Humour - Sweet Stampin'

Morning all,

Time for a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin', and this week we're having a bit of a giggle with our humour theme!

For some reason when I think humour, I always think Bugaboo, so I dug out one of thir digis to have a play with.

Just one paper design in the background seemed more than sufficient, and after colouring with Promarkers, all it needed was some glossy Accents on both the glasses she is wearing, and the ones containing the wine.

I decorated the inside to match too.

Do you have any funny stamps? Maybe a sentiment or two that make you chuckle? dig them out and come play with us this week, as you can never have enough laughs in your life!

Have a fantabulous day!

Sammy-x

humour - Sweet Stampin'

Morning all,

It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin', and this week our theme is humour. we can all do with a laugh now and then, so I'm really looking forward to seeing the entries this week!

I decided to provide you with not one, but two smiles, so here is card one of two...

The sentiment certainly made me chuckle, and I thought the clothes peg was the perfect accompaniment. Of course, there's always the chance that people won't "get it", but I rather thought it was amusing, lol.

The chappy in this next card, a bugaboo digi, looks exactly like someone I work with, so this card will be reserved for his next birthday!

And that's it from me...

Hope you all have a fantabulous (bank holiday) weekend.

Sammy-x

Around the world - The Crafting Cafe DT

Morning bloggers!

If all goes according to plan, I shall be soaking up the sun rain as you're reading this, as we'll be away on our hols. Weather forecast is miserable, so this could be fun, lol.

What is much more fun, is the current challenge at The Crafting Cafe, which this month has the theme of Around the World. As our holiday didn't involve leaving the country, I figured I'd use this fab image from our sponsor Bugaboo, and make a card for my brother.

The sentiment is in Doric, a dialect spoken in North-East Scotland, and means "How are you?" (which I added to the bottom of the card, as you can see.) It's a bit of an in-joke, as my brother is becoming more and more intelligible every time we see him. I'm sure he's making half of it up! ;-)

There's still a week to enter this month, so I hope you'll come and play along!

Have a great week!

Sammy-x

Lots of Layers - The Crafting Cafe DT

Good morning everyone!

I don't know if you're aware, but the January challenge over at The Crafting Cafe is Lots of Layers. I don't know about you, but I love that theme, probably because it goes well with my paper obsession! lol.

Now, we got a selection of lovely images from our sponsor Bugaboo, and I couldn't choose which to use... So I made two!

First of all, I made a card for a young girl, complete with Glossy Accents balloon and LOTS of liquid pearls!

And then I did one for a grown-up girl. I'm not sure why, but I seem to really like shopping images at the moment, even though I detest shopping myself (except for crafty goodies, naturally).

I love these papers (from the Basic Grey "Hipster" pad), but don't often make a card with an image that suits them. I think this one does :-) I also kept the embellishments to a minimum, just a few pearls. And the sentiment was something I cobbled together in word!

Now then, your turn. There's still a week to enter, so get layering and join us!

Have a fabulous day!

Sammy-x

Gift card holder - Crafting with Dragonflies DT

Hey there all,

It's that time again... A new challenge over at Crafting with Dragonflies, and this fortnight we're looking for gift card holders.

For mine I decided to use one of the kits from LOTV, to which I added a tag image from our sponsor Bugaboo.

These are so very easy to put together, and take no time at all, but they look ever so pretty.
I also added a velcro dot to keep it closed.

So now it's your turn. Make us something pretty for holding a gift card and come and link up. After you've been to check out what my fellow Dragonflies have created, of course.

Have a great day!

Sammy-x

Tissue box - Crafting with Dragonflies DT

Good morning everyone!

The new challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies starts today, and we're looking for you to create a tissue box!
Well, this was a first for me, and you know me, love to do something different... Now I have to admit that I struggled a little with the maths side of it, working out measurements and whathaveyou (Maths has never been my strong suit, and these days my brain just refuses to even try! lol), but I think I got there in the end.

I received a lovely sunflower digi from our sponsor Bugaboo, and let the design happen from there...

First there was G45 paper, which was perfect because of the sunflowers... I made a "sleeve" for a square box out of them (you can just see a pink spot at the bottom where the inside box is peeping out, lol).

And I added the sunflower digi to the top of the box, after colouring and fussy-cutting.

So there you go, one tissue box! And my fellow Dragonflies have been hard at work too, so I suggest you so check out their work too.

Have a fab day my dears!

Sammy-x

Love and Marriage - The Crafting Cafe DT

Update:

My appointment finally came through! I'll be getting assessed on the first of September, and I have everything crossed that it won't take long to get fixed after that. I'm so, so tired of being in pain, and it's only getting worse the more time passes...
But there is a light at the end of the tunnel! :-D

And now on to more fun things. Like this month's challenge over at the Crafting Cafe, where the theme is Love and Marriage. (Cue me doing a little song and dance, Sinatra style, before collapsing in front of the TV a la Al Bundy, lol.

The sponsor this month is Bugaboo, and I got a fabulous Gus and Stella image to play with... The sentiment I thought was especially amusing (and true! lol).

And the rest of the sentiment is on the inside:

The papers were magazine freebies, and of course I coloured the image with my Promarkers. I used some purple washi tape I found in The Works, and the buttons came from a £1 sewing kit I picked up some time a year or so ago.
Naturally there are glossy accents on the glasses, though it doesn't really show in the picture.

So there we go, love and marriage. And a rather amusing sentiment. And let's face it, it wouldn't be funny if it wasn't true... ;-)
Now, you still have a week to come and play this challenge, so hopefully we'll see you there!

Have a fantabulous day!

Sammy-x

Zentangle - Crafting with Dragonflies DT

Hello everyone!

Another new challenge over at Crafting with Dragonflies today, and it's one I have to admit I was dreading for a while! Most of you will know my aversion to doodling, and I can now confirm this includes Zentangle.

I know a lot of people love it, but I simply don't like to doodle, in black and white or otherwise, lol.

However, I put my big girl pants on, and managed to produce a little something to try and inspire you all, in the hope that those of you who are doodle-whizzes, will come and play along!

As you can see, I used an image from our sponsor Bugaboo, and used the frame for doodling in.

And I even added doodles to the inside! This should show you all how dedicated I am, lol.

Now, time for you lot to go show me how it's done! ;-)

Have a fabby day!

Sammy-x

Easter - Crafting with Dragonflies DT

Hello my dears,

Another hump day has arrived, and with it a new challenge for Crafting with Dragonflies.  Thank you all for your participation in the recent blog hop, and the lovely comments you all left. Stay tuned for the winners announcement this time next week!

The theme this fortnight is, rather unsurprisingly, Easter, and we're being sponsored by both Bugaboo and Squigglefly, and for this challenge I made cards with images by both companies.

My first card features the Squigglefly Easter basket builder set on the front, and another of their images on the inside.

The paper is Grace Taylor.

And for my Bugaboo card, I used Floral Easter Eggs - Egg 2

The paper on this card is First Edition "Spring Feast", and I used a Sizzix doily die as a frame and an X-Cut punch for the flowers.

So those are my contributions! Please do go take a look at what the other Dragonflies have been up to!

Have a fab day!

Sammy-x

Lots going on over here!

Howdy my dears,

How are you all this fine day? I myself am doing fine and dandy, and I have lots of awesome stuff going on right now, some of which I can't tell you about yet, but if I can just direct your attention to my side bar... See the gorgeous new blinkie? The one that says I design for Milk Coffee? Isn't it purty?

And if you're not familiar with them, go see! Their digis are absolutely adorable! Watch this space, as they'll be making fortnightly appearances on my blog very soon! :-)


In other news, my daughter Kayleigh came to me on Thursday night and told me that one of her friends would be moving away during the half-term holidays, and please could I have a card ready for her before morning!
Thank you for the notice, child of mine! lol.
She was quite specific in her requirements. It had to have a purple unicorn (had no unicorns, but Bugaboo came to the rescue), a doily (her friend's nick-name apparently), some pink and lots of bling and sparkle.

So this is what I came up with:

I used pink paper with a gold shiny flower pattern instead of a cardstock mat, and the added purple glitter paper (from Fizzy Moon pack) and a ribbon coloured with Promarkers to match. I also threw a heap of purple gems and pearls at it and heat embossed the sentiment to that is shiny too! Oh, and there's Stickles on the horn, hooves and flowers, naturally. The dies I used were a corner die from Joanna Sheen and a vine one I can't remember the brand of at the moment, lol. The flowers are from WOC.
My daughter loved it, and apparently her friend said it was the best card she'd ever seen, so I think I can call it a success.

I'm entering this card into the Created with Love - Anything goes - challenge.

Hope you're all having a great day, and those in the south of England, hope you've been getting through the weather in one piece!
See you soon with more exciting news!

Sammy-x

Hello there!

Hi folks. Sorry I've not been around much and haven't commented as much as usual this week. After more than a year of feeling exhausted, I've finally been diagnosed with M.E. So I needed a few days to work out how I felt about that.
Mostly, I'm ok. I don't think I'm anywhere near as bad with it as a lot of sufferers, and I can still function more-or-less normally, as long as I don't overdo it. I find short gentle walks are still doable most of the time (though up-hill kills me!) and all-in-all I'm convinced I'll cope just fine.
Work is still not going to happen for a while, but hey... More time for crafting! :-D

Anyways, enough about that. I have a heap of cards again, but shall start with one I made for a friend whose birthday is coming up. He's a huge comic/super hero fan, so I found an adorable bugaboo digi to play with:

Please excuse my rubbish handwriting! lol.
I made the speech bubble on my PC and when done I decorated the inside to match. It's a very simple card, but I think it's just right for my friend.

Recipe:

Image - AKV superhero Shield
Medium - Promarkers
Paper - Let's make cards
Red and white card from stash.

That's it for this card. I'll be back later or tomorrow morning with some more.

Hope your day has been most excellent!

Sammy-x