My lovely friends, thank you xx

Thursday 31 January 2013

Hugs n Kisses

Hello everyone!!

Hope you are well and  having a good week, so glad its Friday tomorrow!! It has been a bit milder here in Kent but soooo windy, good job I am well padded or I might get blown away he he!  Right onto me card and so like lots of you I bagged the fab freebie from Krista's blog earlier this week, she's so lovely giving us this little beauty to colour up!  I teamed her up with some bootiful Carta Bella Papers hope you likey............









Stamp - Hugs N Kisses - Saturated Canary
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - Carta Bella Devoted
Flowers - WOC
Seam Binding - The Ribbon Girl
Dies - Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax, Die-namics Accent it Labels and Tags
Charm, pearls from stash

Entering into;
Bearly Mine - Hearts Galore
Shopping our Stash  - Love/Valentines/hearts theme

I'm off to make a cuppa and then I will poppin round to see what you have been up to!
Thanks so much for poppin in!
Hugs
Karenxxx

Tuesday 29 January 2013

Ballerina Marci

Hello dear friends

Hope you have had a good day, I'm glad its nearly bed time LOl! I found time to squeeze in a little card tonight though ( well I probably should of been doing other things but oh well) and for once I actually managed what was in my head which doesn't happen often! I have used the gorgeous little Marci, me new little letter dies( very handy) and that lovely heart border! Hope you like it.............here she is..









Digi stamp - Ballerina Marci
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - Wild Rose Studio
Dies - Die-namice layered heart border, Memory Box Classic letters
Bead string - The Ribbon Girl
Nesties - Ovals
Chalks

Entering into;
La-La Land - Frame it
Pink Elephant - Hearts
Totally Papercrafts - Lets Dance

Thanks so much for poppin in!
Hugs
Karenxx

Monday 28 January 2013

Good old Gus.......

Morning!!

Well here we go again another weekend over in a flash (sigh!)  Mind you one good thing its pay day wahoo!    Okay will make it a quick one coz gotta get myself off to work and today's card is for hubby's Dad, we do like to have a joke with him and he is not a very serious person so I gone for a laugh, hope you likey.







Stamp and sentiment - Consciousness Bugaboo stamps
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - sadly I dont know but they are fab!
Dies - Fishtail flags stax
Punches - SU circles
Hessian jute - The Ribbon Girl
Black gel pen for faux stitching

Entering into:
Glitter n Sparkle - Male Card
Here Come the Boys - BINGO - line down BLUE/DIECUTS,PATTERNED PAPER
Allsorts - Masculine

Enjoy your day,thank so much for stopping by!
Hugs
Karenxx

Sunday 27 January 2013

Sweetheart Marci........

Good Morning

Happy Sunday dear friends hope you are well.   At the moment we have blue skies and sunshine, still cold though!  Hope you have a good day whatever you have planned, I intend to make another card , got to do a man one though as it is for my dear Dad in Law!  Anyway today I have used another  La La Lands image     ( have you guessed I LOVE them yet) so so adorable and I just love colouring these up!!  I have used those lush Carta Bella papers and a pretty heart die and a little charm.   So here she is...................







Digi Stamp - Sweetheart Marci - La La Lands
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - Carta Bella  Beautiful Moments
Whimsy country heart die
NS Branch Punch
Gems,charm and twine from stash


Entering this sweetie into:
Charisma Cardz -Hearts and flowers
Craft us Crazy - Love/seeing red
The Squirrel and the Fox - Something new, papers and stamp

Thanks so much for poppin in, makes my day!
Hugs
Karenxx



Saturday 26 January 2013

I'm Sorry............

Good Morning  and Happy Saturday

Oh such a nice surprise to have sunshine today, I know lots of you have more snow, not good!!!  Well I have been very good and blitzed the house this morning  so its gonna be a whole weekend of crafty time now!!!  You may remember a few posts back I said I was going to try and throw a few less embellished cards into the mix and today I have done just that.   I have used a very cute PI stamp and some beautiful Carta Bella papers (gonna use them on my next card too)!  I followed the sketch over at MFT for this one, hope you likey here she is...........





Stamp and sentiment - Pure Innocence for MFT Flower Girl
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - Carta Bella Beautiful Moments
Kraft card stock
Dies - Die-namics Heart Border die ( its sooooo fab your gonna see it alot)!
Nesites
Button,gems and twine from stash

Entering into:
MFT - Sketch MFTGUESTDT0213 
Crafty Catz - Cute as a button
4 Crafty Chicks - Buttons

Enjoy your day, will be round to see you all later tonight!
Hugs
Karenxx

Friday 25 January 2013

Bee Happy.......

Good evening me lovely peeps!

Yay for Friday but OMG its a cold one, chilled to me little bones!   I think the only thing to do is stay in which suits me fine!  So being so cold and misog I decided to cheer myself up with a nice bright, summery card, cant wait for summer!  I have used another Marci image from La La lands teamed up with some scrummy LOTV papers.  Here she is..............






Stamp and sentiment - Marci with Watercan - La La Land Crafts
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers -LOTV Bonnets and Bowties
Dies - MB Spring Border, Marianne Design Birdhouse
Punches - MS Butterfly
Gems from stash

Entering into:
Created with Love - Anything goes
Cupcake Craft - Make a Scene

Have a lovely weekend, stay warm!  
Hugs
Karenxxx

Thursday 24 January 2013

Sending a Hug - GDT for LMM!!!

Good Morning me lovelies!

Gosh despite the days being very long at work this week sure seems to be flying by, I am soooooo ready for the weekend!  Well a couple of weeks ago my number came up over at Little Miss Muffet and as well as winning some digi's I get to be GDT , how cool is that and I am chuffed to be joining the girls this week!  The challenge is a nice easy one HEARTS AND FLOWERS (love it) and you can check out all the details here!

Okay so here is my little card,  hope you likey.





Stamp - Celeste Amberglow Owl Always Love You - LMM
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - MME Love Me
Dies - Fishtail Flags Stax
Bits n bobs from stash

Entering into:
Sisterhood of Crafters - Hearts
Whoopsi Daisy - Use a digi

Have a fab day and thanks so much for poppin in!
Karenxx

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Sweet Friend Marci

Hello dear peeps.

Well hope your week has got off to a good start and that you are warm and well, bloomin had enough of winter now roll on spring I say!  Right no waffle today straight onto me little card which features an oh so sweet digi from La La Lands ( I want them all) and some gorgeous MME papers ad yep me fishtail flags are out again but I don't care coz I love em!!   Here she is.........








Stamp and sentiment - Sweet friends Marci - La la Land Crafts
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - MME Blush
Flowers - WOC
Dies -Cheery Lynn Flourish leaf and Die-namics Fishtail Flags stax
Gems from stash
Stickles
Black gel pen for faux stitching

Entering into:
La La Lands - Stitching  - mine faux
Creative Card Crew - Girly
Inky Chicks - Bingo Board - diaganol Flowers, image, diecuts
Dream Valley - Girls Girls Girls

Okay so will be round to catch up with you tonight after work, have a fab day!
hugs
Karenxxx

Saturday 19 January 2013

Honey Honey

Hello dear peeps

Well I have had such a long day, I was actually up and pottering around at 4.30 am, made a card which I already blogged and even found time to make another one this afternoon!!!  I am pleased with this one and I picked up some fab tips from the awesome Alyce over at Kit and Clowder who has done some amazing colouring videos, you can find  them here!  This beauty is Honey from SC and she is teamed up with some gorgeous MME papers, hope you likey.






Stamp - Honey - Saturated Canary
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - MME Lavender
Dies - Die-namics Fish Tail Flax and Photo Corners
Lace and Hessian Jute - The Ribbon Girl
White paint dabber
Gems and flower from stash

Entering into;
Stampin for the Weekend - Something Girly
Everybody Art - Girl

Okay so gonna park myself on the sofa and watch some trash on the TV, perfect!
Hugs
Karenxxx

Pure Innocence

Good Morning

Happy Saturday everyone, fed up with the snow, yep me too! Well it's my  Jamie's 19th today ( I blogged his card last week) and the first Birthday where I wont see him, of course that doesn't bother him but seems very strange to me, I really do not know where those years have gone and I am starting to feel old LOL!

right so onto me little card for today and I have decided this year to try different styles otherwise it all gets a bit samey (is that a word) and in an attempt to keep costs downs I am going for the less embellished look     ( only now and again mind).  I have been oggling the girls cards over at MFT and am very taken with the designs, what better way to get started then with a nice easy sketch too!  I have used a Pure Innocence digi and my fav Glitz paper pad!





Stamp - Pure Innocence 022
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - Glitz Cashmere Dame
Craftwork cards kraft card stock
Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax
Punches - MS Vintage Doily
Sentiment SU Tiny Tags
Little Heart gems from stash
Paper pieced dress and heart

Entering into :
MFT Wednesday Stamp Club MFT Sketch MFTWSC107

Stay safe and warm and thanks so much for poppin in!
Hugs
Karenxxxx

Thursday 17 January 2013

Brrrrrrrrr its cold!

Evening peeps

Ooh its bloomin freezing and I think lots of us are going to get some of the white stuff tonight, I hope its not too much!  I have had a busy week so not much blogging time but I hope to catch up with you at some point tonight!  My little card today features another gorgeous SC image some beautiful EP papers and one of my fav dies of the moment from MB!  I went for in your face pink instead of pale pink for a change, hope you likey!







Stamp - Hayley and Harley Saturated Canary
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - Echo Park, This n That Graceful
Dies - MB Corner Bow
Punches - SU Circle
Lace - The Ribbon Girl
Flowers - Prima
Gems, doily, from stash
Glamour dust

Entering into:
Divas by Design - Girly
Bunny Zoes Crafts - Anything goes
In the Pink - Lace

Have a lovely evening, I am off to sort some tea out and then I will be poppin round!
Hugs
Karenxxx

Monday 14 January 2013

Nikki.......

Morning, oh no Monday again who nicked my weekend, we got white stuff coming down yuck!!

Right get straight on with my post  coz I gotta get to work so my little card today features Nikki which of course Krista so generously did as a freebie,  so I nabbed her quick, shes so pwetty!  She is teamed up with those fab LOTV papers a big corner die and yummy flowers, hope you likey!




Stamp - Nikki Saturated Canary
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - Nitwits for LOTV Promises
Flowers - WOC
Dies - MB Madera Corner
Punches - Ms Vintage Doily
Seam binding and lace - The Ribbon Girl
Sentiment - Stampin Up
Stickles, pearls and button from stash

Entering into:
Saturated Canary - Song - My song is ICE ICE BABY - Vanilla Ice
The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything Goes

Catch you tonight, thanks for poppin in!
hugs
Karenxxx


Sunday 13 January 2013

Hawker Hurricane!!!!

Morning

and Happy Sunday, I hope it finds you warm and well!  Today's little card is a ' by request' and I  must confess to being a bit stumped but it all came together okay in the end (i think), phew!   I have used my fishtail stax dies again which I am getting lots of use from and they are a great accent especially good I think for male cards! I faux stitched the clouds to man them up a bit LOl just hope he likes it!





Stamp - Hawker Hurricane - Just Inklined
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - MME Away we go
Dies - Die-namics Fishtail Stax and Cloud trio
Button, gel pen and sentiment computer generated.

Entering into:
Simply Create - Anything goes

Right bathroom cleaning awaits (lucky me)! Have a fab day and catch up with you later!
Hugs
Karenxx

Saturday 12 January 2013

Teddy Bo and Teddy Bea

Hello 

and Happy Saturday!  Its so cold here today and it snowed for about 2 mins  and then it stopped but I do believe we are going to get some in the next couple of days!  I hope you have something good planned for the weekend even if its just staying in the warm and chillin out like me!   Well I needed to make 2 Birthday cards, one for Jamie and one for my friends mum.  Now my friends mum is teddy mad and Jamie is having a guitar phase so I found 2 fab images at Teddy Bo & Co that fitted the bill!   I kept Jamie's really simple coz he likes them quite plain!








Teddy Bo
Stamp 042
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers LOTV and First Edition
Sentiment  - Wild Rose Studio
Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax
Button,fibre from stash

Teddy Bea
Stamp 123
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - First Edition Blank Canvas
Sentiment -Wild Rose Studio and Personnel Impressions
Lace and Velvet - The Ribbon Girl
Flowers - WOC
Stickles
Dies  - Whismy corner die
TH Distress Ink

Entering Teddy Bo into:
Teddy Bo - Birthdays
Celebrate the Occasion - Boys plus use blue
Tammys Scrapin Corner - Manly cards

Entering Teddy Bea into:
Teddy Bo - Birthdays
Charisma Cardz - Birthdays
Cute Card Thursday - Beat the Blues - Mmm lots of flowers means makes me think of summer!

Right I best go and have a bit of a tidy up and will be poppin round later!
Hugs
karenxxxx

Thursday 10 January 2013

Tilda Loves Flowers.........

Hello out there!

Well I don't know what happened this week seem to be doing nothing fast!   Lots of time sitting on me behind I think is the problem but I have just felt soooo tired! Right I won't waffle too much coz I wanna come and see what you have been up to so without further ado me little card today is a Tilda  teamed with some pwetty BG papers and lots of embellies too!  Excuse squiffy pics LOl!!






Stamp - Tilda Loves Flowers
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers - BG Kissing Booth
Ribbon, Velvet, Hessian Mesh and White Paint Dabber - The Ribbon Girl
Flowers - WOC
Dies - MB Corner Bow
Punches - MS Vintage Doily, NS Branch
Stickles  and bits n bobs from stash

Entering into:
Inky Chicks - Anything goes
Divas by Design - Anything goes
Basic Grey - Anything goes

Thanks for poppin in, Friday tomorrow Yippee!
hugs
Karenxxx

Sunday 6 January 2013

SMILE...............

Hello

Its me again, twice in one day now that doesn't happen often!  Well I blasted round the house so I manged to find a spare hour to have a little play. Watchin Dancin on Ice at the moment, MMm not sure what I make of the line up this year, we will see how it progresses!  Right so onto my card and its another fabulous image from Alicia's little shop, seriously I love these gorgeous girlie's, I do love big eyes!! She is teamed up with some MME papers and a big bow!!





Stamp - Alicia Photographer - Alicias Little Shop
Colouring medium - Copics
Papwers - MME Lavender
Mixed Flowers
Sentiment - Handwritten
Dies - Whimsy corner die
Bits and bobs from stash

Entering into:
Alicias Little Shop - Anything Goes
Dream Valley - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with a ribbon

Right I am off to have a quick catch up with you all, have a great week!
Hugs
Karenxxx

Teddy Bea Sunday..........

Morning,

Happy Sunday hope you are having a good weekend, yesterday I took Jamie back to Chester which meant a 500 mile round trip, Mmm me thinks he will be getting a train next time!!  We were back home by 6 in the evening but I was too pooped to do very much!  I got up early today but instead of doing boring housework I decided to have a little play, much more fun!  So today's card is a little Teddy Bea teamed with LOTV Nitwits papers and my fav die of the moment from MB!







Stamp - Teddy Bea 204 Stay a while little friend
Colouring medium - Copics
Papers Nitwits for LOTV Petal Fresh
Sentiment - Wild Rose Studio
Flowers, Cherry blossom, mini blooms WOC
Pearl Lace - The Ribbon Girl
Die - MB Honeyblossom Sprig
Stickles
Nesites - Ovals and Lacey Ovals
Punches - SU Circle
Bits and bobs from stash

Entering into:
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy - Furry Friends
Forever Friends - Birthdays


Okay so I spose I really should go and do some cleaning up, have a great day and thanks so much for poppin in!
Hugs
Karenxxx

Tuesday 1 January 2013

Colouring Alicia........

Hello

Did you have a good night, we played scrabble and monopoly and I came last in both haha!!  Back to  work for me tomorrow, boohoo so I was  determined to get a card in today! This card features a really fun digi from Alicia's Little Shop teamed with some gorgeous papers from LOTV and I am pleased with this one!  I found a fun sentiment too,  I like to think this is what I look like when I craft LOL!!








Stamp - Alicia Colouring - Alicias Little Shop
Colouring medium - Copics and pencils
Papers -LOTV
Sentiment - Whimsy stamps
Flowers - cherry blossom, carnations  - The Ribbon Girl
Seam binding and lace - The ribbon Girl
Dies - nesties and Die-namics Fish Tail Stax
Vintage Photo Distress Inks

Entering into:
Alicias Little Shop - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly  - Anything goes
Bearly Mine - Something old something new - new stamp, old button and twine

Okay so I am off to get dinner on the go, I am cooking a roast and we got chocolate fudge cake for pud(diet starts tomorrow) and may even open a bottle of wine too!
Thanks for poppin in!
Karenxxxx