We have moved!

Not sure how I forgot to do this but it seems I moved blog and forgot to write it here so! Many apologies to my followers, I am so crap! So if you would like to come on over to my new blog, when I reach 50 subscribers (I am 3 away) I will be giving up some fab candy!

So come join me over at Gotpaintinmyhair!

Rubber Stamp Sale

Well moving out is getting closer, having to make a dramatic downsize of my crafting goodness as I will not have the space in my own home that I have at my mom's house so I am adding loads of rubber stamps to my Stash Sale Blog. If you like Magnolia, Sarah Kay and whiff of joy stamps keep checking back as I will be uploading loads of them today and tomorrow as I go through my box's.  All my stamps are well looked after and treated with care! Most are still like new and don't even look used, some aren't used at all. I am doing free postage to the UK But will have to ask for something towards postage overseas.

Keep it Simple: Deck the Halls

This weeks challenge over at Keep it Simple is Deck the Halls and sponsored by the fabulous Whimsy Stamps. For my card I used 2 Whimsy images, coloured with pro-markers and accented with a sakura glitter pen. Love this brand new little angel image, aint she cute!! Tho I have to admit I needed to look up what a Cardinal bird looked like! Pop over and join in the challenge, you could own her too.

Keep it Simple: Joy

This weeks Keep it Simple challenge is Joy and sponsored by the fabulous Delicious Doodles shop. For my project I whipped up a Christmas tree decoration.

Paper, sentiment and hanger all came from a Christmas kit made by Anna Griffin. Edge was punched with a Martha Christmas Punch. Enjoy!

Keep it Simple: Wonderland

This weeks challenge over at Keep it Simple is Wonderland. For my design team card I used the sketch from Sunday Sketch & Stamp and the Theme from A Pocket full of Posies.

Enjoy the weekend!

Keep it Simple: Shape Up Challenge

This weeks Keep it Simple Challenge is sponsored by me!! and look at the fab prize I am offering up.

I am sponsoring this prize in memory of both my Grandparents who sadly both passed on to cancer within the last 15 months.

My project for this challenge: Shape Up, is a little christmas tree ornament. Made in printed vellum from stash (no idea who made it, it was a 12x12 sheet) Poked through holes following the pattern and then filled it with pot-pourri. Smells divine and will be hanging on my tree this year.The pattern for this is from PaperTrey inc and available HERE.

Keep it Simple: Ooohhh Spooky

This weeks challenge over at Keep it Simple is: Ooohhh Spooky. For my design team card I have decided to make a tag. Items used: Dylusions paint and stamps available at Art from the Heart. Posca paint markers. Very simple and easy to make lots of for those Halloween goody bags.

Keep it Simple Challenge 7 - Seeing Stars

Well its Sunday morning so that means its time for Keep it Simple!! This weeks challenge is ''Seeing Stars'' and what a fab challenge too especially so close to christmas.

I went with a traditional scene but slightly modern being a collage stamp. Decoupaged it up in two places and made my own background with book page and distress ink, as the challenge says ''keep it simple''. I am also entering this into the fab Winter Wonderland challenge which is ''Jesus is the reason for the season''

Thanks for visiting me

Keep it Simple Challenge 6 - Thank You

This weeks challenge over at Keep it Simple is a theme: Thank you and sponsored by the fab Whimsy Stamps. These stamps are great, if I had enough money I would have them all...... and theirs alot to choose from!!

I am also entering this into the I Love Pro-Markers challenge which is a fab theme of pearls & swirls.

Thanks for looking

Keep it Simple Challenge 5 - Gold Dust

This weeks challenge over at Keep it Simple has a fab sponsor, Emma an independent Stamp'in Up Supplier. She is offering up a fab prize!! The challenge is Gold Dust, so I decided to make a quick Christmas card with gold metal flake. Hope you will join us in our 5th challenge

Keep it Simple Challenge 4 - Bling it

This item is ⓒClare Horner. If you wish to make this yourself I am happy for you to do that as long as credit is linked back if published. Thanks.

This weeks challenge over at Keep it Simple is ''Bling it''. This was actually a really hard challenge for me as I am not very comfy with ''Bling'' and either go over the top or not at all. So for my Design Team project I decided I would try go a subtle as possible and make a very simple pair of earrings. Punched out a piece of paper with the Martha Stewart daisy punch drew it out onto shrink plastic then cut it out, shrank it and this was the hard part, one went totally wrong and broke, so if you choose to do this then be careful. For the bling I have added some Papermania flat backed gems. I am real happy with the result.

Winter Wonderland Challenge

Sorry for the bad picture but the light here today is terrible.

This week over on Winter Wonderland they have a great theme of ''A-One layer card'' For this I have taken a square card and added some simple stamping and a couple of blobs of stickles.

Keep it Simple Challenge 3 - Give us a Swirl

This weeks challenge at Keep it Simple is a great theme - Give us a Swirl. For my card I raided my scrap paper box did a bit of ripping and tearing dry brushed on some gesso and stamped the sentiment. Very simple and took less than 20 mins to complete. Sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts. Pop on over and join in this weeks prize is a fab stamp from Sassy Designs.

Multiple Challenge Card

(I am not on my own computer as it is in the shop being repaired so sorry for the image quality I have no way to edit it correctly, the image will be updated once I get my computer back)

Been having a play with the Letraset AquaMarkers that I won from Passion for ProMarkers, I must admit at first I thought these are rubbish, but I made the fatal mistake of trying to use them like ProMarkers. Once I used them as they are intended (after e-mailing and watching a video done by the lovely Kirsty Wiseman)I have changed my mind and decided they are actually quite fab, still not as good as ProMarkers which are 5 mins and your image is done, they take time and effort to use but have wonderful results.

So this card I am entering into a few challenges.
Just magnolia week 71
Stampin for the weekend challenge 46
Sunday sketch and stamp challenge 36
A pocket full of posies week 6

Image is brand new Japanese Magnolia, coloured with AquaMarkers: for the skin I used eggshell with rose blush for the cheeks, hair is lamp black, dress is storm blue and periwinkle and the flowers are rose blush. Papers from Papermania and ribbon from stash with tumbled glass distress ink edges. Sparkly parts are from a Sakura gel pen.

Keep it Simple Challenge 2 - Take a Leaf

Challenge 2 over at Keep it Simple is a great theme - Take a leaf. My card for the design team is a pre printed Papermania card from a very old goody bag (I think). Coupled with a rub-on that was not in a packet so I don't know the brand sorry and 3 skeletal leaves, again were not in a branded packet so I don't know where they are from. To adhere them to the card I used Japanese Washi tape that I found on Etsy. As a whole the card took about 10 minutes to think up and create. Hope you join in the fun we have a fab sponsor this week!!

Keep it Simple Challenge 1

Hi everyone, I am very pleased to announce that I have been chosen to join the Keep it Simple Design Team!! Whooop whooop. Keep it Simple is a new challenge blog with the aim of keeping it simple!! So for my first official design team card I have used a Whiff of Joy image coloured with Pro-Markers, a double sided sheet of paper from Anna Griffin and an already die cut tree also from Anna Griffin. As in the rules for the design team the card took me under 30 mins to create, to be sure I watched Friends and it was finished before the episode was.

Keep it Simple will have prizes, a top 3 award and lots of fun. Join us every Sunday for a new challenge.

Sunday Sketch & Stamp 34 and Passion for Pro-Markers 65

This weeks Sunday Sketch & Stamp is a great sketch which I have combined with the Passion for Pro-Markers challenge ''Blue Christmas''.

And he is gone.

Today my Grandad Peter Jones lost his battle with cancer. Rest in peace finally.

Tuesday Tagger theme & A Pocket Full of Posies Challenge

This weeks Tuesday Taggers Challenge is Sunshine, and I am combining this challenge with A Pocket Full of Posies which is all that glitters. I have made a little tag with some cosmic shimmer paint for the background, dreamweaver crackle embossing paste for the sun rays and shimmery paper to stamp the children on the bench on, then coated with crackle paint in  rock candy. Love how this one has turned out but it doesn't look as good in the photo as it does in real life as the crackle detail hasn't photo'd well. The stamp is an old Prima one.

Just Magnolia 67 & Passion for Pro-Markers 64

This card has been created for 2 challenges, Just Magnolia 67 - Acetate and Passion for Pro-Markers 64 - Music. Card is made of acetate from a fill your own box at the Kanban outlet shop in Bradford, Music paper from stash, Image is Magnolia coloured with Pro-Markers, flower is made with the new Magnolia die. Sentiment is Tim Holtz. The little bling gem pins were from the lovely Anne.