Speech Bubble Birdie

Happy Saturday lovelies!

I do hope you are all having a fab weekend so far. I've been busy today doing my DT make for the next challenge for Incy Wincy. 

Simon has been in the garage all day, don't ask what he's up to. Last weekend there was a lot of 'buffing' going on. He is obsessed with making all the parts for Molly very shiny. She's got very shiny parts, but no body shell at the minute (away being sprayed as I speak - hopefully). I daren't go in the garage in case I get a good buffing too - ooer!

So! Onto a little card I made for Will my nephew. It was his birthday during the week and you know how it is to try and come up with a card for a teenage boy - aarrgh!

I got a lovely speech bubble die set for Christmas, Die-namics Say Hello by My Favorite Things. It has two dies, one with 'hello' in it and another that is just a large blank bubble.

Because of the size of the bubble I thought it would be fun to have a ridiculously small character saying happy birthday in very large letters. I scouted through my stamps and came across a fave set that I've had for years - Picoti Picota by Artemio. There is the teeniest little bird in the set that was just what I was looking for..

Anyway, I've waffled long enough, here is said card...

What you need...

Card stock: black, white

Patterned paper: Zip-A-Dee-Doodle 6x6 Paper Pad - Bo Bunny

Stickers: Zip-A-Dee-Doodle Combo Stickers - Bo Bunny

Stamps: Picoti Picota - Artemio

Dies: Die-namics Transformables-Say Hello - My Favorite Things

Promarkers: Duck Egg, Ice Grey 1

Punch: circle 5/8"

Gems: black

What you do...

Cover the bottom of a top fold blank with a 3cm deep strip of 'Meow' paper. Apply a length of black/white striped border sticker along the top edge.

Stamp and colour in the bird and punch out. Fix him to the left, tucking him just under the sticker.

Create and print out a sentiment, then die cut it out. Attach to the top of the blank. Add gems to the exclamation marks and three along the border a the right.

I love this collection by Bo Bunny, the colour palette is limited to black, white, blues and greens, there are a few flowery patterns and but most of the collection has some great designs suitable for male cards. 

I am pleased to say that Will loved it. Success! I now have another teenage boy card to do for the end of the month for Will's brother Tom. Do you think he'd notice if I did him the same card but with a different patterned paper? 

Probably.

I'm going to say ta-ta now. Thank you for calling by and enjoy the rest of your weekend :o) xx

One More Candle (Stella) - Bugaboo/Incy Wincy

Aft'noon peepsicles!

Over at Incy Wincy we have our first challenge of 2015. The theme is 'Use a Number'.

Our fab sponsor this week is Bugaboo and the lucky winner can win 7 free digis. Yes...7!

I chose the very caustic, but very funny Stella - One More Candle. I think you would have to know someone really well with a great sense of humour for this one.

Anyhoo, here she is...

What you need...

Digi stamp: Frame - It Stella One More Candle - Bugaboo Stamps

Digital card stock: white - Craftwork Cards

Promarkers: Bright Green, Cool Aqua, Ice Grey 1, Mustard Green, Pink Lobster, Pink Pearl, Purple, Satin, Silver Lining

Ribbon: purple

What you do...

Re-size the image so it is 9.5cm wide. Print and colour.

Trim up to the black border outline.

Mat to the top of a white A6 top fold blank.

Wrap and tie purple ribbon around the bottom border.

Isn't she great? 

Head on over to Incy Wincy to see the fantastic makes my lovely Teamies have come up with.

That's me for now. Thank you for popping in :oD xx

Cosmic Colours Challenge #9 - Warm Thoughts

Happy Sunday my lovelies!

Finally! I got to do my take on this month's colour challenge. I love the Christmas holidays, but it does throw your head out a bit regarding days and dates, I'm sure I'm not the only one :o)

I hope you all had a lovely time over Christmas and are ready and raring to go for another year of yummy crafting.

Without further ado do, here is a reminder of the colour palette...

Comfort Tones - Design Seeds®

and here is my card...

What you need...

Stamps: Breakfast Club - The Alley Way Stamps; Sentiment Sampler - Paper Smooches

Dies: circles

Embossing folder: Circle Background - Darice

Card stock: brown, pale pink, white

Ink pad: Onyx Black - Versafine

Promarkers: Duck Egg, Fresh Bloom, Rock Pool, Walnut

Washi tape: blue houndstooth

Buttons: blue, brown, pink

Baker's twine: blue, pink

Hemp cord: brown

Gems: pale blue

Adhesives

What you do...

Stamp a mug, shadow, sentiment and steam onto white card. Die cut into a circle. Stamp the mug again, colour in and cut out. Mat over the first mug with foam tape.

Emboss the circle background onto pink card, trim so it measures 10cm x 12.5cm and mat onto the top of a 12.5cm square blank. Add a strip of Washi tape directly under it.

Fix the image to a larger circle of brown card and attach to the lower right of the blank. 

Thread and tie twine through the buttons and glue to the lower left of the circle. Add a gem to the heart on the mug and four to the steam.

Oooh!  This card puts me in the mood for a nice hot mug of cocoa which would be perfect today as it is cold, bright and frosty.

Click on the colour swatch above or here to take you to the challenge and the linky (I've also added a picture of my make to the challenge post).

Thanks for calling by and I'm looking forward to seeing all your scrummy designs. xx

Cosmic Colours Challenge #9

Hi Peeps!

Wow! The first Cosmic Colours Challenge of 2015!

Scroll down to the last post for the winner and top 3 of Challenge #8.

I've chosen a warm and cosy palette this month, hopefully it will cheer up those cold, dull January days.

Comfort Tones - Design Seeds®

Here is my card using the colours...

The creator of the winning card will receive some craft goodies and they can grab a Challenge Winner 'brag badge' to proudly display on their blog.

Three runner up cards will be chosen and they can grab the Challenge Top 3! 'brag badge' to proudly display on their blog.

There is also a 'play along' badge that you can grab if you wish. The codes can be found in the 'Cosmic Colours Challenge Badges' page.

The challenge will run until 31st January 2015 - 23:55 (GMT)

Can't wait to see your lovely designs :o) xx

An InLinkz Link-up

Cosmic Colours #8 Challenge Winner & Top 3

Good evening my lovelies and a very Happy New Year!

I am excited to announce the winner of the Cosmic Colours Challenge #8. Drum roll please....

#11 - Indy!!!

Indy

Congratulations Indy! Contact me with your postal address and I'll get your goodies posted out to you. Don't forget to grab your winner's badge for your blog.

Okay, now for the Top 3!

#4 KT Fit Kitty

#10 Catchy Design

#2 Scrapper Myra

Well done Top 3! Make sure you grab your badge for your blog.

Thank you all so much for joining in. I do hope you will continue to submit all your gorgeous designs in future challenges.

TTFN! xx

Cosmic Colours Reminder

Good afternoon peeps!

I do hope you are all enjoying your Christmas break. 

This is just a gentle reminder to say you have until 11:55pm (GMT) on the 31st December to get your entries in for the Cosmic Colours Challenge #8. The winner will receive some lovely craft goodies.

Click on the image to take you to the challenge...

Thank you to all of you who have entered so far, it's going to be tough to pick a winner!

Enjoy the rest of your day and I'll be back soon xxx

Holiday Cheer!

I've just popped by to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!! I hope you are having a wonderful time! :oD

I'm absolutely stuffed now after a fab Christmas Dinner, I've not had the Christmas pud yet, but as soon as I have room I'm tucking in (with plenty of brandy and cream - yummy).

Before I go, I just want to leave you with some pictures of the card I made for Simon. I also made a matching felt tree decoration.

The card...

The felt decoration...

I used the stunning and absolutely gorgeous Sizzix Bigz St Nick die by Tim Holtz. He's adorable and so 1950's - love it!

Thank you so much for popping by and enjoy the rest of your Christmas, TTFN. xx

P.S. Don't forget you've still a few days to enter the Cosmic Colours Challenge #8, click here to enter.

Stamped & Embossed Cards (Crafts Beautiful Oct 2013)

A very festive hello to you all!

I have another back to the archives for you. This time it's a couple of funky cards I did for Crafts Beautiful last year for the October 2013 issue. The projects used stamping and embossing with a little 'snow heap and drip' illustration from me, which resulted in quite a comical card.

Here they are...

The stamp sets used were from Paper Smooches - Freezy Fellas and All Yule Need. The embossing folders used were D'Vine Swirls and Snowflakes by Cuttlebug. 

The illustration of the snow heap and drip can be downloaded here from the Crafts Beautiful website, along with other fab patterns, templates and papers - all free!!!

Thank you for popping by and I will be back tomorrow to show you the card I made for my hubby, Simon this year. TTFN xx

Fun & Funky Christmas Cards (Crafts Beautiful Nov 2012)

Good heevnin peepsicles!

Woohoo! It's nearly Christmas! Some of you may be still making last minute Christmas cards, so with this in mind I thought I would delve into the archives and show the fun slider cards I did for Crafts Beautiful for the November 2012 issue.

The templates for the Santa and the robin card can be downloaded from the Crafts Beautiful website (click here to take you to the page). The Rudolph card used Christmas Reindeer by Hero Arts and the Snowman card used a mix of Swanky Snowdudes by Paper Smooches and the Hero Arts Christmas Reindeer sets.

Slider cards are a lot of fun and are quite easy to make. Of course, you don't just have to stick to Christmas cards; I remember doing a robot set for CB and one of the cards had a moving robot. If you don't know how to make a slider card, please contact me and I will do a post with the instructions for you :o)

Don't forget there are lots more gorgeous templates, patterns and papers to be found on the Crafts Beautiful website. 

So! I'm going to say ta ta for now. I've got Christmas carols playing in the background, I need to light the fire and then I think I'll make a vat of mulled wine - bwah ha ha har!

Thank you for calling by and I'll be back later with another Christmas collection I did for a past issue of CB!

Swirly Snowflake Tree - Delicious Doodles/Incy Wincy

Good evenin' me lovelies!

I hope you all had a good weekend. We went up to Yorkshire to visit family and friends. I was okay until this morning and now I am sat here with a tissue up each nostril because I'm full of cold - grrr!

Any hoo! This week over at Incy Wincy we have our final challenge of the year, but we will be back on 5th January 2015!

The challenge this week is 'Anything Goes' and our fabulous sponsor is Delicious Doodles with a prize of 4 digis for the lucky winner.

I used a lovely image called Swirly Snowflake Tree

What you need...

Digi stamp: Swirly Snowflake Tree - Delicious Doodles

Digital card stock: white - Craftwork Cards
Card stock: red

Promarkers: Bright Green, Grass,  Ice Grey 1, Lime Twist

Dies: Plaque and Postage On The Edge Die (656628) - Sizzix
Glitter glue: Diamond Stickles - Ranger
Pearls: red
Rub-on sentiment: black
Baker's twine: red

Adhesives

What you do...

Stamp and colour in the image.

Trim so it measures 7.5 x 12.5cm and mat onto a top fold blank 7.5 x 15cm.

Die cut the postage border in red card, trim and fix under the image.

Wrap and tie twine around the join.

Add a sentiment to the bottom.

Highlight each snowflake with glitter glue and finish with a red pearl in the centre of each.

I think the Sizzix Plaque and Postage die is now discontinued, but any decorative edge will work just as well.

This is such an elegant design. Some of the girls on the Design Team have used the same image but with different colour schemes and all really compliment the tree. Check out the other fab creations by the Design Team on the Incy Wincy blog for oodles of inspiration.

Well, I am going to sign off now. Getting a bit miffed with the old 'schnoz' running and blasting away me hankies. I think I'll make a lovely hot drink, take a few pills, douse the nose in soothing cream and get into bed.

Take care and don't catch a cold will you? xxx

P.S. Hello June & Stephen! It was so lovely to catch up with you both! Hi Dawn! It was great to see you again! :o) xxx