Mousey Hugs!

Well another weekend passes with the blink of an eye! Today I have made this clean and simple card

I am entering it into these challenges:

The soft colours come from Color Throwdown,

the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches,

Addicted to Stamps have a topic

of       CLEAN AND SIMPLE

                                                          

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have the theme 

of     CUDDLY

So I automatically reached for my House Mouse stamps where he is cuddling his teddy bear.

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz, and base FMS

Stamps - House Mouse

Inks - Black Archival, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate, Marina Mist, and Pear Pizzazz

Tools - Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Aqua Painter, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - Grey Ribbon, 3D Pads, and Gems

Thanks for dropping by and have a good week.

Yellow Upsy Daisies

Today is the first day in a while that I've had time to myself, and I made this card

I embossed some white card with diagonal stripes and laid it on some yellow card. I stamped some grey lattice and wrapped it with yellow organza ribbon, and added it to the base cards. I made a yellow and grey label with daisies, placing it down on 3D pads and topped with a butterfly. The sentiment was tucked under the lattice, and the finishing touches were the gems added to the butterfly.  

I am entering these challenges 

Colour Me  have these colours,

the sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have ANYTHING GOES with option of                                                                GET WELL or THINKING OF YOU

Supplies :

Card - Naturals White, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, and base FMS

Stamps - Upsy Daisy, Express Yourself, Summer Silhouettes, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks - Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate

Tools - Big Shot, Framelits Labels, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sizzix Textures, Elegant and Itty Butterfly Punches

Extras - 3D Pads, Ribbon, and Gems

The last few weeks have been a complete nightmare. The long awaited donkey foal, Buttercup, became an orphan when her mother died two days after giving birth from complications, and we are all trying to care for her at my sisters (Alison ) house as she needs to be bottle fed every 2 hours. With 2 kids, 2 dogs, and a donkey in the house you can imagine the chaos, especially when the kids were off school.

To top this, Ali's neighbour had a huge house fire which has badly damaged her own house, so the insurance assessors are sending builders and glaziers round for repair work quotes. Then my neighbours husband suddenly died!............they say things happen in 3's, so I hope that is the lot now. ( fingers AND toes crossed )

Here is Buttercup having a little snooze, and in the rear of Ali's car with Duff Duff her dog, on their way to the field to see the other donkeys. She isn't strong enough yet to be left with them all day as she has no mother to feed her or keep her warm and safe. We say a lot of prayers at the moment to make her strong enough to survive, but we still have a long way to go yet before she is out of danger of catching an infection and falling ill.

I will keep you informed of her progress.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope to be back soon

They Call It Mellow Yellow!

Happy weekend everyone!. 

Well, I've waved off the family as they drive down to Devon for a weeks holiday........and I'm glued to the phone as my sisters donkey is about to foal any minute, and I'm in the hot seat if it goes into labour!Aaaaah!

While I wait, I've made this card

I wrapped some Raffia around some pale yellow card that I had embossed, and laid it off centre on a white base. On 3D pads, I then added a yellow card square and topped it with a smaller white one, onto which I stamped two flowers and sentiment. Next, I stamped three yellow flowers and fussy cut them out, and arranged them with some punched leaves above the sentiment. The finishing touches were the gems in the flower centres and flower heads.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch comes from Freshly

 Made Sketches

Seize the Birthday 

have a topping of

MONOCHROMATIC YELLOWS

                                         

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps want us to MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Whisper White, Pale Yellow and base FMS

Stamps - Summer Silhouettes, and Express Yourself

Inks - Basic Black, Hello Honey, and Crushed Curry

Tools - Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Bird Punch

Extras - 3D Pads, Raffia,  and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, and enjoy your weekend

Mousey Celebrations

Yaaay! I forgot to say yesterday, that my Fairy card got Birthday Honours at Seize the Birthday, and my Peacock Spotlight card was one of the Goddess Picks at Stampin' Royalty, so "Thank You" to their lovely DT's.

I haven't used the House Mouse stamps much that I had for my birthday,  so I used them today to make this quick card

I stamped the mice in black and coloured them with my AP and markers, before cutting them with a framelit die. This was then placed on 3D pads on to some embossed blue and brown cards. The sentiment banners were made by piecing several stamps together and were also on 3D pads, and the finishing touches were the gems added to the hats and base card. 

I am entering these challenges :

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches,

the colours from Color Throwdown

Addicted to CAS have the theme of

             CELEBRATE

                                                         

and lastly Addicted to Stamps want to see

                  CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, and base FMS

Stamps - House Mouse, and Express Yourself

Inks - Black Archival, Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake

Tools - Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Framelits Labels, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Aqua Painter 

Extras - 3D Pads and Gems

Thanks for dropping by and have a good week

Howzat !!!

Well, that's another busy week over, and before I knew it, the weekend has started.

My latest order from SU has arrived, and I've been dying to use the markers and stamps, but I haven't had time to craft until tonight. Here's a card I needed for my friends cricket mad husband.

The cricketer was coloured with my aqua painter and SU markers, and mounted on orange card. I used a bamboo stamp to make some stumps, and stamped the sentiment over them, before doing the same as the player panel. I embossed the blue card with a texture that looked like the bails off the stumps, and added the two panels with 3D pads. I drew white stitches on the orange cricket ball and finished it with a twine bow.

I will also be entering it into these challenges :

The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches

the colours from Hand Stamped Sentiments, (a new challenge I've found)

The Male Room has the theme of

GAMES

                                                  

and lastly, Stampin' Royalty have ANYTHING GOES

Supplies :

Card - Marina Mist, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Papermania, Inkadinkado, and Simply Sketched

Inks - Black Archival, Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, and Lost Lagoon

Tools - Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Aqua Painter, and Nestabilities

Extras - 3D Pads, White Gel Pen, and Bakers Twine

It was at Nathan's sports day on Tuesday, where he did very well in helping his house come second. 

Here he is with his rosette for 2nd in the sack race.

He was running so fast in the egg and spoon race that this is the only clear picture that I took.

It was also my SD, Dave's,  birthday on Wednesday, and Nathan and Sophie thought it would be funny to buy him a Darth Vader onesie. I think Halloween has come early, don't you??

That's all for now, so until the next time, have a good weekend (what's left of it!)

Vanilla Stripes

Yaaaay! I never thought it would happen, but I've just made number 50 in my followers, I'm over the moon, so Thank You all for joining me.

Today is a busy day of TV sport for me......with the men's Wimbledon final, and the British Grand Prix, but before I settle on the sofa, here's a card I've made

The flowers on the wreath were coloured with my SU markers and an Aqua Painter, and cut with a framelet. This was then placed on 3D pads and laid on some vanilla card that was embossed with diagonal stripes. The finishing touches were the sentiment, butterfly, and gems.

I will be entering these challenges:

The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

the colours from Color Throwdown,

Stampin' Royalty want something 

SIMPLE

                                                     

Seize the Birthday want STARS or/and STRIPES  

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps want us to

MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Apothecary Art, and Papillion Potpourri

Inks - Black Archival, Strawberry Slush, and Tempting Turquoise

Tools - Big Shot, Framelets Label, Aqua Painter, Sizzix Textures, Elegant Butterfly punch, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - 3D Pads and Gems 

Thanks for dropping by, and have a nice Sunday

Tag Tree

My card today is for my Step Dad's birthday next Month ( sorry about the photo, my camera flash is still doing it's own thing! )

I will also be entering it in these challenges :

Colour Me have these autumn colours,

the sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

The Male Room want a masculine card with theme of

"TREES AND LEAVES"

 Seize the Birthday have a toppings of "TAGS"

and lastly, but no means least,  Addicted to Stamps want us to

"MAKE YOUR MARK"

I stamped the tree with rust ink, and hand coloured the leaves with SU markers. I then cut it out using the shape from the outside of a Nestie for the top of the tag, and laid it on some rust card. This was then placed onto a randomly stamped base card with leaves, script, and splodges. It was finished off with a sentiment banner, ribbon and button.

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Rust and base FMS

Stamps = Leaves of a Tree, French Foliage, and Apothecary Art

Inks = Black, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive, and Adirondack Rust

Tools = Nestie and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = 3D Pads, Button, Ribbon, and Bakers Twine

I had a bad fall in the garden again yesterday, and my arms and legs are black and blue, so I decided to do the right thing today, and stay indoors watching the French Open Tennis while crafting. 

Thanks for dropping by, hope you'll come back again soon

                                                                  

Blue Sunday

Today, I've made a Birthday card for my friend's birthday at the end of the month.

I will also be entering it into several challenges

The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches

Stampin' Royalty have the theme of MAY FLOWERS

The colours are from Color Throwdown

and lastly,

Seize the Birthday have 

the extra topping of    

 FLOWERS

                                                    

Supplies
Card = Whisper White, Concord Crush, with Blue and base FMS
Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Express Yourself
Inks = Concord Crush, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade, and Crumb Cake
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Fiskars Scissors, Fancy Fan EF, and Butterfly Punches
Extras = 3D Pads, Ribbon, and Gems



We had two surprise visitors today.

My nephew, Nathan, came to show me his new glasses

and my niece, Sophie, came to show me her arm in plaster! She had fallen off one of her donkeys and broken her arm just above the elbow.....ouch!

We've got to take her back to the hospital tomorrow for another X-ray to make sure the bones are going to set in the right place. The poor little mite has really been through the wars lately, as she was in hospital with a blood poisoning virus a few weeks ago. 

They say things come in threes, so let's hope Nathan's glasses are the last thing.(fingers crossed)

Thanks for dropping by, and I'll be back soon

Pink Poppies

My card today is for my sister's birthday in a few weeks time

I will also be entering it into these challenges

Freshly Made Sketches 

with this sketch

ColourQ with these colours

Colour Me  with 

5 colours of our choice

and lastly, Seize the Birthday with 

ANYTHING GOES

BIRTHDAY

                                                                     

Supplies

Card - Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, and White base FMS

Stamps - Pleasant Poppies, Papillon Potpourri, and Express Yourself

Inks - Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Black

Tools - Elegant and Itty Bitty Butterfly Punches

Extras - Ribbon and Gems

I've got a busy weekend ahead, as it's my BIL birthday, and it's a Bank Holiday in the UK, so we're off doing stuff with my niece and nephew.

Thanks for dropping by