Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Evening all. We have something to celebrate over at the All Dressed Up FB Group………we have reached 3000 members……whoop whoop. If you are already a member of the FB group you will have spied the little freebie Wendy is so generously offering to the group

If you are not a member head on over and join to receive the freebie and it may just be the image I used on the card below:

I love red and blue as a colour combo and thought this Lili of the Valley sentiment was just such a perfect match for the image.

Supplies:

• Image: 3000 Member Freebie from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Papermania Capsule Collection Blue 8x8 Pad
• Card: Red Card, Blue Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Lili of the Valley Teenage Girl Sentiments
• Embellishments: Pearls, Pearl Heart and Doodling

Don’t forget to head over to the All Dressed Up FB Group to grab the freebie and see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Mini Mermaids

Morning All! It’s a big old exciting day today and my nephew and his fiancée are getting marries I have made the bride a little gift and once it’s received  will share some pictures.

Anyhoo, back to the important bit….. it’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog.

A couple weeks back Christy released the super cute Amy and her Mini Mermaid Friends and I was super quick colouring them all in….so quick that’s it’s my coloured images on the shop page (something that I’m truly amazed by).

I’ve been sat looking at the coloured images a while not actually wanting to create with them as they look too cute just as they are. In the end I decided to make all 6 images into a little set of tags and here is the first:

Had to add a little sparkle to her hair and my favourite die of the moment is on show again! Just love that it looks like seaweed.

Supplies:

• Image: Amy and her Mini Mermaid Friends from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics  (and water colours for the background)
• Card: Aqua Card, Black Card, Pink Card, Purple Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies: Britannia Dies Leaf Flourish, Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies and Whiff of Joy Doily Die
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue, Pearls, Gems, Doodling, Jute, Thickers and wool

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Hello Sailor

Morning all! Hope everyone is well. It’s a bit hectic here with my eldest home from school, our routine is out of the window, but me and Miss 3 love having more time with him.

Anyhoo, back to today’s post and I have some more inspiration to fuel my mermaid addiction. This is another Meribelle image from Polkadoodles. Meet Meribelle Hello Sailor…..

I’ve become a little addicted to water colour backgrounds as well. Just as well though as it seems to suit the underwater/mermaid images really well.

With an image that awesome it didn’t need a lot of frills. So I’ve gone simple on the layout. And just a die that reminds me of seaweed and a couple real shells. Ooh the papers are from Polkadoodles too…….there the Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle (which I must have a bit bigger play with ).

Supplies:

• Image: Meribelle Hello Sailor from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics (with water colours for the background)
• DP: Papers from Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Turquoise Card, Burnt Orange Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Britannia Dies Leaf Flourish
• Embellishments: Shells and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Jelly Bug

Happy Saturday Everyone!

A couple of weeks back my blogging buddy Linda asked me if I would like to join the DT at The Sketchy Challenges. I had to think for all of a couple of seconds before agreeing to join a fab bunch of ladies.

Today is my first challenge as part of the team and we have a wonder theme of ‘Summertime’.

I had to use this little cutie from Saturated Canary as she reminds me so much of my littlest one. This is Jelly Bug and I’ve used some nice bright summery colours as well.

And another picture

Supplies:

• Image: Jelly Bug digi stamp from Saturated Canary
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Blue Card, Pink Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP:
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframes Dies, Tonic Daisy 2 Border Punch and X-Cut Flower Punch 
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls and Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration please hop across to The Sketchy Challenges to see what the other girls have created.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

I Love Flowers

Me again! It’s time for a new challenge with Crafty Sentiments Designs and over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog it’s time for ‘Anything Goes’!

I’ve made a really girly card this time and what better image than Isobel – I Love Flowers

I just might have treated myself to a few new dies recently! And don’t they look pretty….well worth the pennies

And I may have slipped some yummy scrummy Pion Design Papers into my basket when I ordered from Live and Love Crafts!

Supplies:

• Image: Isobel – I Love Flowers stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card, Green Card, Pink Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Pion Design My Precious Daughter Pansy 6x6 Paper 
• Stamps: Lili of the Valley Block Sentiments  
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Faux Quilled Blooms, Creative Expression Sue Wilson Charming Lace Trim and Spellbinders Label 31
• Embellishments: Doodling, Pearls, Glitter Glue and Wycinanka Chipboard

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Molly Swims

Morning all! It’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday! And over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see your makes on the theme of  ‘Summer Sun!

Christy has drawn a fabulous new character Molly and everyone seems to love her. I’ve tagged it #MollyMania hehe!

This card uses Molly Swims, and boy I wish I was headed off to the beach like Molly:

I treated myself to a few goodies from Live and Love Crafts, including these fabulous chipboard hearts.

Green isn’t usually my colour, but I am trying to push myself!

Supplies:

• Image: Molly Swims by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Black Card, Green Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Dovecraft ‘Bright Spark’ Back to Basics 6x6 Papers
• Dies & Punches: Clearly Besotted Birthday word die and Nellie Snellen Pierced Oval Multiframe dies 
• Embellishments: Gems, Chipboard Hearts, Chipboard Border and Alpha Stickers

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Meribelle Swimming Around

I am back with that surprise I mentioned earlier……Mermaids….Loads of fabulous new Mermaids from Polkadoodles.

Meet Meribelle…..

For my card I’ve used Meribelle Swimming Around

With an image that awesome it didn’t need a lot of frills. So I’ve gone simple on the layout. And just a few seaweed inspired embellishments.

Supplies:

• Image: Meribelle Swimming Around from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Papers from Winnie Starfish and Sandcastles VIP Bundle printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Turquoise Card, Lime Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Britannia Dies Leaf Flourish and Nellie Snellen Pierced Oval Multiframe Dies
• Embellishments: White Spider Web and Pearl Bead Trim

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Summertime Butterfly

Me again lol! And if you’re really lucky I may be back with a little surprise later!! Anyhoo, this post is to share the new challenge we have over at the Polkadoodles Challenge Blog where our theme is Summertime. 

For my card I have used lovely soft summery colours and I have made another one without a coloured image ……. that’s two recently and I really liked how this one turned out.

The butterfly embellishments on the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download are so pretty I just knew I had to make a card with one of them as the focus:

I have printed the butterfly three times, the first two I left whole and the third I used only the top wings. Layering them up and curling the wings ever so slightly it just a little dimension.

Supplies:

• DP: Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Pink Card, Green Card and White Linen Card 
• Dies & Punches: Whiff of Joy Doily Die and MS Half Daisy Border Punch
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Embellishments: Butterfly (from the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download), Pearls, Doodling, Glitter Glue and Glossy Accents

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lisa

Molly Mania

Morning All! Still struggling with a cold/cough so I’m going to try and keep it short and sweet!!

It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and today’s make uses one of Christy’s fabulous new Molly images. They really are so so cute and if you check out the Tiddly Inks FB Group you will see that a lot of people have what I’m calling #mollymania!

I’ve used Molly on today’s card but I’ve left it without a sentiment at the moment as I’m not sure who the recipient is going to be:

I picked up these fabulous Dovecraft papers in The Range and I’ve been itching to use them……I matched Molly up in a Turquoise/Orange combo….which I rather like!

Supplies:

• Image: Molly from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Dovecraft (which double check the name) 
• Card: Aqua Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Floral Oval Die and MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Pearls and Doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Dreaming of Summer

Evening all, slowly catching up on a few things, I’m just so heavy with a cold I just wish  could breathe a little easier……..I made the whole house smell of Olbas Oil and Menthol lol!

Anyhoo, have you seen our current challenge over in the All Dressed Up FB Group?  Our theme for the month is Girly.

We are spoilt for choice is Wendy’s fab All Dressed Up etsy shop, as there are loads of really girly images. For this card I’ve used Dreaming of Summer:

And even though it’s not a fave colour of mine I’ve managed to use quite a bit of yellow again.

Supplies:

• Image: Dreaming of Summer from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: First Edition Dreamcatcher 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Lilac Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Lili of the Valley Teenage Girl Sentiment Set
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Imperial Purple’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Butterfly Punch, Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframe Dies and Joy Crafts Fancy Square Die
• Embellishments: Pearls, Gems, Doodling and Paper Flowers

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to hop over to the All Dressed Up FB Group for more fabulous inspiration.

Lisa

Princess Chloe

Morning All. A very quick post from me as I’m still feeling very ropey.

We have a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge it’s the Pinks turn to host the challenge and we have  a fabulous theme of ‘Get Krafty’.

I use a lot of Kraft card so this was a good challenge for me but  thought it would be nice to push myself so I broke out the pencils and decided to colour straight on the Kraft.

This is Princess Chloe 2 and I’ve printed her a little larger than normal so I could crop her into a circle:

Still practicing my skin and hair with my Prismacolor pencils.

Supplies:

• Image: Princess Chloe 2 from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Prismacolor Pencils
• Card: Kraft Card
• DP: Nitwit Collections ‘Bonnets 'n Bowties various kits
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Large Frilly Frames # 10, Go Kreate Large Circle Dies, Spellbinders Picot Edge Circles and Magnolia Tildas Lace Border
• Sentiment: From a Clearly Besotted Stamp Set
• Ink: VersFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Doodling, Glitter Glue and Pearls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Patsy & Gizmo

Me again! I have more cold symptoms but I think overall I might be feeling a little better. So I’m playing catch up now.

It’s time for another challenge over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog. This time we have a fabulous theme of   ‘Flowers’!

And as this week is also the new release for July, I’ve used the first image released Patsy and Gizmo - Flag:

And another picture:

Supplies:

• Image: Patsy and Gizmo – Flag Digi from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Red Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: DecoTime Paper Stack 
• Stamps: Everyday sentiments by Clearly Besotted 
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframe Dies and Flower Dies (make unknown
• Embellishments: Pearls

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration using this gorgeous new image please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Winston Bear–Heartfelt

Hello all. It’s been a bit quiet this week on my little old blog. First a migraine and now some sort of flu thing has made me a right miserable bunny….not even felt like crafting so I know I’ve been poorly!!

Luckily I had this little make all ready just to glue together. And thanks to Mr Paracetamol and plenty of hot drinks I managed to get it done.

Now if you know me you know I could happily sit for hours on end colouring (and I do some weekends) but not everything makes it to a card. This cute little Winston Bear Heartfelt was just too adorable not to get used on a project:

I haven’t taken the Animal Class over at Kit & Clowder so instead I thought I’d try using the same flicking technique I learnt for hair in the Skin and Hair Class……I really like how he turned out.

Supplies:

• Image: Winston Bear Heartfelt  from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Winston Deluxe Full Collection printed on White Linen Cardstock
• Card: Lilac Card, Grey Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders  Floral Oval Dies
• Sentiment: From the Winnie Fruit Punch Big Bundle Download
• Embellishments: Flowers (Winston Deluxe Full Collection), Buttons, Pearls, Lace, Twine and a Ribbon Bow

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by and if I can can stop coughing and sneezing long enough I’ll try and pop back later with another couple of recent makes that I just haven’t felt up to sharing yet.

Lisa

Merrie Mermaid

Morning All, it’s time for another Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog.

I coloured up Merrie Mermaid and couldn’t bear to part with her. So instead of making a card I have made her into a sort of something….not quite sure what to call it….piece of art maybe.

The back ground on the image is done with Copics and isopropyl alcohol and the backing paper is made with watercolours, Glossy Accents and ink.

Supplies:

• Image: Merrie Mermaid from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• Card: Burnt Orange Card, Turquoise Card, White Card, Watercolour Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa