images and some medical schtuff this past week.

I ran out of paint and varnish, so today I am down here playing with my craft stuff.

I have made a little Gothic card for a friend who likes 'cutesie/creepy' and this is what I came up with ...... not too scary but at least she has an eyeball topping on her slightly mouldy cupcake. !! Well - she couldn't have a 'normal' cake cake could she ???!!! LoL

The main image is by ANGIE ADDISON and is called " Daisy May + Cupcake".

The background is made of two images by me at IKEsART - Castle Room and Knight 1.

OK - I might be popping back in later if I finish these drawings but thank you for stopping by today :-D

Challenges I would like to enter:

Get Creative Challenges #37 - Gothic/Medieval  **** TOP 3 ****

DARK POETRY

Hi there Peeps,

I was Blog browsing today and was totally inspired by something I found that led me to MAGALY GUERRERO - Dark Poetry For The Cruelest Month.
I have decided to follow the prompt for  " April 13th - Haibun " but I don't know if I am supposed to exactly follow the picture. ?!! This could also go for ' Forgiveness and Memory ' I guess, but I am not sure if I am too late for that one !!

Now - I haven't a clue if I am doing this exactly right but here's what I came up with for a ' Haibun '.

Well - let's see.... whatever happens I enjoyed myself doing it and was totally inspired by MAGALY GUERRERO   :-D

All images are by me at IKEsART.

Thanks for dropping in and sorry about the scary image !!! :-D

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cruelest Month Challenge  - Apr 13th – Let’s Haibun Her a Tale – Dark Poetry for the Cruellest Month, 2016 (Day 6)
“Forgiveness and Memory” ;  http://magalyguerrero.com/forgiveness-and-memory/

LITTLE BITTY ATCs

Me again,
I just popped in with my two ATCs that I made for Wicked Wednesday.
The Sponsor there this week is MISS RACH and I not only adore her images, I have loads of them so what better excuse to firk some out and colour them up. Here are my ATCs using  " Honey Bee " and  " Spring Hedgehog ".
I coloured them both with Promarkers.

Honey Bee has a little snippet of daisy parchment behind and a die cut honeycomb strip. I stamped his sentiment using Studio G mini Alphabet Set.

His wings were given a touch of Stickles for glitz and glimmer :-D

The Hedgie has a background made using a kit from Kristin Aagard Designs which is called " Gnome Garden ".

Right-ho, I'm off to feed my flock of kitties now so I will be back tomorrow :-D

Thanks for dropping in xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

Wicked Wednesday ATCs Challenge #204 - Garden Friends 

FEELING CREATIVE

Hello Peeps,
Here I am with a couple of cards I did today to use images I either got for FREE or that were for Progressive Challenges..... if I don't do it now I will forget !!!

My first one uses the image from Cre8tive Hands.  This one is the Freebie this month for the Progressive Challenge on FaceBook.
I coloured the flowers with Promarkers and used backing papers from a FREE set I got this morning from Far Far Hills which is called " May Grass ".
I fussy cut around the right-hand edges of the flowers to show the paper inside the card.

My second is made using a fabulous FREE digi kit and cutting File I got from LITTLE SCRAPS OF HEAVEN yesterday.

This birdie is sooo cute. I have used the pre-coloured digi image and the backing papers for this one but I shall be putting him through my cutting machine in the future :-D

I followed a sketch for this design, and the circles were made with my beloved make up sponges dipped in inks :-D They work fine so long as to keep one for every colour cuz if you wash the sponges they go hard and crispy and not exactly round !!

I have to go scratch about in the garden now as there are things to do and it really is too nice to be inside :-D

Thank you for dropping in :-D xxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I am entering:

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenges #265 - Sketch with optional Spring theme

Cre8tive Hands Facebook Prog Chall #2

I Love Promarkers Challenge #206 - 2 Colours only  (Floral Card at Top)

Scrap Creations - Go Green 

A LITTLE BIT SNARKY

Good morning - it's lovely and sunny here today and the weather woman says it will get up to 30 degrees this week.... wowza !!! in APRIL ?????

Anyways, I am popping in with my piece for the latest Challenge over at SOSS and their theme is J for Joke.
I have actually coloured up one of my own digis for this card. She is called 'Little Miss Innocence - NOT !!', and I have put here with papers from a freebie set I got last week called 'You're My Muse' by LIANA SCRAP, but I changed the colours in PSE9.

INSIDE

That's all I've got for now as it's cleaning day today and then I have to get the Blogs ready for tomorrow :-)

Don't forget that the new Challenge over at SUYP Cats Challenges starts tomorrow. 
See you later :-D xxxxxxxxxx


Challenges I am entering:


Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #56 - J is for Joke