Merry Christmas everyone!

Hi all,

We're about to set off for Scotland, where we will be spending Christmas, so just in case I have trouble accessing da internetz while I'm there, I wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas, or whatever else you are celebrating.
Hope you're all spoilt rotten!

I'll leave you with a wee Christmas house I altered for Crafters' Palette

See you all next year!

Sammy-x

Winter Wonderland - Crafters' Palette DT

Hi all.

Still up to my ears in wallpaper, paint and lino over here, but son's bedroom is coming together finally. I am looking forward to when everything is back in his room, and I can go from one room to another in this house without having to climb over furniture and toys!

I've been so pre-occupied, I completely forgot to let you all know about the Winter Wonderland tag I made for Crafters' Palette!

There's more info over on the blog if you fancy taking a peek!

Must dash, walls are ready for the next coat of paint!

Have a fantastic evening!

Sammy-x

Christmas Presents - Sweet Stampin' DT

I don't know about you guys, but I just can't seem to keep up at the moment! So very behind with everything, and we're sorting out son's bedroom (it's only sever years overdue! lol), so no rest for the wicked at all...

There is however, a fun new challenge over at Sweet Stampin'. If, like me, you're still nowhere near ready with your Christmas cards yet, why not use this as an excuse to play along with our Christmas Presents theme this week?

I used one of my favourite LOTV Christmas stamps, and made another card in the "set"

Papers are Dovecraft again, and I even managed to dig out my Stickles for her hat and scarf. The sentiment is also LOTV.

Hope you're all well,

Have a great weekend!

Sammy-x

Sparkle and shine - Sweet Stampin' DT

Morning all,

New challenge time and Sweet Stampin', and it's an extra special one, because it also happens to be our 6th birthday! So I hope you'll pop by and help us celebrate.
The theme this week is sparkle and shine, which I think is a great one for just about any occasion, but especially for Christmas!

So I made another card in the "set" that I'm making for my family. Each one has a different LOTV image and design, but uses the same papers (from last year's Dovecraft pack), which makes them all look like they belong together.

This is what I made for this week:

As always, the sparkly, shiny part of the card didn't like to be photographed, but if you look really carefully, you'll see the Tim Holtz die-cut tree and star are cut from green and gold mirri card respectively.
I also added glossy accents to the spoon and the gold dishes in the picture, which adds a little more shine.

So that's me, but please do go see what my fellow sweeties have been up to, and come and join us for this birthday challenge week. There's extra prizes up for grabs for random entries!

Have a fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x

Gatefold album for Crafters' palette DT

Goooood morning folks!

Just a quick one from me this morning, as I have to run off to work, but I have a gatefold mini album to share that I did for Crafters' Palette.

I really loved making this!

If you want to take a peek inside, please do pop over to the blog.

Got to dash, but I will make time for blog visits tomorrow.

Have a fabulous one!

Sammy-x

Wrap up warm - Sweet Stampin' DT

Hello there folks,

First of all, apologies for my absence these past couple of weeks. A hectic schedule combined with lack of sleep and the lurgy have left me anywhere but in a bloggy kind of headspace. I have a backlog of stuff to blog, but for now, I shall share this week's Sweet Stampin' theme, which is - aptly - wrap up warm.

I went with a super sweet LOTV stamp for this, and made a card for my - still pathetically tiny - pile of Christmas cards...

I dug out last year's favourite Christmas papers too (from Dovecraft). I suspect I'll be using a load more of them over the next few weeks! And the sentiment is LOTV as well.

That's it from me for now, but the rest of the Sweeties have made some gorgeous cards for you, so I urge you to take a peek.

Hope to come visit all your gorgeous blogs soon!

Have a fantastically awesomesauce weekend!

Sammy-x

November challenge - Rhedd's Creative Spirit

Goooooood morning bloggaroos!

Hope those of you celebrating enjoyed Halloween last night. We had a few trick-or-treaters 'round, but nowhere near as many as the past couple of years...

Anyways, on to this month's challenge at Rhedd's Creative Spirit! you know the drill by now, anything altered art goes. I took a set of wooden ATCs in a frame from Fernli Designs, and a DCWV paper pad, and this was the result:

The dashing gentleman in the frame? My grandfather. A wonderful man, and one of my favourite people in the world. I was originally going to use a random vintage image, but as I'd already decided I'd be keeping this myself, I figured "why not?" and made it that bit more personal by digging out an old photo.

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but there's a lot of detailing with a gold leaf pen (a Rustoleum one, which really does look like gold!), such as on the rose

The embellishments are from pretty much everywhere, but the majority are either Fernli or Tim Holtz.

The S and K charms are my kids' initials, to further personalise it a little.

And there you have it.

I hope you enjoyed my little bit of inspiration this morning. I am rather proud of it, and it'll be on display just as soon as I can get my hubby to help me put it up (as I can't reach, lol).

Hope you're having a fantabulous weekend!

Sammy-x