"Toboggan for Two"

Hello and happy Monday folks.  It's a rather wet and soggy Monday but the upside is it's a perfect day for crafting!

Anyway, I'm popping in briefly tonight to share with you another Christmas card as I think I need to get a little bit of a move on with my collection - have a few but not enough.  So this time I dug out a Lili of the Valley Stamp called 'Toboggan for Two' and it's so cute and would you believe I bought this a while ago and hadn't even inked it up what was I thinking!!

Image:  LOTV 'Toboggan for Two' 

Medium:  copics

Papers:  Maja Design 'Vintage Frost Basics - 7th Dec'

Dies:  Spellbinders 'Poinsettia' dies, Joy Crafts 'Winter Wishes Snowflake' border

Metal Corners: Wild Orchid Crafts

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Doilies, ribbon, pearls from stock

You can see I let loose with the Frantage.  I used it on the snowflake border and also the metal corners which started out as gold coloured.

Last piccie is a close up of the adorable image.  I've added a nice helping of glamour dust and on the poinsettia I've used Twinklets.

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Simon Says Stamp  -  anything goes

LOTV  -  Merry Christmas

Stamping Sensations  -  Christmas

Okay time for me to go, thank you so much for popping in it is, as always, very much appreciated.  

Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Warm Hands, Warm Heart

Well hello my lovelies how are we all on this fine Sunday evening.  It's been a mixed bag of weather here today in Bournemouth - I woke to brilliant sunshine, then it came over all gloomy and still and then came the rain and we've had a veg in front of the telly, hot choccie and pj's kind of day today seeing as it's the kiddies last day before going back to school tomorrow.  

Anyway, I'm popping in to share with you another Christmas card I've made to add to my little stock.   I decided to ink up Whimsy Stamps 'Warm hands, warm heart' by Time for Tea Designs and used Bazzill 'Nordic Pines' papers and coloured my image to co-ordinate with them.  My image was stamped in Memento 'rich cocoa' ink in keeping with the warmth of the card and inked up a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps 'Tis the Season Notables 5' set again in Memento 'rich cocoa' and distressed it a little with Tim Holtz 'walnut stain'.  Added a few flowers and a little ribbon to finish my card off and I'm quite pleased with the outcome.

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Warm hands warm heart' by Time for Tea Designs

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Tis the Season Notables 5'

Medium:  copics

Papers:  Bazzill 'Nordic Pines'

Dies:  Whimsy Stamps 'Notables 5' die

1.5" White Lace/Satin Centre Red

Memento 'Rich Cocoa' ink pad

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Copics List

Face/Body:  E000, E00, E13, R20, R30

Hair:  E43, E47, E49

Clothes:  E41, E43, E47/R20, R22, R27, R29

Boots:  E43, E47, E49

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp  - anything goes

Stamping Sensations  -  christmas

Okay folks time for me to go.  I hope you have had an enjoyable weekend and here's to a good start to the new week.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Suzi with Bunny

Hello everyone and I hope you have had a good week and an even better weekend.  Our week started off a little on the quiet side with my daughter away on her first school residential trip.  The house was quiet in fact too quiet for my liking but hey she's back now and she's one very happy bunny, tired but excited about all the things she got to do.  Normal household resumes now - noise and mayhem just as it should be!!!

Okay time to share with you my card which I have made for my Dies to Die For dt card this week and I've been meaning to share this with you for a few days now.  I decided to play with a Wee Stamp and this one is 'Suzi with Bunny' and she's such a cutie pie.  I took my colour inspiration as normal from my papers and I used the gorgeous Bo Bunny 'Prairie Chic' papers which are really pretty folks and are actually on offer over in the store at the moment too.

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Suzi with Bunny' by Wee Stamps

Papers:  Bo Bunny 'Prairie Chic

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

1/4" Crochet White Trim

My usual close up of the image for you.  She is just beautiful and delightful to colour peeps.

Copics List

Face/Body:  E000, E11, E13, R20

Hair/Basket/Shoes:  E50, E53, E57

Clothes:  R81, R83, R85/BV01, BV02, BV04/YG11, YG13, YG67

Bunny:  W1, W3, W5

Before I go folks I would like to enter my card into the challenge at Simon Says Stamp which this week is 'anything goes'.

Okay ta-ta for now peeps.  Take care and happy crafting.

Ann-Marie

xxx

What does the fox say??!!??

....well my fox says, yay it's Friday and time for a bit of Whimsy lovin!!!

Hello my lovelies I hope you are all well and looking forward to your weekend.  My little girl is going on her first school residential on Monday and I know it's only for a few days but still it's a big thing for both her and me so we are going out Saturday to get a few things and make it a bit special.

Okay so time for me to share a card with you using Whimsy's 'Autumn Fox kit' image.  Autumn is my most favourite season of all so I had a great time colouring up this little fella.  Coloured with my copics as usual and I seemed to have mislaid the list of markers I used but I do remember it was mainly E11, E13, E15.  I used 'Pumpkin Sentiments' too and cut it out using the matching 'Pumpkin die'.  

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Autumn Fox Kit' by Crissy Armstrong

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Pumpkin Sentiments' by Raindrop Echo Designs

Medium:  copics

Papers:  My Mind's Eye 'Bloom and Grow'

Dies:  Whimsy Stamps 'Pumpkin' die

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

A bit of closer look at mister foxy, cute isn't he?

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Creative Inspirations  -  spots and dots

Cute Card Thursday  -  awesome autumn

Thank you folks for taking the time to pop in it is, as always, very much appreciated.  Enjoy your weekend and grab yourself some crafty time.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Pion Design - My Precious Daughter

Hello my lovelies hope you are all okay and having a good week.  Just realised I hadn't shared my dt card for Dies to Die For so whilst I have a minute I thought I would just pop it on now.

So as my title suggests I have played with those fab Pion Design My Precious Daughter papers and images again.  Its been a couple of weeks since I'd made anything with them and couldn't hold out any longer.  So here is what I made:-

Items Used

Image:  Pion Design - My Precious Daughter Image Sheet

Papers:  Pion Design - My Precious Daughter 'Alma's Dress' and 'Baby Doll'

Dies:  Tonic Studios Butterfly Die set 'Summer Azure'

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress ink pad

Stickles 'Star Dust'

Okay folks time for me to go.  I hope you have a good evening and maybe some crafty time.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Li'l Montana

Good evening peeps I hope you are all having a fabby week so far.  We're slowly returning to the normal school routine here it's hard getting back into the swing of it all but the kiddies are enjoying their new classes which is always a huge relief.  

Anyway, I'm popping in tonight to share with you a card I've made using some goodies from Dies to Die For.  I've used some really pretty papers from Authentique called 'Flourish' and decided to colour up an older Whimsy image called 'Li'l Montana' as she's so cute and adorable.

Image:  Whimsy Stamps 'Li'l Montana' by Elisabeth Bell

Medium:  copics

Papers:  Authentique 'Flourish' papers

Stamped using Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Copics Used

Face/Body:  E000, E11, E13

Hair:  E43, E47, E49

Clothes:  R81, R83, R85/BG11, BG13, BG49 + C5 for extra shadow

Puppy:  C1, C3, C5, C7

Before I go I would like to enter into the Sketch n Stash Challenge as I've used their fabby sketch for my card.

Okay so time for me to grab a cuppa, a sneaky biscuit and catch up with this week's episode of The Great British Bake Off - just love this program.

Take care folks.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Sweet Blossom

Hello folks, how are you all?  We've had back to school madness here the past few days with getting everything ready for the kiddiewinkles going back today.  The house feels a little sad and quiet without them but to be honest they were so ready to go back.

Anyway, I'm just popping in to share my Dies to Die For make and I was feeling all pink and girly when I made this one which may have had something to do with the most adorable Bo Bunny 'Isabella' papers.  Ooh these are so pretty and very stroke'able I so love their colour palette which is how I ended up with my pink and grey colour scheme.  Anyway, I chose a Wee Stamps image called 'Sweet Blossom' to play with from Whimsy Stamps and she still remains one of my all time faves she's just so sweet and adorable.  I haven't over embellished my card in fact I've kept it quite simple as I wanted the image to be the main focal point so only added a little ribbon and pearls and she was finished.  

Image:  'Sweet Blossom' by Whimsy Stamps

Papers:  Bo Bunny 'Isabella'

Memento 'London Fog' ink pad

The usual close up for you.  I used a lighter ink to stamp with for a change as I thought it would work better with the colour scheme.

It's been a little while since I entered a few challenges so I thought it was about time I put that right and would like to enter the following:-

Papertake Weekly  -  anything goes

Okay that's it from me today.  Now the kiddies are back at school I am hoping things will settle down here a little as my crafty time has been erratic and I have missed it.

Take care. 

Ann-Marie 

xxx