Funky Fairy's Challenge 21 # Christmas !! :-)

I am sitting here writing this with my A/C on ! It's red hot here and not exactly 'Christmas' weather ;-) I made a promise to myself at Christmas to make at least one Christmas card a week starting in February ! Well that didn't happen ! But at least I have one ready now !! yay !!
The theme on the Funky Fairy's Challenge is to make a card or creation with Christmas in mind. You have to use at least one Funky Fairy's Papercrafts download to enter. They have some wonderful papers to buy in the store or you can go to the Blog of Inspiration and find some lovely freebies too :-)




I treated myself and bought the Lets Get Traditional set, it was a difficult choice tho because they have some lovely Christmas paper downloads. I am sure I will be using these alot though, many of them I can use throughout the year too,,, bargain !! :-)



The image is a Penny Black Jolly Xmas Kitty. I bought this to use last Christmas and never inked it so I just had to use this one :-) Isn't it CUTE !! :-) As you can see I glittered almost everything ! I didn't have any white glitter card so I made me own :-)




As you can see I decorated the inside too :-) The sentiment comes with the download pack along with loads of other images. I can't recommend this set enough it is FABBY !!
The DT have done some wonderful creations for your inspiration so please go and see them :-) We love coming to see what you have made so please join in The Funky Fairy's Challenge!

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x x

Simon Says Let's Celebrate :-)

This week we have a very special celebration on the Simon Says Challenge
. We are helping Heidi celebrate the first birthday of the Simon Says Stamp Blog

We would like you to make a card or creation with a first birthday celebration in mind. My celebrations always start with a Gin and Tonic !!! :-)

On Sunday we will be having our first blog hop YAY !!! :-) Heidi has very generously given us all candy to give away AND she will be adding surprise bling too so make a note on your calendar to join us :-) It will start at 4pm CET on the Simon Says Challenge blog but I'll be back with more details later in the week :-)

The design team have made some wonderful cards to inspire you and as an added bonus we also have KENDRA joining us in our Designer Spotlight :-) Kendra is a fabulous designer on the Simon Says Stamp Brand Design Team. She has a fabulous blog too which you must go and see. Please leave her a comment when you visit too :-)



As you can see I chose to use a fabulous House Mouse stamp, this one is called 'Splish Splash,,,, a citrus bath :-) I coloured the image with copics and 3D'd it




I also decorated the inside using Mudpie Mouse' he is just soo cute eh !



The papers are Stamping Up, I added st,ickles to the centers of the fruits, I also used a little coredinations for layering :-)The flowers were plain white Prima ones which I sprayed with orange glimmer mist.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Clear Stamps SIMPLY THE BEST SENTIMENTS Exclusive Set which are only available in the Simon Says Stamp store

I followed the fabulous sketch on the Friday Sketchers Challenge
they have some fabulous DT cards for our inspiration too !! :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x x

New Doodle Palace 'Emy' image is being released today

I love this image which is just being released at the Doodle Palace Etsy store
later today :-) Isn't she cute !! :-)




I colored her with prisma pencils very simply then layered her on tatty papers. The background is from Funky Fairy's Papercrafts It's so Distressing papers and the design poaper is from DCWV Pets Stack.
I followed the fab sketch on the Mojo Monday Challenge.The sentiment stamp is 'Bon Mot' from Penny Black, the velvet ribbon is from Meiflower :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

I'm nuts for chocolate !

I made this 'popcorn' bag for the Digital Tuesday Challenge whose theme this week is to make a bag or box and include a digi image :-)




I used a Digi image from the Digital Stamp Oasis
This one is called 'A nut for you'



I coloured the image with copics, 3D'd him and popped him onto nestie circles. The box was cut out on my cricut with papermania double sided card.
The brown scalloped border was made using my SU punch. The ribbon was from my messy drawer :-)
Rather than using popcorn to fill the box I used chocolate peanuts :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

A lovely blog award ;-)

I have just received this lovely award from Glenna ( Fabricbutterfly)
Thank you so much Glenna.
I am supposed to pass this on to 7 people but I am passing this to everyone :-) You all deserve this so please take it and post it on your blog with love from me :-)

Lorraine x x x

Get Well Soon :-)

I made this card following the lovely sketch on the Truly Scrumptious Challenge, they also asked for flowers which had been made or altered in some way. My flower was white which I sprayed with green and orange glimmer mist. The button was a clear SU one which i coloured with pink alcohol ink.

The Tilda image was the first one I bought and she is still one of my faves :-) I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her dungaree's with a bit of leftover paper in my bits box.The design on the dungarees was sparkled with copics glitter pens ( love them !)

The inner nestie shape was coloured with pearlescent chalks then cuttlebugged in a swirl folder, then inked around the edges with turquoise pigment ink, then embossed with sparkle and layered onto orange and black circles.

The papers are a mix of basic grey and doodlebug.
The sentiment is from Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set.
The corners were made with papermania sticky shapes and sprinkled with orange glitter. I think thats all,,,, :-)

I am also entering this into the Just Magnolia Challenge whose theme this week is paper piecing. The One Stop Craft Challenge whose theme is sparkle, well I have used sparkle emboss and glitter and the Cupcake Craft Challenge who have a colour challenge of pink / turquoise / orange and have asked for a card for a child. I made this for a friend's little girl.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

New Doodle Palace download image

Tis fabulous bear image is a new digi download release from the Doodle Palace
, perfect for 'Father's Day ' :-)



I coloured the image with Prisma pencils and blended with odourless spirit. I dabbed the brush to try to make it look more furry :-)The small bear and Dad's tie are 3D'd but this doesn't show up very well in the photo !



The papers are Stamping Up and plain brown/orange cardstock. I also used a little bit of orange coredinations. The 'Dad' was stamped using a hero arts mixed alphabet set. The paw print is a magenta stamp and the star brads are from somewhere or other ,,,, !!

I am entering this in the following challenges :-

The Sketch Saturday Challenge

The Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge whose theme is Chocolate Orange

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

Lovely award :-)

I received this lovely award from Sue scoopystuff I really appreciate this Sue :-)
I really find it difficult to pass on awards to specific people cos I just think that everyone who takes the time and effort to come visit me and leave me such encouraging comments deserve these.
I really do appreciate you all so please copy this and put it on your blog with love from me :-)

Lorraine x x x

Yummy Mimi :-)

I received my new Pink Gem stamps a few days ago and this gorgeous Ice Cream Mimi was amongst them :-) Isn't she gorgeous, I love the photo of the little girl that inspired this stamp too, you can see it here if you haven't seen it go and have a look ,,, soo cute :-)






I coloured her with copics but kept the colours very pale. i thought there was enough colour in the paper !! :-) I 3D'd her legs and the ice cream so they really stick out ! :-) I added a bit of glitter too on the ice cream,,, yummy !!

I made the background by dabbing a dusty concorde distress ink pad on a non stick sheet, sprayed it with water and swirled the card around in it. When it was dry I stamped foliage using a pine needles distress ink pad. The tree trunk is a Magnolia stamp that I stamped onto patterned paper. I had a tiny bit of grass patterned paper that I used too :-)

The papers are Stamping Up and the sentiment is from Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set, I am using this particular sentiment set alot lately, they just seem to fit so nicely ! :-)

The flowers were plain white prima flowers which I inked with worn lipstick and dusty concorde distress inks then sprayed with water to smudge it :-) I did mean to spray them with glimmer mist too but I liked them as they were so decided not to !

I am entering this card into the following challenges :-

The Sketch and Stash Challenge, Becky has made this gorgeous sketch for us to follow and we have to use something new or old and neglected, well I used my new stamp :-) I would also like to congratulate Jill on joining the Design Team :-)

The Charisma Cardz Challenge
whose theme is 'Something Yummy'

The Colour Create Challenge who have a fab colour scheme of Pink Blush / Lilac / Mossy Green/ They also have the option of using die cuts, well my nestie shape is a die cut ! does that count, well if not it was an optional extra anyway so it doesn't matter :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

Meet Bob :-)

Good morning :-)



I couldn't resaist taking this photo of Bob ! :-) He looks just perfect sitting there eh !! Bless him he's completely deaf but manages life very well ! he's a fabulous hunter !! We live in a very quiet area surrounded by fields so no dangerous cars just lots of mice and rats to keep him occupied !! :-)

lorraine x x

Bev's Blog Candy :-)

Bev has this fabulous blog candy !! :-)

Go and get your name down :-)

Lorraine x x

Funky Fairy's Challenge 20 # Thank You

We have a fabulous challenge for you on the Funky Fairy's Challenge this week :-) We all need to have a few Thank You cards handy eh !! All you have to do is use at least one Funky Fairy's Papercrafts paper download to be eligible to enter :-) If you haven't got any there are some fabulous free downloads that you can try on the Blog Of Inspiration Every week Shaz very kindly gives away a free paper download, for those of you that don't know that IS a fabby prize !! Unlimited papers !! This is especially handy if you have several cards to make of the same/similar theme !! ( ie like my froggy fest !! )lol





I made this card using a Susie Squirrel image from the Digital Stamp Oasis
I must admit this image in particular is one of my faves :-) Isn't she cute :-) I used Funky Fairy's Cherish papers these are just so gorgeous,,, :-)
I do hope more of you will find the time to enter this fabby challenge :-) The DT have made some fantastic creations for you to see so pop over to the Funky Fairy's Challenge blog to see them.

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x x

Simon Says ,,,, Pink and Brown :-)

It seems we aren't the only challenge who chose to use PINK / BROWN this week so lots of opportunity there for multi challenging :-)

The design team have all used a Simon Says Brand stamps on their cards, either an image or a sentiment, it is not a requirement for the entrants tho if you do have any we would love to see you use them :-)
Rach is joining us this week in the Designer Spotlight :-) Rach is a designer on the Simon Says Stamp brand DT, pop over to her blog to see her work ! Its fantastic !! :-)






I have got the Tim Holtz bug and this has been inked and sprayed everywhere !! My desk is covered too ! It looks lovely all shimmery and sparkly :-)

The butterfly image is from the Simon Says Clear Stamps Butterfly BUTTERFLIES Exclusive Set!



I also stamped the background with stamps from the Simon Says Clear Stamps OWLS AND BRANCHES Exclusive Set.
I used a few Tim Holtz techniques on this. The background was coloured by inking my non stick craft mat with distress ink, sprayed with water then the card swirled around in it. When dry the background leaves and branches were stamped with distredd ink then sprinkled with perfect pearls, sprayed with wayer then dried with a heat tool, it does give a fabby effect. I used the same technique for the butterflies too :-) I also used some grungeboard wings toi make a butterfly, it was DT Debby that had this brilliant idea last week so I've copied her :-) I cuttlebugged them with swiss dots and painted with light brown acrylic paint, then dabbed perfect pearls all over them and left them to dry, then smothered them with crackle glaze :-)
The flowers were plain white Prima flowers which I inked with 2 different distress inks then I made my own glimmer mist using a water based ink, a little water and some gold perfect pearls !! Brilliant !!
All these techniques and tips are on the Tim Holtz website in his Demo's section:-)

I just bought a pack of brown coredinations and it's gorgeous ! As you can see I reverse cuttlebugged it and sanded to let the pink show through. The lace was also inked with distress ink as were all the edges of all the card :-) The sentiment is from the Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING SUNSHINE Exclusive Set

I am entering this card in the following challenges :-
The Charisma Cardz Challenge who have the same theme :-)
The Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge whose theme is Butterflies
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge whose theme is 'Bling'



Thanks for looking, I apppreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

Would you like this FREE Doodle Palace image ??

Dee and Robin at the Doodle Palace are giving this fab new octapus image free !! :-) Click here to go and get it :-)

Lorraine x x

Doodle Palace new images released :-)

Dee and Robin the designers at Doodle Palace
are releasing some fabulous new images today with 'Men' in mind so perfect for Father's Day :-)



I made this card using the gorgeous Hound Dog image called 'Greatest Doggone Dad ' :-) Isn't he cute :-) I coloured him with copics.



It doesn't show up too well on the photo but he has been 3D'd a few times :-) The papers are mainly doodlebug though I can't remember where the paw print paper came from,,,,.
There's also a little coredinations which was embossed and sanded.

I followed the sketch on the Spoonful of Sugar Challenge which changed today !! I made this card yesterday and didn't write it up !! :-) Never they have a fab new 'Butterfly' Challenge this week so i'll make sure I get my entry in a bit earlier lol !!

The One Stop Craft Challenge
is 'Under Pressure' and asking for embossing, either dry or heat :-)

The Dare You To Digi Stamp are asking for ribbons, well I used a fab velvet paw print ribbon from Meiflower.

Thanks for looking :-)
I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x x

3 awards :-)

I have received 3 fabulous awards over the weekend :-) The first one was from Pascale thanks so much for this I really appreciate it :-)



now I have to list 10 things about myself ,,, hmmm
I love cadbury's chocolate, especially the whole nut :-)
oohh still 9 to go,, this is diffy ,,,, will come back to it later :-)

The next award was from Joey
Thanks so much for this too :-)



and last but not least I also received this fabby award from Caroline :-) Thankyou so much for this Caroline I really appreciate it :-)




Now I have to pass these awards on but to be really honest I've had an extremely busy weekend and am exhausted and have lots of catching up to do so I will just have to say to all my followers that if any of you don't have these then please take them with my pleasure, you all deserve them for putting up with me !!! :-)

I'm coming round checking up on you all now :-)
Lorraine x x x

The Grande Finale :-) Froggy lives Happily Ever after :-)

Don't they look happy !! :-)



Aww the frog met his Princess :-) How many of us kissed a few froggies before we met our Prince :-) ( oohh yuck did I really say that ughughugh) :-)

As you can see I made a frame for the last day of this weeks froggy fest and just to prove that you can do 'cute' things for the Simon Says Tim Holtz Challenge I have inked the edges with glimmer mist and added 2 grungeboard shapes which have been glimmer misted too :-)
The image was coloured with copics, the frog with prisma pencils and he has a shrink plastic crown :-)

Amy did the draw for yesterdays folder of images but refused to have her photo taken cos she hasn't got her face on !! So Ray obliged :-)



Congratulations Diana :-) If you could email me your address I'll get it in the post to you on Monday :-)

Thanks to everyone for entering and am sorry you all didn't win :-(

Thanks for looking and your comments are appreciated so please leave me one :-)

Lorraine x x

Froggy Fest Day 6 :-)

This week is just flying by !! I'm already onto day 6 of the Froggy Fest and I must admit I have enjoyed playing with this fab set of frogs :-)
We have had a few emails about the Simon Says Challenge with quite a few of you saying that you like doing 'cute' not grunge :-) So I decided to do a cute image folder but just inked the edges ! This would qualify for the challenge if I weren't on the DT :-/ I am so envious of all of you who have a chance to win the Tim Holtz art ! I would just love that and I can hardly believa Hallie has donated it to us !!
:-)
In keeping with her give away I will be giving this folder away with the froggy images :-) If anyone would like this just leave me a comment and I will put your name in a hat and Amy will draw a name tomorrow at 12 midday, GMT






I have used this Simon Says Clear Stamps FROGS JUMPING FOR JOY Exclusive Set! This set is only available from the Simon Says Stamp store



The green spotty paper is a paper download from Funky Fairy's Papercrafts I coloured the images with Prisma pencils and blended with odourless spirit. The edges were all inked with dried marigold distress ink and the organza ribbon is not from my messy drawer for a change it is brand new from the shop :-)

Thanks for looking I appreciate your comments. If you would like this folder just say so in your comment :-)

Lorraine x x

My 1st Greeting farm card :-)

I made this card using 2 stamped images Pascale very kindly sent me :-) I have to buy some of these !! :-) I also saw on her blog that there's a fab Greeting Card Challenge using this sketch and we also have to use Black/White combo :-)I flipped the sketch over for my card :-)




I coloured the image using a mixture of Marvy watercolour pens and inktense pencils. The wood effect paper is Basic Grey. The fence was cut out of black/grey coredinations using an impress die. The flowers are also punched out of the coredinations and a white flat backed pearl added to the center.

Edited to add that I added crystal stickles to her headscarf and also used my fab new copic glitter pens and a little inkssentials opaque pen that I got from the Simon Says Stamp Store

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x

Simon Says Frog Fest Day 5 :-)

My husband was given this clock by a drug rep and the face was advertising some drug or other, horrid it was ,,, Soo I decided to give it a makeover :-)
As you know Iam having a Froggy Fest week showcasing this fabulous
Simon Says Clear Stamps FROGS JUMPING FOR JOY Exclusive Set! exclusively available from the Simon Says Stamp Store




The gorgeous green paper is a Funky Fairy's Papercrafts download The numbers were cut out using a Do Crafts Impress machine, I do like this machine especially for the small alphabet and numbers die cuts.

Thanks for looking, will be back tomorrow with another froggy creation, don't know what it'll be yet !! :-)

Thanks for looking, I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)
Lorraine x x