Fa La La La La...

Good Morning :)
Here's my 3rd card as a guest designer for the I♥ProMarkers challenge blog.
This week, we want you to use your favourite Christmas song or Christmas carol as inspiration for your entry please.
This weeks fab sponsor is Polka Doodles.
 

How cute is this image? it's Dexter Caroling, a Pollycraft image, that you can buy from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

Promarker colours used:
Dexter - black, ice grey 5, spice, honeycomb & sunflower yellow,
Hat - pastel green, denim blue, ivory & ruby,
Songbook - pastel green & soft green.

I've teamed up my cream card stock with 2 different patterned papers;
First Edition 'Nordic Christmas', and BoBunny 'Silver & Gold Collection' (the "red" piece!).
The ornate square frame is a Lea'bilities die (Leane 005 Frame Curve).
The holly was die cut using an old Quickutz die, I used shiny red brads for the berries.
Fa La La La La is handwritten.
The card jingles (Jingle Bells!) thanks to the 3 silver sleigh bells tied together with bakers twine.

I'm entering this card at:
Sweet Stampin - to die for
Passion for Promarkers - entertain us ( carol = "Deck the halls")
Sister Act - anything goes

Thank you for stopping by today.
 Please remember to go visit the blog for the challenge, to link up your entry, and to see more fabulous inspiration from the design team :)

UPDATE: woohoo! Thank you!

Rudolph

Good Morning :)
I'm very happy and excited to tell you today that I have been asked to be a guest designer for the I♥ProMarkers challenge throughout November!

The new challenge today is 'Cute Christmas', so you don't really have an excuse not to play do you? I think everyone has their fair share of lovely christmas cuteness to colour up eh? ;)

For my cuteness, I chose to use a Pollycraft image. I bought this before Paula closed the Pollycraft doors, oh how we all still miss her talent don't we?
This is Rudolph...

I've coloured him using promarkers of course.
Colours used:
Costume and Antlers - umber, cocoa, sandstone.
Hair - buttercup, sandstone, caramel.
Skin - oatmeal, peach, pastel pink.  Nose - ruby.
Banner - ruby, forest green, pine.

I wanted to keep to a bright red, white and green colour palette, so along with my plain card stock, I used a candy stripe paper from Lawn Fawn's 'Peace, Joy, Love' paper pad.
I then edged the image either side with die cuts from Clearly Besotted Stamps; Snowflake Trio Die Collection. I have used the 2 smallest dies on this card.
I wanted to add a touch of green for balance, so finished the card with a couple of punched stars.
I've left room at the bottom of this card to add the name of the recipient.

I do hope you'll join in the challenge this week, who doesn't love making cute christmas projects? ;)
This weeks sponsor is Sherri Baldy, details of the prize on offer can be found on the blog.

I'm entering Rudolph at:
The Ribbon Girl - christmas
Crafty Calendar Challenge - christmas
Without Words - preparing for christmas
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes 
Allsorts Challenge - masculine
Creative Card Crew - christmas joy

Hope you liked my card, thanks for visiting, I look forward to seeing what you make for the challenge.

Kiki Bloom

It's Inspiration Thursday over at LMM today, where you can see what the Little Misses have been making over on our Facebook Group.

Here's my card...

 My image today, is Kiki Bloom, a pollycraft image from the latest release.

The blue patterned paper is from Echo Park's 'Splash' pack.
The lilac striped piece is by Nitwit 'Bonnets & Bowties'.
'4u' was cut using Die-namics dies.
The flowers were from my stash, I added card candi to the centre of them that had been coloured with markers.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Creative Inspirations - anything goes (option of a sketch, I used #6)
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - to die for (use a die)
Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today. Remember, you can see more inspirational cards by the Little Misses added to the group page throughout the day,

Oooh, and don't forget our current challenge, the theme is Anything Goes, so there's no excuse not to join in eh? :)

Meet Kiki...

It's time for another Inspiration Thursday, where you can see what the Little Misses have been making for this week over on our LMM Facebook Group.
Here's my card...

This is Kiki Ice Cream, one of the new releases in the store this week. I coloured her with promarkers.
I looked through my scraps tub for my papers, there's more and more being added to the tub all the time, so I must make the effort to use some of these papers up.
These patterned papers are both originally from the same collection by Stampin Up called 'Sweet Always', they have long been retired since though.
The greeting is also a retired Stampin Up product, this is from the 'Crazy for Cupcakes' stamp set.
I thought my Die-namics Flower and Leaf trio die matched the flower pattern on the DSP pretty well so added a couple of flowers and finished the card with some flat back crystals.

I'd like to enter this card at:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes
Simon Wednesday Challenge - make it sparkle
Stamp & Create - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today. Remember, you can see more inspirational cards from my fellow Little Misses added to the group page throughout the day,

Oooh, and don't forget our current challenge, the theme is Baby, Baby :)

Froggy bag

Good morning, it's time for another Inspiration Thursday over on our LMM Facebook Group.

I made a little gift bag, I found a tutorial on You Tube, wrote down the measurements etc, then forgot to bookmark the video so that I can credit the maker, doh! I have a feeling it was a stampin up demo video though, if I find it again, i'll update this post.
I love this image, meet Broasca The Frog, available in rubber at Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
I've coloured him with pencils.
The patterned paper is My Mind's Eye, Stella & Rose, Mabel. My peach card stock has been embossed with a folder from a pack of 4 folders by Cuttlebug (Heritage Companions set).
The flowers were die-cut using my Die-namics flower & leaf trio die.

I'm entering this froggy bag at:
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes
That Craft Place - anything goes
Hobby Cutz - anything goes
Fab n Funky - walk on the wild side
Simon Wednesday Challenge - emboss it

Thanks for stopping by today. Remember, you can see more inspirational cards from my fellow Little Misses added to the group page throughout the day,

Oooh, and don't forget our current challenge, which is easy peasy... Anything Goes!

Spencer's Party

It's Thursday, so you know what that means... time for some fun with the Little Misses and this time we have a new challenge for you to enter on our LMM Challenge Blog, and we're asking you to use this fun sketch...

Here's my card...

This fab image is Spencer's Party, and I've coloured him with promarkers.
The papers are all from MME's Stella & Rose 'Hattie' collection.
I used an old (I forgot that I owned it!) Stampin Up punch (spiral edge) for the notebook edge, and the other punches used are SU's star punch (large star), and the small star is by Clippunch.

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - masculine
Crafts Galore Encore - use a stamp or digi stamp
Cute Card Thursday - reach for the stars

It's your turn now, let's see your creations :)
You'll find the challenge rules, a place to link up your entry and more inspiration by the other Little Misses on the challenge blog.

I hope you'll join us :)

HB2U Dude

It's Inspiration Thursday over at the LMM Facebook Group today.
Here's my card, a summery creation in response to the lovely weather we've been having of late, and hopefully to ward off the pending rain they reckon we are going to have tomorrow!

This is Casper Silvermist Dude, a Pollycraft image available from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
The papers are by Echo Park, from the Splash collection.
HB2U was cut using my Die-namics dies.

Challenges entered:
Creative Inspirations - clean & simple
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday - anything goes
SSS Wednesday - anything goes
 
You can see more inspirational cards from my fellow Little Misses added to the group page throughout the day, I hope you'll pay us a visit.

And remember, our current challenge, which is Anything Goes!
So come on crafters, let's see your entries! :)

Have a fab day xx

Congrats

Morning! it's time for an inspirational post for Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

This is the card my son will give to his sister and new brother-in-law when they get married...

Image: Spencer & Claudia Wedding.
Papers: The patterned paper is unknown, it is a few years old now, from my stash. I've used red and gold mirror card too.
Dies: 'congrats' from Clearly Besotted Stamps; and 'By The Letter Uppercase' & 'Staggered Heart Border' by Die-namics

Please visit our Facebook Group or the LMMS page, where you can see other cards made by the Little Misses uploaded throughout the day.

And don't forget out current challenge, which has the theme, Funky Hair.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day :)

Anything goes at LMM

It's time for a new challenge over at Little Miss Muffet.
and this time, we have another easy one for you. Anything Goes!

I've used one of the New Releases on my card, this is Jack Follow The Leader, a digital image from the Pollycraft range.
As it's a scene, I wanted the image to be large, so I kept it as the main part of the card. I've coloured the image using promarkers.
The sentiment is by Pink Petticoat
The striped paper is by Fancy Pants (Beach Babe), thanks Faye xx
The droplet border is a cArt-Us die.

The other Little Misses have made some beautiful creations, please visit the challenge blog to see what they have made.
And remember there's loads of inspiration on our facebook group too :)
Happy Crafting! xx

I'd like to enter this card at:
Papertake Weekly - ohhh so cute
Crafty Little Fairies - May: in the garden
Crafts Galore - anything goes
A Random Fan - anything goes
I Love Promarkers - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - birthdays

Distressing

Today sees a new challenge starting over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges.

This time we want to see some distressing please. So tear up some papers, bash up the edges, or sponge them with ink. Distressed patterned designer papers will work too.

Here's my card...

This image is Luna Bitterfrost Skulls Rock. I coloured her with promarkers, then fussy cut her out.
I haven't used any designer patterned papers at all for this card, I just used plain card stock in 4 different colours. The pale blue piece (yeah, you'd mistake it for off-white in the photo) was torn into the shapes I wanted, embossed with a paisley folder, then lightly sponged with lilac ink. I punched out 2 holes on each piece with the 3/16" side of my cropadile (the bigger punch), then glued the pieces to the mid-purple coloured card stock. Then I swapped sides on the cropadile and punched through the holes again with the 1/8" hole punch, so that it would leave a slight border. I threaded the organza ribbon through the holes, and then used foam pads to stick the whole lot to the card front.
'bff' was die cut using Die-namics, By The Letter dies.

The other Little Misses have been 'distressed' this week too, but in a good way of course, go see for yourself!
oooh and don't forget to visit our facebook group as well, there's oodles of inspiration over there too.

I'd like to enter Luna at:
Allsorts - NO flowers
MMCS challenge - anything goes
2 Cute Ink - anything goes
Catch The Bug - April anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today :)

LMM New Releases

Little Miss Muffet Stamps has released 5 images today :)
One digi, PDP Queta, and 4 in rubber. 2 of these rubber stamps, Jr Hatter Lilith and PDP Lottie, have previously only been available as digis.
You can find them all HERE.

And here's a card i've made using one of the new release images; Spencer's Ship...

I've used Echo Park papers here ('Splash' paper pack). The checked piece has had a 'porthole' cut out of it and has been raised on foam pads. The porthole itself was made with silver mirror card and card candi.
The sentiment is hand written.

I'm entering Spencer at :
Passion for Promarkers - Monochrome
Crafty Catz - bling it up (does the mirror card /candi count?)

Thanks for looking xx

Scooter's Buddies...

...That's the name of this image. I bought it before Paula closed Pollycraft's doors for the final time :(
Glad I got the image though, but I don't know why it's taken me so long to colour this one up...

I've used promarkers as is usual for me. I chose colours to compliment the papers which are by Bella Gypsy (The Last Key). I printed them onto card stock though to get more stability as I've used a cArt-Us die to cut out the frame behind the image.
The sentiment is from Paper Smooches, from the Sentiment Sampler set.
I've cut flowers with my Die-namics flower and leaf trio die. Then added a bit of bling to the centre of each one.

I'd like to enter Scooter and his buddies at:
Digi Galore - Anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - Anything goes
Lexi's Creations - Punches and dies

Lucky Little Larry

Today sees some gorgeous New Releases over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
Some are in rubber and some are digis, Larry's Good Luck is one of these new digis...

Isn't he just the cutest?
Larry has been coloured with promarkers.
I kept to a green theme by using this bright, lime green, card stock, and used papers which are both from the same My Mind's Eye pad; Lime Twist, Life of the Party.

If you want to see more of this fab new release, check out what the other Little Misses have to share with you.
Oh and don't forget to see what the Facebook Little Misses have made too :)
Remember, we have an Anything Goes challenge on right now, and we'd love to see you join in the fun with us. You may even be our lucky challenge winner. You've got to be in it to win it ;)

Larry is being entered into the following challenges:
Paper Makeup - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Crafty Calendar - animal antics
My Mums Craft Shop - spring & easter
Crafts Galore Encore - use a stamp or digi stamp

Thank you for stopping by today x

Happy Birthday LMMS

This month we are celebrating with Barbara & Little Miss Muffet for the store's 3rd Birthday.

Today we have a birthday challenge over on the LMM Blog. To join in, let's see your cards or projects use a birthday sentiment and/or an image with a balloon. Here's mine...

This cute image is one of the Birthday Releases out last week, all 10 feature balloons, so are perfect for this challenge.
This one is called Jack With Balloons, and is available as a digital stamp in the store. I coloured the image with my promarkers, but did use a couple of SU markers for the finer detailing on the grass and on the toadstool, and used a white gel pen to make the 'dandelion clocks'.
The papers used are actually christmas ones, Dovecraft's Back To Basics - Modern Christmas.
The sentiment is a stamp by Inkadinkado.
I've used my new Marianne die again for the swirly leaves and finished off the card with some red crystal gems.



Pssst! Would you like a FREE digi or rubber stamp?.... of course you would!
You will receive Celebrate Balloons in a digi format if you spend over $10 on other digis.
If rubber's your thing, then you will receive the rubber version if you spend over $20 on other rubber stamps in store. Great eh?
If you'd prefer to buy the image on its own though, then you can do that too, both in rubber or as a digi.
I've made a gift tag using this image...

I put my green, red & yellow promarkers away and got out my pinks and purples for this tag.
Once coloured, finishing the tag was quick to do, just simple layering, a bit of punching at the corners, then tying the co-ordinating ribbons and the glittery cord on it.
Are you itching to colour up this image too? Go get yours for FREE with your next purchase ;)

But that's not all!
You can get another, separate FREE image too, all you'll need to do to claim yours is to grab the coupon code from our Facebook Group before heading to the store. Simples!


Challenges.
I'm entering my Jack card at:
My Mums Craft Shop - spots and stripes
Craft Your Passion - challenge 163 - party animals

I'm entering my balloon tag at:
Creative Card Crew - K.I.S.S
Stampin' for the Weekend - anything but a card

Thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day xx

Dudley's balloon.

Little Miss Muffet Stamps is celebrating its 3rd birthday this month, with the party lasting all month long, there'll be new images, prizes, special offers and deals to be had by all. You can find more information on the LMM Blog, or grab a daily deal now over at the LMM store, oooh and pop in to see us on our Facebook group too.

Today is Birthday Release day, and let me tell you that you're gonna love these new images! ;)
I'd like to introduce you to Dudley...

This adorable fella has his balloon, ready to join the party, which is handy because this image is called Dudley's Balloon lol
It's normally hard to choose which image to use for my card, and although I was spoilt for choice this time too, as I live in a town called Dudley, I immediately knew which one was going to be coloured up first this time :)
I've paired Dudley with 2 papers from a Bazzill Basics pad called Dino-mite.
The leafy swirls were cut from green shimmer paper using a Marianne Die.
The sentiment is by From The Heart Stamps, I thought it was perfect for a dinosaur image lol :D

I'd like to enter Dudley at:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Paper Makeup Digi Makeover - anything goes
Catch The Bug Challenge - anything goes
I Love Promarkers - birthdays

Thanks for looking, and don't forget to check out what the Little Misses have made with this fun new release too!

Claudia's Tutu

oooh my first post of 2014...Happy New Year everyone!
Wishing you all a very happy, healthy and crafty 2014, and with emphasis today on the 'crafty' there's a new challenge over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges, and to kick off the year, we have a sketch for you...

Here's my take on it...

This image is Claudia's Tutu, and i've coloured her with promarkers, cut her out, then stuck her down with foam pads over a die cut frame shape (cArt-Us die).
The papers used here are Dovecraft vintage christmas (spotty), and Sizzix 'little sizzles - country' (both yellows, the plain yellow having been embossed with my stylised flowers embossing folder)
I punched and layered the flowers and added a bit of sparkle to the centre of each with a crystal gem.
The green die cut leaves are the last few left from a pack that I bought quite a while back from a well known auction site.

Hmmm, now i'm not too sure I should have used yellow, but I supposed it's different from the 'norm'.

To see what the other Little Misses have made using this sketch, please pop over to the challenge blog :)

I'd like to enter this card at:
The Pink Elephant - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Pick of the Year (Die-ing for a Punch)
Shopping Our Stash - use the last of something (die cut leaves)
Crafting By Designs - anything goes
Crafty Creations - anything goes

Thank you for stopping by today :)

Debby's challenge - top 5

I found Debby's challenge today, she has asked us to choose our 5 favourite christmas makes of 2013.
What fun! so i've decided to join in too.
Here are mine, there's a link to each original post beneath the piccy...


January Rudolph Challenge (Gillian Roberts, Kitten Christmas Nap)

and another from the same post...


January Rudolph Challenge (LOTV, Deck the Halls)




Rudolph Day - July (LMM/Pollycraft, Spencer Loves Christmas)




Meowy Christmas (TPS, Happy Meow Year)




Owl I want for christmas is you (LMM, Winter Owls)

Hope you will join in too, what a lovely way to share christmas that little bit more. Great idea Debby, Thanks! xx

Dexter in Love

Happy Boxing Day!
I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday, and I hope it continues today and throughout the holidays :)
Me? i'm in work today from 9.30am until around 6 - 6.30pm this evening. So achy back and feet later me thinks, will have to soothe them with a Baileys or 2 when I get home tonight ;)

The Little Misses have more inspirational work to share with you today, here is my card, which was the card given to my parents from my son...

This adorable image is Dexter in Love, and is from the recent new release, cute eh?

The sentiment is from DigiStamp Boutigue, and nan & grandad were cut using my Die-namics By the Letter dies. The patterned papers used are by Dovecraft from the Merry Magic collection.
All that it needed to finish were 2 SU eyelet border punch borders and some punched hearts.

 

Have a great day!  xx

'Dex' the halls with boughs of holly...

...Fa la la la laa...lala la laaa.
Are you all ready for Christmas? or are you a last minute Christmas shopper?
Well let's show you something to add to your Christmas wish list, or indeed something you may want to buy yourself as a little treat, well,  you have been working very hard with your festive preparations that you deserve it don't you? ;)
There's a new release from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, that i'm sure you'll want to get your crafty hands on...

I just had to colour up this cutie straight away, this is Dexter Caroling.
I know, he's so adorable isn't he?
He's a Pollycraft image, which are now available from Little Miss Muffet Stamps.
I've coloured Dexter with Promarkers.
The paper is from Carta Bella's 'Winter Fun' pack.
I used my Cart-Us frame dies behind the image, the white piece of this has been embossed with a snowflake folder.
The flowers were made from gold vellum using my SU boho blossoms punch.

I'd like to enter this card at:
That Craft Place - christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Winter/Christmas
Passion for Promarkers - include a sentiment


But there's more... I couldn't resist colouring up another Dexter to show you today.
This is Dexter Lantern...

He looks so cool in his antler hat don't you think?
The papers are by Dovecraft (back to basics vintage christmas).
The leaves are punched from gold paper, I hope it's ok to extend them further up the side than the sketch given by Sketch Saturday.
'son' was die cut using my By the Letters dies, and I found a gold greeting in my stash which fit perfectly at the bottom.

I'm entering this card at:
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Here Come The Boys - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - christmas creatures





Before you go shopping to grab your favourites from this fab release, please stop by the LMM blog to see what gorgeousness the other little misses have created.
Happy shopping/crafting ;)

It'll be all white on the night

It's time for a new Little Miss Muffet challenge, and this time we would like to see your WOW cards (white on white) except of course you can use colours in your image.
This challenge will be perfect for a Christmas card make eh?...

I've used Santa's Reindeer, a Pollycraft image, available from the store, there's a whole load of critters available, go take a look, there's something for all occasions, and lots for Christmas.
I have used 2 of my old faithful embossing folders, swiss dots and snowflakes. The little tree is a sizzlits die (doodle dies christmas set), and I lightly sponged all 3 just to define the different pieces.
I finished the card with a stamped greeting from SU's 'best yet' stamp set

 I'd like to enter this card at:
Oldie but a Goodie - CAS Christmas
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes
Crafty Creations - thanksgiving or christmas
Crafty Calendar - all things christmas
Crafty Bloggers Network - christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra - anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - white on white
Christmas Cards All Year Round - winter wonderland

You can see more cards that really will make you say "WOW" by visiting the challenge blog and seeing what the other Little Misses have been up to.
Good luck in the challenge xx