Circle of Friends Award .....

Jessica has included me in her circle of friends!! Now I get to pass it on to 5 more friends. I haven't been blogging for that long, but I have my favourite blogs I like to check on for inspiration on a regular basis, so to these beautiful ladies who share their creativity please take it and pass it on to 5 friends of your choosing!

Kat

Zoe

Barbara

Stephanie

Sem

No cards again tonight, too busy blog hopping!!

The jam is ready too, well I could help eat it!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Angela xx

Sketch and Stash Challenge 16 .....

This week at Sketch and Stash Challenge there is a lovely sketch to follow, it is a simple design which is useful when time is short. The challenge is sponsored by Pollycraft Designs this week 3 lucky winners will recieve a Margo download.


I have used my new Popcarn Bear stamp from Emerald Crafts, coloured with promarkers, stickles stardust glitter glue, BG Lemonade papers, Core'dinations card, neglected velvet ribbon from paperchase, felt flowers, card candy, rub on.


I thought I would add this picture of Lucy and Philip from earlier today when we went to Maize Maze at Easingwold, Philip is really gigiling as the piglets were bitting the frame of his wheelchair, we need to bring it in it's so muddy from them!!




I'm supposed to be helping make cherry jam with the cherries from a friends tree, it is just bursting with fruit right now, she has only just discovered this tree after living ther for more than two years??



Thanks for stopping by,



Angela xx

1 Card, 2 Challenges .....

This first challenge is, A Spoonful of Sugar challenge 64, a sketch by Camilla, it looks quite complicated but it was really simple to follow, I have rotated the sketch to fit my design, I am pleased with the result. This weeks challenge is sponsored by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts, she has a newly released of a set of Bear Essentials stamps for a lucky winner!!

The second challenge is Passion for Promarkers week 12, the colour to use are Cocoa& Rose Pink. This weeks sponsor is Yellow Moon and they have a £10 voucher to spend on any craft supplies or childrens crafts at Barker Ross.

I have used my new Swiss Pixies Liesel with Wheelbarrow from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, My stamp arrived yesterday so I thought I would ink her right away!! She is lovely to colour, I used promarkers cocoa and rose pink as the main focus of the colours, highlight with a white gel pen, sakura stardust pen for her wings, glossy accents for her boots and the heart on the wheelbarrow, stickles sequin glitter glue, papers are BG Lemonade, Core'dinations, nestabilities, mini flower and leaf punches, gems.

The promarkers used are, cocoa, cinnamon, sandstone, rose pink, blossom, vanilla, blush, ivory, cool grey 1 & 2, lime, marsh green, moss, lemon.

It's been another lovely day here again, hope you have had good weather too!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Angela xx

CHOSEN FOR THE TOP 5 THIS WEEK AT PASSION FOR PROMARKERS!!

Blog Award .....

While I have been away this weekend I have recieved this lovely award from Barbara, thank you, Barbara has some beautiful cards on her blog, the flowers she uses are gorgeous!!

Here are the instructions in order to accept this award:
1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name seven things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate seven Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.
7. Leave comments on all seven blogs letting them know you nominated them.

Not sure about seven interesting things about me,

1. I am a mum to 2 beautiful children Lucy & Philip.
2. I'm new to blogging but have really enjoyed the last couple of months.
3. I'm a shopaholic when it comes to crafting (hope this counts!!)
4. I met my husband on new years eve, 20 years this year!!
5. We have 2 pet rabbits that have eaten all my plants in the garden. Arrgh!!
6. I make cards for my local neo-natal unit for the parents of sick or premature babies.
7. I have been crafting since I was a child.



My nominations are,

1. Christine
2. Kat
3. Sarah
4.Jessica
5. Jill
6. Dorothy
7. Jules

Sketch Saturday Challenge 63 .....

The sketch this week at Sketch Saturday is a really great sketch to work with, I think I will be using this one again!!

I have used Greeting Farm Grace, she is so sweet, coloured with promarkers, papers are PM sweet nothings (I have been digging deep this week!), Core'dinations cardstock, PM ribbon, snowflake punches, gems, seniment is craftwork cards.

I had intended to get these both posted last night but I couldnt find them on my camera, so gave up and tried again this morning!!

Have a good day,

thanks for stopping by,

Angela xx

A Triple Challenge .....

I have managed to combine 3 challenges for this card;


Passion for Promarkers week 12 - Sketch, the sponsor this week is Secret Crafter and they are giving 6 promarker pens of your choice!!


A Spoonful of Sugar week 63 - "Floral Fantasy", they want to see flowers on your card, the sponsor is Belle's & Whistles, they have a cute Lil' Miss Poppy Stamp to give away!!


Papertake Weekly - Four Seasons, make a card using the colours of your favourite season,
Pink Gem are sponsoring this weeks prize, a Skipping Millie Stamp!!


I have used Sweetheart Tilda coloured with promarkers, sakura stardust pen for that extra sparkle, papers are K & Co Mckenna, DCWV card, nesabilities, cuttlebug swiss dots folder, retro flower, leaf and snowflake punch, ribbon, charm, pearls.


Promarker colours used are, marsh green, moss, red, berry red, sandstone, cinnamon, cocoa, vanilla, ivory, blush.


There are more flowers on my papers but most of them ended up covered with the layers!!


We have had a lovely few days away, Thomas land at Drayton Mannor was really good, we would reccommend it to anyone with small children there are lots of suitable rides and it is really well designed. Its been a lovely weekend, but it seems all change this morning, its raining and we were planning to go to York Maze later??


Hope you all had a good weekend and enjoyed the good weather.


Thanks for stopping by,


Angela xx

Creatalicious Challlenge Design Team Call ......

This is the card that I have made for the Bizzy Bec's Creatalicious Challenges design team call. This is a new challenge starting on 15th August and they are currently looking for 2 more members to join the design team. I have not joined any on-line design teams so this is a great oppourtunity to try, you never know??

I have used Tilda from the spring collection, coloured again with promarkers, they are now my favourite colouring medium, when the shadiing turns out right I can have an image coloured in no time at all!! I have ued glossy accents on her shoes, flower soft for her lilac sprays, copic spica glitter pen for her ribbons in her hair, sparkly dew drops, paper roses, the papers are K & Co McKenna, DCWV cardstock.

Internet is still playing up, so now I am using Lucy's notebook and I have no software to crop and edit the photo?? Arrgh!! I'm off to bed now, another late one!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Angela xx

The Sugar Bowl Challenge 16 .....

This week there is a great sketch by Marlene at the Sugar Bowl, with the "please include" option of doodling on your card. There is the most fantastic prize on offer this week - a pick and mix of 6 Sugar Nellie stamps!! Wow!!

I have stamped Sugar Nellie Hug in a Mug, (she was one of my first Sugar Nellie stamps) I have coloured here with watercolour pencils and added some sparkle to her mug with my sakura stardust pen. The papers are BG Urban Prairie, fiskars border punch, nestabilities, ribbon, rub on.


That was the easy part, now the doodling!! I tried on a few scraps before I was happy with the doodling, I used brown and pink fine liner pens to draw faux stitiching around the card and the strip, then I did a line around the nestie, and a pink dot with brown dashes in the scallops. So not too much doodling, think I should have used a less patterned paper.


Having problems tonight with the internet again!! I have to keep changing computers just to stay connected!! It's such a pain and so time consuming!! I have finished my other card I just need to e-mail it tonight, fingers crossed!!



I have been to the Passion for Pomarkers challenge to get the new sketch tonight and found that my card had been chosen for the top 5!! I am so excited!!



Need to go and pack ready for tomorrow so that we can get away early??? Will be back at the weekend to see what you have been up to!!



Thanks for stopping by,



Angela xx

Allsorts Challenge Week 12 .....

This week at the Allsorts Challenge it's " 3 2 1 ", 3 flowers, 2 papers, 1 ribbon.



I have stamped Miss Anya, coloured with promarkers, I have used my copic spica glitter pen to add a little sparkle to her hair band. The 2 papers are BG Eva, Nestabilities, 1 ribbon, 3 flowers from my stash, I have used glimmer mist to add some shimmer to the card, the stamped image has been distressed with brown and gold ink pads.



This is my first post tonight, managed to make two cards last night, and Ihave another to finish putting together, I'm trying to get ahead as we are going away for a couple of days. We are off to Drayton Manor, to Thomas Land as Philip will love it there. You would never believe it though, he was sick again this morning, it seems as though he gets upset when we talk of going away, hope he is ok in the morning as we have along drive tomorrow!!



Thanks for Stopping by,



Angela x

Just Magnolia Challenge 16 .....

This week the challenge at Just Magnolia is "Distressing". This is not something I would usually make though I did enjoy finding ways to give my card a distressed look!! I do prefer a nice neat look not too fussy either, I think its because I'm a virgo!!

When I colour this Tilda its always in pretty summer colours, this is an extremely different look for her. I have used the cool grey promarkers 1-5, and black with stardust pen for a little sparkle. The card is DCWV, I have used the cuttlebug paisley embossing folder sanded then used metalic rub ons in silver over the top, (they have not seen the light of day for many years!!). The light grey has been distressed with my PM distrssing tool and inked around the edges with silver and black ink pads. I have drawn faux stitching around the stamped piece and pierced holes to give more depth, then inked the endges first with black and then a little silver to lighten it. The buttons were cut off some old clothes (I do remeber sometimes to keep the pretty buttons) and the rub on is from my stash.

I'm still taking things slowly, feeling a little better today, the sun was out no rain!!!

Hope you have had a lovely weekend and some good weather!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Angela xx