Monday Blues

A very hectic day in my house today, 2 littleies are here and the boys are off school for a teacher training day and we postponed sunday dinner for today as we were unwell yesterday with our first cold of the year.

I made this card yesterday for a challenge over on DoCrafts - hosted by Incy the ABC Colour challenge and Kay chose Ivory. Boy was this a difficult colour l added brown to enhance the ivory otherwise it would have all got lost along the way. The image is Bumble from the Gorjuss Girl range and l think she is so sweet. I have coloured with distress inks and added a touch of H2 0's. I wish l could colour with copics as l have quite a lot in my collection, l have ordered some prisma pencils and have my sansodor on standby so will need lots of time to practice.

I am so addicted to these flowers from WOC as they really set the card off. Thanks for dropping by hope you have a happy crafting time x Susan x

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Wk 136

I am on a roll with cards this week ...at the price of lack of HW but l am having fun and that is what matters. Hope everyone has managed some crafting time this weekend. I hope to do some blog visiting when l have posted this card.

The card - l am entering into the Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This is one of the first PB stamps l bought abd is still one of my favourites.

The challenge was a layout and l hope l have followed it ok.

Papers by Stampin Up, coloured with distress inks and a touch of H2 0's, flowers by WOC and punched flowers at end of swirls.

Thanks you for dropping by x Susan x

Very Flowery

I have enjoyed a day crafting today and really enjoyed myself. The HW can wait for a day or so - it is just nice to have some me time which is not very often at the moment.

My card I made this for LOTV challenge but l am also going to attempt to enter another challenge at the same time. As this is the first time l have done this l am crossing my fingers and thanks Debs over on DC for instructions.

Challenges entering:-

Lili of the Valley - Anything but square

Crafty Catz - Flowers

Here goes

Susan x

Penny Black Saturday challenge wk 135

Made my card a few days ago but have been so busy that l have not had the time to get on here. The challenge over on Penny Black was something from the sales, the only item l have bought was the backing paper which is dovecraft and it was half price at the Range. I love the sentiment which l have embossed in white. Thank you for looking and l hope to be getting around to looking around the blogs soon x Susan x

Entry for LOTV challenge blog

I am very busy at the moment with family commitments and my crafting time is very precious. Managed to go to a class today run by a very talented lady with the most amazing copic colouring skills.

This is the first time l have entered a lili of the valley challenge. I love there stamps and have a few but never used them much so here as a good excuse to use them.

I coloured the image with distress inks. The papers are all by Stampin Up and flowers from WOC - love these new trellis roses and will NEED more of them lol.

Thank you for looking and happy crafting x Susan x

Pretty In Pink

I love pink and all things girly so could no resist Loretta's challenge over on DC, she also set a layout to follow which was straight forward enough. I made this last night and l am certainly a novice with the copics but l think this looks ok.

The image is a Lili of the Valley - another of my unused stamps (and l have a box full), l have found a LOTV sheet of stamps l forgot l had that have not seen ink yet.

The flowers are from Wild Ordchid Crafts just added a bit of glitter here and there.

Hope to pop back to blogland later tonight. Happy crafting x Susan x

Happy Weekend

I have managed a bit more time on my crafting this week and hopefully will have a good few hours at it tomorrow. It is so dark here today - roll on spring. The snowdrops are through so it can't be too far off now.

On with my card - this is for Snoflakes wk 3 on DC. The image is a lovely stamp by Little Claire and l have coloured him with copics then added heat and stick powder and then glitter on the top. I like the effect this gives and is perfect with this stamp. The paper is MME and l only have a small square left, l am trying to use up sheets instead of cutting into others as l seem to end up with loads of pieces. I am quite liking the card candy at the moment as it gives a simple finish.

Thank you for visiting my blog and enjoy your crafting x Susan x