Happy Saturday..

Well at long last the sun is shining and yet I picked this day to make Christmas cards...go figure.!!!!!!!!!!

How could I resist, I saw this the other day and had to have him and his pal, two gorgeous Gnomes and because our sweet Jacob loves Gnomes soooo much, what was a good Nana to do...

The image is from KLM Designs on Etsy and you can find him and many more right HERE.

coloured with Pro markers, the papers are from a prize I won on Liz's blog Buttonsforbrains and when it came I was more than surprised at how much was in the magazine, you will be seeing lots, here is a picture I took to show a friend

 I was gobsmacked, thanks Liz, I felt so lucky to win.

Inside is simple with torn vellum, stamped with yet more stamps from the mag....
I am adding this into the following challenges.
BROWN SUGAR ATG 
Classic DT Challenge ATG
Merry Little Christmas challenge ATG

That's it once again, hope your all having a lovely weekend, enjoy.xxx

CraftyCatz challenge #473 ATG, {we are back, come on down.}

Well we are back from our 'Summer' break, not quite the summer we all wished for but still...So now its September and we are staring Autumn in the face, I don't mind I happen to love the seasons, couldn't stand to be the same day in day out, but more summer would be good...

OK, on with the new challenge which is hosted by our lovely Boss Lady AuntySue, she wants the optional twist to be Hi/Welcome

We are very happily sponsored by Bugaboo who provided the teams images and you can find them and so so many more HERE

For my card I used

 Make it snappy and Friend.

 I coloured the image up with Brush markers then copied it and sized it down on the pc to make the film strip, I recently got the free jig-saw die in a mag and used that in part, the' Hello' die is from Diamond press and the paper is CraftSensations.

Hope you will pop over and see what the team made, so many lovely samples.
I am entering the following.
BROWN SUGAR ATG September challenge

So that's it, thank you for your visit and all the lovely comments. Have a lovely day.xx

Happy Wednesday..

Hi everyone, just a quick post today, I joined in a shout on FB to send out a card or two for a retirement home, so I headed off and made this, although since then I really should have sent one from the MANY I have in boxes...DOH...

Anyway, I used a LOTV image I purchased recently, coloured with pro markers and pencils, dies are Diamond press DP is from a pad I got in B&M I think..

Not my best work but its the thought that counts..{.keep telling myself that....}

So this was my day so far. 

The weather here is dreadful, cold and rain and strong winds, looks like summer has done a bunk for sure so bring on Autumn....Hope wherever you are all is well.

I am entering the following.

I Love Promarkers, ATG optional layers.
 

Think that's it, please don't forget CraftyCatz is back on Friday, we are all looking forward to it I know, hope to see you all there....Thanks for the visit, hugs from me.xxx

Hello.

Afternoon all, hope your having a nicer day than we are, its teaming down with rain and its actually quite chilly, had to grab my big cardie...

OK, been making this a few days now, just kept adding bits here and there, now you all know I swore I would not make another after the last one, mmmmm, well, I lied to both of us because here it is, another album.

All DP is Craft Sensations, Metal corners are from old stash and most dies used are either TH or Diamond press and this time lots of gold transfer foil.

Close look at the TH medal

I always like to add little pockets or envelopes of different designs

Well I hope you think it was worth the work, I haven't showed all the pages as it would be complete overload..ha ha..

Thank you so much for the visit.

Card for a friend.

Hi everyone, do hope you all had a good week, we are still awaiting the summer sun here and to be honest, I'm abit fed up with it all, if this is it then maybe a nice crisp Autumn would be better, anyways, I had this panel I made a while back, it was a 'playtime' thing and then I stuck it to one side, lots of distress inks and various stencils if I remember rightly, the 'hello' sentiment I cut about three or four and bonded them, its a Diamond press die. Its for a friend so I left inside blank so I can write to her.

Lots of Autumnal colours I think, don't you just love these shades I know I do...

BTW I cut the die from the original panel.

That's it I think for now, off to have some lunch and maybe have another play if possible..

Can I just say that yesterday when 'The results' came in, my beautiful granddaughter Mia has done tremendously well,we are all so very very proud of her, she has worked so very hard and deserves it, she went this morning and signed up for all the courses she wanted, now it gets really hard but she can do it I am certain. Just wanted to share.

Have a lovely weekend people, hugs from me..xxxxx

 

Another Mo Manning image...

Hi all on this awful wet and windy afternoon, its been a rotten month so far. So what to do, well I headed to the craft place and coloured this little cutie up, I bought her as soon as I saw her in the shop, love her to pieces hope you do too, if you haven't already looked at the new stuff head over HERE and treat yourselves.
This one is called
Fierce Fairy Frankie

Coloured with Flex and Pro markers, the sentiment once again comes with her if you want to use it, paper is old-ish DP.
Right now she is not made up into a card, I can't quite decide if I should make her the front cover of a journal, but she will be used for sure.

If I can find a challenge or two I will add later.

Brown Sugar ATG
Colour Crazy Challenge atg
If you got this far please let me know what you think won't you, hope you have a lovely evening.xx

Quick card.

Made this afternoon as I needed a pocket card to send a few bits out to a friend, I haven't made one in ages and this was so quick, [ no image to colour etc]

Minty Papers, so gorgeous and a complete card in minutes if you want, the die is unbranded  well I think so but just can't bend down right now as my back is playing up something awful and I had this ready cut so there you go.

Inside pocket, matched the paper as best I could.

So there you go, can't remember ever making anything so fast, I like it..haha.

Hope where ever you are the weather is nicer than here right now, August is proving to be extremely silly...

Thanks so much for the visit.xx

A give away.

Liz at Buttonsforbrains has a fab give away on her blog, we don't really see many of these anymore so why not nip over and join in the fun.

Good luck and thanks to Liz for reviving what used to be a lovely Blogland 'Thing'..xx

Another card 'because I had to have this image'...

A quick-ish post today, I saw this and had to get it, as per, 'Mo' is doing some wonderful images,this one is Love you to Bits,  been colouring up this morning as I'm not up to much else today and thought I'd share, I was going to add to the challenge but what I thought was ATG wasn't, sooo, I'll look for another maybe.

The look on her face is adorable i think, the sentiment comes with so its all good.

Coloured with Flex and Pro markers, DP is Craft Sensations.

You can find this sweetie right HERE

Well hope you like, are you having a good week, I am looking after Mia's new kitten for her, she is at a wedding in Greece so guess who got landed...can't wait for Friday.
Entered into the following
Colour Crazy Challenge
Classic DT Challenge

Thanks for your visit, see you soon.xxxx

OK, a Christmas card..omg...

I really don't want to think about 'that' time of year just yet, but well, I saw this image from Mo Manning and just had to have it, so I made a card..

Cute or what..!! he comes complete with the sentiment so that's a bonus too.

I used lots of off-cuts from various pads, tag cut from a Woodware punch and string is stash. The image is coloured with Flex and Pro markers.

Hope you like it as much as I do, I really enjoyed using this little cutie and you will find this and other images HERE.

 I will try find a challenge or two.

A bit more time to craft ATG
I Love Promarkers  ATG option of Christmas.
LittleRedWagon Use a Digi

Have a lovely sunny day, thanks for your visit.

CraftyCatz challenge #472 ATG.

Hi all, well I am scheduling this post as I will be out with my good friend Judith today and fingers crossed it won't be as hot as it is as I write this, phew its a hot one today [Thursday].

OKAY, so this is our last challenge for the summer, we need a break and won't be back until September the 6th, which will fly, so come play and don't forget us.

Our wonderful CHRIS is host today and her Twist is On the Beach...yay...just where I'd love to be right now.

Our fab sponsor is Bugaboo who always gives us a great choice of images to play around with.

You will find all the images HERE.

I merged two images for mine, Surfer Guy and Pup swimmer.

Coloured with Pro markers, glitter added for the sand and the letters cut from the image and put back on lift tape.Various stamps used.

Hope you can come see what the girls made and join the fun.

Have a lovely weekend, we have our annual Gala day tomorrow and every single year it rains so you can be sure of it, all the little ones in the pretty dresses and flower covered floats, its sad but, well, its just the way it is...

Thanks so much for the visit.xx