The Hobby House - DT Inspiration

Hiya everyone and a very happy Wednesday to you all!  Hope you're all keeping well and happy!

I've just nicely arrived back from our fabulous Egyptian holiday feeling totally refreshed and raring to go (there again!!) We're missing it already - especially the glorious hot sunshine, fabulous people and beautiful surroundings!  What a place ..... definitely planning our next trip there!  I don't think our little George would forgive us if we didn't go back, bless him!  He absolutely loved every second of it :)

My DT Inspiration today is from one of my three pre-DT creations for The Hobby House, which hasn't yet been shown.  I hope you'll forgive me now for not creating something brand new (but I didn't have room in my suitcase for crafty things - too many bikinis were needed lol).  

My inspiration for today is a little gift box, created to compliment my Tea Party theme.  The whole set comprises a Party Invite, a Thank You card and the little gift box is to accompany the Thank You card.

The backing card is a combination of Kanban and Kraft card.  The beautiful lace trim and separate flower edge trim, along with the ribbon, rhinestone sparklers and gems on the box are all from The Hobby House and which you can find HERE, as is the adorable Mo Manning Tea Party Topper.

Thank you so much for popping by today and I hope to be up and running and back to my normal blogging soon!

Big hugs,

Lacy Sunshine Ch #10 and a BIG Happy Birthday!!!

Good morning all - hope you're all keeping well and happy and enjoying this fantastic, warm weather we're having at the moment!! 

It's Challenge time again at Lacy Sunshine and this time it's an extra special fortnight as we're celebrating

ELEANOR & PICKLES' 1st BIRTHDAY!!!!

A whole year ago this Dynamic Duo were created by the most talented, Heather Valentin, and the fabulous Lacy Sunshine Gang has been growing ever since!  You'll find the gang HERE with an array of images including Eleanor & Pickles, The Gnomes of Gnarly Wood, Flowerpot Pretties and Melancholy Moppets ..... to name just a few! 

Our theme is ANYTHING GOES (as long as it includes a hand-coloured image) so no excuses for not entering :)

For my card I am using Eleanor & Pickles Pastry Chefs

I've coloured this fab pair up with Copics - I thought I'd make it a bright, fun card seeing as it's for a very happy celebration!  I won't list the Copics as I'd be here for a while lol ..... but a fair few were used, I can tell you :)

I matted E & P onto my gorgeous Nitwit papers, die-cut & coloured the little kitchen utensils and made a 'hanging rail' for them all to be displayed on ..... 

 I added a bit of stickles and pearls and voila ...... all ready for their BIG day!

I really hope you'll pop on over, enter your creation and have a look at what my amazing Teamies have created this time - honestly, they'll blow your socks off!  

Thanks so much for popping by today and I'll be back very soon :)

Big hugs, xx

The Hobby House - Ch #1 Anything Goes

Good morning to you all and a big welcome to my lovely new followers! 

It's arrived!!! The start of a brand new monthly challenge begins at The Hobby House today and our theme to kick start this fab new challenge is the ever popular ANYTHING GOES!!!

The extremely lucky winner will receive a HUGE £25 Hobby House voucher (excluding postage) - how fabulous is that??? Have you seen their delicious array of embellishments, toppers, cardstock, paper pads and so much more?  Check out their fabby products  HERE.

Today's inspiration is from Team A and this will be followed mid-month by Team B's fantastic creations!

My challenge inspiration today is an easel shaped tea party invitation!

I perforated the edge of the invitation to use as a 'tear off reply slip'

The Hobby House
Rhinestone Flourishes
Paradise Aurora Rhinestone Sparklers
Flowers
Ribbon
Self-adhesive Gems
Tea-Pot Charm
Mo Manning Tea Party Topper

Please pop over and have a drool at my extremely talented Teamies' beautiful creations and don't forget to enter your fabulous creations for us to drool over at the same time :)

Thank so much for popping by today and we really can't wait to see what you create!
Big hugs,

Smokin' Hot

Hey all ..... hope I'm not doing all of your heads in with all my recent posts, but I really wanted to share this gorgeous gal I've coloured up called Smokin' Hot.  You can find this little beauty HERE - she's a new image created by the extremely talented Krista Smith of Saturated Canary!

As soon as I saw her I had to have her!  You see, she so reminds me of what I'm going to look like on my jollies this year ...... yep! You read it right!! I know what you're thinking ...... "Oh yes, in her dreams!!!"  Well, okay, you might be a little bit right in thinking that way ..... my hair isn't actually this beautiful shade of purple and I will most definitely be wearing a hat ..... but, apart from that ........... ;)

Oh .... okay!!! The only similarity will be the ties on the side of the bikini bottoms ... and they probably won't even be that neat lol.

I seem to have an obsession with colouring hair a bit different to the norm at the moment and purple is my all time favourite colour to use.  

I coloured this little honey up with my Copics in the following shades:

Skin:  E000, 00, 11, R11

Hair:  V000, 12, 15, 17

Bikini:  BG10, 13, 15, 49

For her scrummy ice-cream I used Tulip Beads in a Bottle from Joanna Sheen for the cherry and Liquid Pearls white opal for the ice-cream.

List of materials used for my card are:

Rhinestone Sparklers The Hobby House

Rhinestone Flourish  The Hobby House

Mulberry Rose Collection The Hobby House

Woodware Self Adhesive Lace The Art of Craft

Pearl String Live & Love Crafts

Prima Zipper

Small purple flowers/Self adhesive pearls The Hobby House

I'd like to enter this babe into the following:

A Gem of a Challenge #81 - Bring on the Sunshine

Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Blooms & Blossoms

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Girls, Girls, Girls

Live & Love Crafts #11 - 50 Shades of .... Lilac

Make It Monday #142

Saturated Canary Challenge #44 - Hair that is different

The Squirrel and the Fox #44 - Here Come the Girls

Right then, I think that's about all from me today ..... hope you've all had a fabulous weekend so far and, if you're in the UK like moi, enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday weekend ..... extra day off!! Yay!!!

Big hugs,

Challenges 4 Everybody #21 - Anything Goes

Hey peeps!  What a busy Sunday morning I'm having ...... I'm back with another ANYTHING GOES challenge at Challenges 4 Everybody.

This next fortnight we are sponsored by the fabulous Lacy Sunshine and I chose to use the adorably cute, 

Lil Fidget ....

I made a butterfly easel card to sit Lil Fidget on - the card was a little tricky as I decided, in my wisdom, to design and hand cut my very own and wasn't quite sure what the outcome would be lol.  I'm pretty pleased with the result as I think it goes nicely with Lil Fidget and her beautiful wings :)

I cut up a few doilies to edge the whole of the facing butterfly and cut separate pieces of card to apply to the wings.

I'm still loving colouring hair with different colours than the norm and, as purple's my favourite colour, Fidget had no choice in the matter lol.  She's coloured with Copics in the following:

Skin:  E000, 00, 21, R11   Hair:  V000, 12, 15, 17

Orange tones:  YR02, 61, 68   Green tones:  YG00, 03, 23

I added a flittering of glitter to her pretty hair and some flat backed pearls and gems around pretty much the whole of the card, attached a sentiment onto my beautiful heart die and she's all ready for my daughter to give to my granddaughter on Wednesday for her 4th birthday :)

My apologies if the pic is a bit dark ..... Our natural daylight has been practically non-existent of late and even my daylight lamp couldn't cope!!

Can't wait to see what you create for our Challenge and best of luck to you all!

I'd like to enter my card into the following:

Crafts 4 Eternity - #125 Get in to Shape
Crafty Catz - A Fancy Fold or Two
Digi Haven - Butterflies
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - #218 Flutterby Butterfly
Southern Girls Challenge - Going Spotty Dot
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Doilies and Dies
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping along today and hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Hugs,

Lacy Sunshine Ch #9 - Anything Goes

Hello everyone, I'm back to let you all know that Challenge No. 9 has started over at the Lacy Sunshine Challenge and, for this next fortnight, we'd like to see your fabulous, hand-coloured creations any which way you'd like!  Yep!! It's ANYTHING GOES and so the sky's the limit!

For this challenge we are showcasing Heather Valentin's brand new Myth Collection and, I'm not embarrassed to say, I squealed with delight and did a massive happy dance when I saw this beautiful image Heather sent me to create with!!! She's called Selene - Moon Goddess and you can find her HERE.

This is the OFFICIAL and ONLY authorised shop for Heather Valentin's digital stamps.

How stunningly beautiful is she?

For my background I used some beautiful starry night paper from my stash.  I added some gorgeous Katy Sue Designs silhouette stickers, including the sentiment, which I have had for an absolute age but have only ever used once!  I think they look absolutely magical with the gorgeous Selene as centre stage :)  I heat embossed the edges of the card and sentiment and inked the sentiment up with Brilliance Dew Drops in Sky Blue and Mediterranean Blue.

I coloured Selene with my trusty Copics, hand cut the circle around her head to give the effect of the moon behind her, then fussy cut around her dress.  I had an inky time with the moon and used my Brilliance Dew Drops in Starlite Silver, Starlite Black and Moonlight White.  I used my Heat It Up silver embossing powder for the moon, stars and fairy dust around Selene.

Copics I used for this little lady are:
Skin:  E000, 00, 21, R11
Hair:  W1, 3, 5, 7
Dress:  B32, 39, 45

I hope you like my take on the gorgeous Selene today and hope you'll hop on over to the challenge, pop your entry in and take a look at the amazing mythological creations of my DTeamies!

I would like to enter this little Moon Goddess into the following:

Mad for Markers - One for the Girls
Sarah Hurley Challenges - #80 Shades of Blue
Sister Act Card Challenge - #8 Always Anything Goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Ch #44 Monochromatic
Stamp 'n' Doodle - Feeling Blue
Stampin' for the Weekend - Monochrome

Thanks for popping by today and Happy Crafting!
Hugs,

613 Avenue Create Ch #21 - Anything Goes

Good Morning everyone and a happy Sunday to one and all!  

It's a fresh challenge over at 613 Avenue Create and, for this week's challenge, the theme is 

ANYTHING GOES!!!

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Meljen's Designs and I chose to use this fab image called

 'Just Like Dad'

I thought this image was perfect to make a card for my little boy, George, to give to his Dad on Father's Day!  I don't usually make that many CAS cards, but have made two within the last week!  George's Daddy is absolutely NOT a fussy/fancy kinda guy and I just know he's gonna love the simplicity of this one :)  The only embellishments are the little bling gems I added onto my doodly sides and a few little ones around the image!

I thought I'd share my tongue in cheek little poem I made up for the inside of the card lol.  It's for a little bit of fun ..... and a whole lot of love at the end of it.

Click on the image if you need a closer look :)

I coloured this fab little man in Copics in the following:

Skin:  E000, 00, 21, R11   Hat/Jacket/Trousers:  W1, 3, 5, 7

Blue Tones: B000, 12, 93, 95, 97   Green Tones:  BG10, 13, 15, 49 

My teamies have made some fabulous creations again this week and I'd love for you to pop on over, have a little browse and enter your gorgeous creations whilst you're there!  

I hope you can join us in the Neighbourhood this week - we can't wait to see what you create!  

I'd like to enter this card into the following:

Alphabet Challenge Blog - H for Happy (word used on inside)
Copic Marker Europe - Ch #17 Boys Aloud
Perfect Sentiments Challenge - PSC 80 Anything Goes (Must have sentiment on front)
Sister Act Card Challenge - Ch #8 Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Ch #40 One for the Boys

Thanks so much for popping by here on your blog travels today!
Big hugs,