Just Swimming along

Hi all hope you are all well.

Just thought i would pop on and show you my latest

card while no ones on the computer and i can

use it in peace.lol.

 I made this for the Teddy Bo blog

using one of the latest digi stamps

that was released on Tuesday,

isn't she just fab.

As soon i i saw her i thought of these bubble

papers from Magnolia, although i 

don't have much left of it now, i'll have to see

if i can get some more.

Teddy Bea is coloured in with Polychromos pencils 

and blended with sansodor.

The sentiment is from a mermaid stamp set i think

was by Woodware.

The sea weed flourishes are from a

Marianne creatables die.

I have also added a few touches of star dust stickles

i've nearly run out of that as well but i must

say it's the first glitter i turn to all the time, it

just goes with any colour you used.

Well hope you have a fab weekend and the weather

stays nice for you all.

Take care

Hi Cupcake

Hi all hope you've been enjoying this glorious weather.
I have found it hard to craft it's to warm
and i would rather be in the garden.

Anyway had a bit of a colour the other night 
and decided to make a card for some challenges
seen as i haven't for a while.


I'm entering 

Addicted to stamps - Cupcakes
The Shabby tea room - Relax and enjoy using
yellow, Pink and Greens 

What way to relax and enjoy,
sat in the middle of a giant cupcake..lol. 


The digi stamp is from Teddy Bo &Co due to be 
released on the 2nd of August,
i have coloured it with polychromos pencils.
The sentiment is from the cupcake stamp set 
from inkadinkado.
The papers are from Raspberry road one of their
new sets out called Pink Lemonade.
I have ruffled some pink and yellow seam binding.
The doily is a Marianne Creatables die.
Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

Wow it's still warm and it's 9pm
i think it's going to be a hot one tonight.


Thanks for stopping by
take care

Papertake challenge Sketch 58

Hi all i'm back with this weeks Papertake 

weekly challenge

it's sketch time.

and we are sponsored this week by 

Simon Says Stamp.

Finally used my Strawberry Tilda, she's been sat in the 

packet unopened for a while...tut tut.

That's not like me i usually open new stamps straight

away, but i have been crocheting more just lately

and had not got round to opening it.
Then it got buried under some papers,
and forgotten about ..oops  well

you get the picture.

I have used these fab papers from Raspberry Road

from the Wild Strawberry set.

I used my new Marianne creatables die

to make a jam pot cover, though i'm not happy

about where i have put the sentiment, 

it makes the red check paper look lopsided, i only

noticed it when i took the picture's after 

and i couldn't be bothered to start again.

I coloured the image with Polychromos pencils.

Sentiment is from LOTV,  and i have used 

a Martha Stewart Heart border punch.

Well thanks for looking ,i'm off to have 

some lunch then it's back into the garden i have 

a mountain of soil to spread out ready for grassing.

Take Care

Teddy Tissue Box

Good morning all, well we are here at

last it's summer holidays 

Hurray

although now we don't have to get

up in the morning i'm awake at 7.30am

as usual, but i can make a brew and 

go back to bed. Lol.

It's Teddy Bo Tuesday

and the challenge this time is

 Alter Something.

I have altered a MDF tissue box cover

i have had for a while.

I have used four Teddy Bea images which i 

coloured with a mixture of Copics and promarkers.

I painted the box with white Acrylic paint then

covered with papers from Raspberry Road.

Made a lace trim with a Martha Stewart punch.

Butterflies are made with Sheena's paint fusion

technique.

Flowers bouquets made with flowers

from Wild orchid crafts.

It's also release day and here are this weeks images 

Go to Teddy Bo and Co and check them out.




Right one down one to go,
i'll be back later with this weeks
Papertake challenge.


Thanks for stopping by 
Take care

Beths Trophy

Here you are as promised, she brought 

her Music trophy home, she plays the violin.

The sun has come out at last, it's been raining all day

so we went outside in the garden to take a 

picture before it disappears again,

and also before she takes her uniform off

for the summer. she won't want to put

it on again now until September.

take care 

Dreaming

Hi all nearly there it's that last day of school

then we have 6 weeks off hurray.

I have just come back from church where they were

having a leavers service for all the year 6 going to 

high school in September.

They also gave out school awards and

Beth got one for Music.

The headmaster phoned me up yesterday,
my first thought was oh no what's happened,
but it was to let me know she was getting this award
and i had been sworn to secrecy.

He! He! 

So it was a big surprise this morning 

when he called out her name.

She was given a trophy, i don't know if she can bring 

it home, if she does i'll put a picture up of her.

Made a Teddy Bea card, i have been itching to use

this image it's been out a while and this is 

the first time i have coloured her

slap hands.

Used Polychromos pencils and 

Raspberry Road papers.

Sentiment is from Lili of the valley.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

Thanks for stopping by today and if you want

a bit of a giggle go and check out

  Fairytale Friday

at the Teddy Bo Challenge.

ta ta 

Lets Get Cute

 Hi all it's Papertake time again

and this weeks challenge is

Getting Cute

as you might have guessed 

we want to see all those cute cards

which will be easy, as there are so many cute images 

out there.

We are sponsored this week by 

Digital Delights.

I have dug out my Sarah Kay images 

that i had actually coloured a long time ago with

Copics and have been sat in a box waiting to be used.

As the theme is cute i had to go

with my favourite colour Pink.

Papers are from Raspberry Road.

My Doohickey flower dies arrived a few days ago 

at last, i ordered them online from Crafts U Love

then i got an email saying they had run out of stock and i had to wait for the next delivery.

Anyway nearly a month later i've got them,

so i had to play.

Flourishes and sentiment tag

are from Marianne Creatables dies.

I have added gems to the flourishes.

Thanks for stopping by today 

and hope you join in and have a play.

Ha ha i'm a poet and i didn't know it.

Gosh that takes me back,

we used to say that when we were

kids.

ta ta

Sir Teddy Bo

Good morning all, blimey it Tuesday again 

these weeks seem to fly by and the kids 

break up on Friday for the summer, 

lets hope Mr sun comes back.

It's Teddy Bo time and wow check out 

the new releases they are fantastic.

 Love this Teddy Bo dressed up as a

knight so i had to have a play.

Coloured him with polychromos pencils

and i used a silver pen for the sword.

The papers are from DCWV Once upon a time

paper pad perfect for this little guy.

Stamped around the edge of the image with 

Lilli of the valley's corner stamps in 

vintage photo distress ink.

The flowers are from the matching

embellishment set from DCWV,

apart from the small one which i punched 

out of an old book page

and distressed with vintage photo.

Flourishes are from a Marianne creatables die.

You can see the sword shine a bit more in this photo,

although it looks really good in the light,

it looks like a proper metal sword.

Don't forget to check out the Teddy Bo challenge,

this week it's still Team A's challenge 

and they want you to use Teddy Bea only.

Thanks for looking 
ta ta

Birthday Bo

Good morning on this wet and miserable day.

good excuse to stay in and craft.

It's hubby's birthday today and he has to work

(Boo Hoo). We had a nice day out yesterday though,

i took him out for lunch, we really enjoyed it.

While he's not here i thought i would let you have

a sneaky peek at the card i have made him.

I had to use a Bo image of course

so decided to use one of the new release ones 
Flutterby net Bo

but instead of holding his net he could hold 

a Happy Birthday banner.

I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out.

He's coloured in polychromos pencils 

i have used papers from K&Co best of paper stack.

Spellbinders wonky squares die  and 

inked round the edge with Fired Brick

distress ink.

I haven't used any embellies as he's

not a fussy bloke, you know what these 

fellas are like.

Anyway will have to go and put it in an 

envelope now.

Shushhh!!

You can't tell him you've seen it 

it's a surprise.

We are going to have pressy opening 

when he comes home tonight.

Going to enter this into 

Creative inspirations -no flowers allowed. 
Simon says stamp - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin - One for the boys

Thanks for stopping by today

hope you don't get to wet.

Yuck!

ta ta 

  

Feeling Hot Hot Hot!

Hi all hope your day has been a good one.

It did forecast rain for us today but guess what

the sun came out, i don't think these weather 

people really know what they are talking about.

But that's ok cause it's 

HOT! HOT! HOT!

Don't mind me i have been singing this song

all week since i made my card for this weeks

Papertake weekly challenge.

and yes you guessed the theme is 

HOT! HOT! HOT!

I promise i won't sing again!

This week we want to see cards with 

all those Hot Ho...t sorry nearly sang again

all those hot colours,

and this weeks sponsor is the Ribbon girl.

I have used one of the fab Teddy Bo images

Bea at the Beach, she is coloured with polychromos

pencils and sansodor.

Papers are from Raspberry Road Family ties set.

Used Spiced Marmalade distress ink.

Flowers are prima and i have added

Platinum stickles.

I have followed the sketch from this months 

Crafting Life's Pieces.

So i am going to enter it into their challenge.

That's all folks 

thanks for stopping by and 

enjoy the weather cause it's 

Hot! Hot! hot!........feeling Hot! Hot! hot!

Postcard from Paris

Good Morning all it's Teddy Bo Tuesday again

The challenge this time is 

Teddy Bea only

It's team A's turn to host the challenge 

so pop over and have a play.

It's also release day and we have 

more fabulous images over at Teddy Bo and co.

you will want them all.

My card today is using an image that was 

released a few weeks ago, but 

as soon as i saw these fab papers

from Raspberry Road fight like a girl set

i knew they would be perfect for Bea walking her dog.

I have used the postcard from Lili of the valley

and added some Paris stamps that i had in my

stash that i got from a cheap shop years ago

this is the first time i have used them. I knew 
they would come in handy one day LOL.

Bea is coloured with Polychromos pencils and

sansodor. I have added a touch of
glitter glue here and there. 

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll be back
later with this weeks Papertake Weekly card
ooh is all go on a Tuesday.

Sneaky peek and Gala

 

Good afternoon all hope you are well,

Just popped on to show you a sneaky peek from 

Teddy Bo and Co for next Tuesday

12th July.

It's Bea on a cloud.

Which gave me the opportunity to finally

use my Grand oval dies from spellbinders,

I've only had the 2 months.

I made an oval easel base card.

Using my copics i tried a sepia look

  to the colouring but I'm not sure 

if i like it or not, it's harder than you think 

just using one colour although a bit of 

red did creeped in.

The papers are from Raspberry Road.

I have used Vintage photo distress ink.

The flowers and leaves are made using

the wavy rose die from Marianne Creatables.

I have also used a sentiment from LOTV.

It's our village Gala today and i have just been

to the end our our road to watch the procession 

go by. Beth is in it with guides they are dressed up

as characters from Nursery Rhymes

Beth is the baker from Pat-a-cake Pat-a-cake.

I have just popped back home to 

Publish my sneaky peek and thought i would share 

a few piccies of her as well.

She has had me making crochet cupcakes 

for her to carry, I have sewn them onto a paper

plate so they won't keep falling off.

Been scouring the interweb for patterns 

with a bit of playing around

came up with these. 

She was well pleased,

i don't think I'll get them back.

Oh well just enough time now to have a brew before 

i have to go to the playing field to pick her up.

I'm sure she will want to go on the fun fair.

Thanks for looking

Ta ta