I've been a little slow posting on her over the last week. The kids have been off school on their half term holiday so I have been busy baking cakes and playing games. I have however made sure I still had time to do my colouring so I could continue with the 30 day colouring... Continue Reading →
The Color Throwdown : Hope
I'm back with another entry for the Color Throwdown challenge CTD 379. The colours this week were pink, purple/mulberry, gold and hot pink. I have really struggled to take a photo that showed the colours as they actually are; the photo makes them look a lot paler. The stamps are from Kanban and the background... Continue Reading →
You Are My Cup Of Tea
I'm sneaking into this weeks Color Throwdown #ctd378 challenge last minute with my entry. I've been meaning to set aside time all week to make something but it just hasn't happened. I have used my MFT coffee cup die and my new Lawn Fawn Milo's ABC alphabet stamps for this card. You can find the challenge here... Continue Reading →
Hot Stuff!
Here is my make/colouring for The Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge day 5: I used my new MFT coffee cup die and coloured it with Promarkers. I added extra shading with distress inks. The 'hot stuff' is die cut from a QuicKutz Lemonade Skinny Mini alphabet dies. The letters and heart were covered with... Continue Reading →
Sunny wishes
Day 3 of the daily marker 30 day challenge and wow, this card turned out much brighter than I intended but I love it. It's a dull day here and this added some much needed colour into my craft space. I used a free stamp from the Craft Stamper magazine, Prima water soluble oil pastels,... Continue Reading →
Birthday Button Elephant
Day 2 of the daily marker challenge The stamps are from Hero Arts, the stitched tag and stars cut from a the Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card die and I have finished with Wink Of Stella, a little touch of Glossy accents and silver thread. I coloured the image with my Promarkers. Fancy joining in?... Continue Reading →
Cheeky Monkeys: Hang In There
I have decided to try the Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge. The aim is to colour something every day for 30 days even if it is just for 5 minutes. Here is my day 1 The stamps are old ones from Hero Arts and I have coloured in with my Promarkers. Of course, I had... Continue Reading →
Butterfly With Love
I've had some much needed craft inspiration today. I came across a card making colour challenge with the aim of making a card using the colours craft, grey and yellow. Here is my entry: I used my Sizzix Hero Arts stamp and die set for the butterflies and flowers and my Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous... Continue Reading →
Button Birthday and Sad News
I'm not going to lie - things have been tough round here for the last few weeks. For those that read my last blog post you will know that my son has been very unwell (if you want to read my last post you can click here), we have attended a funeral for my husband's... Continue Reading →
Some Weeks Only Cake Will Do!
Some weeks only cake will do. Or chocolate. Maybe wine. I'm rather late showing my last Christmas card but that is due to Christmas not exactly going as planned. My husbands Uncle died on the 21st December and my 4 year old son was rushed to hospital early on the 22nd December. He had been... Continue Reading →

