very less is more!

The challenge over on Less is More this week is a one layer card with the theme of 'birds'. I have used my Hero Arts 'fancy bird' and coloured with Prisma pencils. Swithered over sharing this card as I think it is just too much 'less'! Anyhoo, here it is.

I'll be back tomorrow to share a totally different look...something a bit steampunky!

Gotcha!

It's Tuesday, and that means there are new bears on the loose. Very romantic new bears! Perfect for valentines, weddings or anniversaries. I have used TeddyBea098 available here, and I figured her arrow had reached her 'bo'! I coloured with prisma pencils and dug out everything I had that could make a heart! Too many hearts? I s'pose on a romantic card you can never have too many hearts!

And, the TeddyBo 'anything goes' challenge is still open. You can find all the details about that here.

happy day....

....but sadly not for me. Today was the last day of my brother, my sis-in-law and my two little nieces visit. They leave first thing tomorrow to travel back to New Zealand, three weeks have just whizzed by. My nieces are eleven and seven years old. When they left the UK the youngest was just a baby, my how they have grown and changed. We keep in touch with Skype and what not, but it's just not the same as a hug.

Anyhoo, here is this weeks Penny Black card. The challenge this week is 'anything goes'. A nice easy one. All the info' about the challenge can be found over on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog.

I have a lot of catching up to do to see all your wonderful creations. I plan to do that tomorrow night, I know it will cheer me up.

on your birthday

Brrr, it's turned really very cold here, but I'm not complaining. I'd rather have blue skies than the recent wind and rain!

So, today I have a stepper card to share, quite like how it turned out. The image is TeddyBea077 and I coloured with prisma pencils. The papers are Echo Park.

I am entering this weeks Simon Says Stamp challenge...spots or stripes or both.

See you bright and early tomorrow for Penny Black Saturday.

some bunny loves you...

Woohoo! Three new sets of images have been released in the DigiStamp Boutique, all on special offer! I have used the cute bunny from the Valentine set but there's also birdies, mice and a quirky animal set 'The Snuggles'.


I am entering my card into three challenges...

Cupcake....something new (my bunny image)

Digi Tuesday....punch it out

Papertake....die cute special

It's TeddyBo's Birthday!

It’s TeddyBo's first birthday and to celebrate we are having a birthday blog hop.

There are loads of prizes to be won, candy up for grabs and chances to win a TeddyBo digi stamp from each of my teamies blogs along the way.

For my card I used one of the new TeddyBea images, coloured with prisma pencils, some Hero Arts stamped bunting and a Penny Black stamped sentiment.

OK then, let's get hopping......

1. Start at the TeddyBo Challenge Blog and then follow each of the design teams blogs in order.
2. Collect a letter from each of the blogs, keep these in a safe place, you will need these letters at the end of the blog hop as they will make a mystery phrase!
3. Re-arrange the letters you have collected and leave a comment on the TeddyBo challenge blog telling us what the phrase is.
3. I, and all my teamies, also have an image up for grabs so make sure you’re a follower and leave a comment on each of our blogs to be in with a chance of winning.

The blog hop will end on Monday 23rd January (noon GMT) when all the lucky winners will be announced!

If you arrived here from Renee's blog then you are heading in the right direction.

My letter is … Y
From here you need to hop on over to Nela's blog for another chance to win a TeddyBo graphic and collect the next letter. If you get lost don't worry. There is a full list of the hop on the TeddyBo blog.

And if all that wasn't enough there's a new TeddyBo challenge...

Anything Goes

Couldn't be easier!

Oh, and don't forget that as it's Tuesday, there's new bears on the loose!

Simply Cards Article

For this month's issue of Simply Cards and Papercraft I was asked to join in with the Design Team 'Focus On' article. We were all given some gorgeous products from the Kaisercraft Miss Nelly collection and asked to produce two cards.

You can see a sneaky peek of one of my cards above but to see it in it's full glory and to have a nosey at what everyone else came up with you will need to buy the mag'!

special friends mean so much

Good morning Penny Black fans.
It's time for the first Penny Black Saturday Challenge of 2012.

And we have something a little different to challenge you!
On the first Saturday of every month we will hold a

Case It Challenge

A member of the design team will choose one of their own cards for everyone to 'case'. You can be very close to the original card or fairly different, or pick out elements of the card and use them in a different way. As long as you take inspiration from it it's fine with us!

So here is the card we want you to 'case'.

Made and chosen by our lovely teamie Beth.

For my card I decided to stick with Beth's red, white and blue colour scheme. I also picked out the dots, stripes and stars elements.

We have two cool prizes.
This gorgeous ribbon bundle from The Ribbon Girl.

And from Penny Black, this fabby stamp 'Fireworks'.

For loads more inspiration and for all the info' on how to enter visit the
Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
See you there!

hi and thinking of you

Thankfully the weather has calmed down a bit. Hopefully long enough for the man who can to fix our roof tiles. So, I have two totally different cards to share today. The first, a TeddyBo card. I used Teddy02 coloured with prisma pencils. The papers are by Paper Salon.

The second is an image from D'Arcy's Diaries, a new digi shop which opens on 12th January. Once again I coloured with pencils I used Bubblegum Hills paper by Kaisercraft, Tim Holtz gears die, Tim Holtz scroll die and black pearls.

The current TeddyBo challenge, birthstones, ends on Sunday 8th January. So you still have time to enter and win some cute bears. Then, it's party time! TeddyBo is celebrating his first birthday on Tuesday 10th January and to celebrate we are holding a birthday blog hop. Loads of prizes and surprises along the way!

I am entering two challenges...

Delightful...have a heart

Cute Card Thursday...what's new (my D'Arcy image)

See you bright and early tomorrow for the first Penny Black Saturday Challenge of 2012.

new home

I hope everyone is safe after yesterday's storm. A few of our roof tiles are now embedded in the lawn and a few trees nearby are down. A trampoline also went whizzing by at one point. Roll on spring!

A few of the challenges I regularly enter have a new beginnings theme so I thought I would do a new home card. I used a Hero Arts stamp coloured with copics/promarkers and the papers are Echo Park. I added a little stamped sentiment, twine, some stitching and used a Martha Stewart flower punch for the small flowers.

I am entering....

Allsorts....new beginnings

Papertake....anything goes (optional new theme)

Simon Says....new something

Big wave hello to my new followers, it's grand to have you here!

TeddyBo Tuesday

It's Tuesday and that means there's new bears available over in the TeddyBo shop. I have used TeddyBo 164 and coloured with prisma pencils. The papers are 'travel light' which came free with a magazine recently. Remember there's still a few days left to enter the birthstone challenge to win some images.

DigiStamp Boutique - 30% Sale!

Until the 7th January there is a whopping 30% off all images in the boutique. To put you in the mood I have made a quick and easy card using the boutique's cutest bear - Louie. I coloured with prisma pencils and the papers are Basic Grey 'cupcake'.

I am entering my card into this weeks sketch saturday challenge.