Jules Stampin Up ten

Jules is the wonderful person who i buy my SU! goodies from, she is a great lady who is always there to help and advice. I have conpleted one year with the club and have decided to stay on for another year. There will be a new club starting in October and Jules is looking for 2 more people to join, so what are you waiting for :)
Here is what Jules had to say about the club -

I need 10 ladies to join the club who commit to spending a minimum of £15 a month (plus P&P) for 10 months October - July.
Each month one of the 10 ladies will be classed as the "hostess" for that month and will receive freebies of the minimum of a Level 1 stamp set and £15 worth of goodies from the catalogue. Dont worry being hostess simply means you get freebies that month, it doesnt mean you have to let us all come round to your house!!!!!

You will receive a free Stampin Up catalogue at the start of the club and any further mini catalogues that might appear during the club run

Occasionally I will send out card kits and free stamp sets to some lucky winners

Katie off shopping

This is another Cuddly Buddly stamp called Katie's party best but have this timed decided to do some paper piecing for a change, not done this for a while, always think its quite effective. The papers are cuddly buddly downloads, patchwork pink selection i think lol... The flower has been made with punches and a lil pearl in the middle. The MS doily punch has been used yet again.
Oh well off to make some tea now....
Stamps- Image and greeting CB
Medium- Prisma pencils for hair and skin tones
Papers- Cuddly Buddly patchwork pink
Punch- MS doily

Katies Party Best

At last a card to share with you :) Sorry for my lack of blogging but have been so busy at home, decorating and stripping walls lol.. This little beauty was made with stamps from Cuddly Buddly, yep Kim has been busy designing again and these stamps are something a little bit different as you can 3d them. I have used Katie's party best and choice the bible as thought this would make a nice holy Communion card. I have used prisma pencils to colour in the image, cuttle bugged the back ground and used the delicious MS doily punch. The greeting stamps is also from Cuddly buddly, there is a whole new range of round stamps they stamp beautifully.

Bevs brill blog candy

WOW look at this brilliant candy Bev has on her blog isn't it amazing, so many yummy things... So what you waiting for get yourself over to Bev's blog and take a look at her great cards are truly inspirational.

Sorry i haven't been around much lately but have been busy decorating, all painted now in the lounge just the hall, landing and stairs to do. I know it will look nice when its done but boy is it hard going, especially when you work. I went looking for some tab top curtains yesterday, could i find any??? No :( Why is it when you want something you can't seem to find it!! So if anyone has seen some nice beige/brown curtains on their travels can you may be point me in the right direct.

Wee Bees Birthday

Here is another card make for the Cuddly Buddly gallery from the 'Bee of good cheer' collection, this one is 'Wee Bees Birthday' coloured once again with prismas pencils, added some glamour dust here and there for a little bit of sparkle. The papers are Cuddly Buddly downloads, think they are 'patchwork papers' in pink. The MS doily punch has been used once again, i just love this punch, (can you tell??? lol..) added some satin ribbon and tied some bows.

Oh mens cards

Its Neils birthday today and yesterday i had to make a card in a hurry, i am inspirational less when it comes to mens card lol... I then remembered that i had bought some decoupage sheets when i visited the NEC in March and here is the finished product. The papers and card are from SU bought from Jules which are fab when it comes to matching colours and papers.
Any way think Neil was happy with his card, although he didn't say a lot lol.... I have booked a meal for us tonight and an overnight stay as a surprise.
Hope you all have a nice day x

Thankful Wee Bee

This is one of a new series called 'Bee of Good Cheer' from Cuddly Buddly drawn by Kim Sponaugle. This cute little bee is 'Thankful Wee Bee' which i have coloured with my prisma pencils. The stitching is all hand drawn as haven't got a sewing machine, but think it looks OK.
The papers are all fairy fun papers aqua which are downloaded from Cuddly Buddly, i have to say these are my favourite. The round sentiment is fairy fun round greeting stamps also from Cuddly Buddly.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend and that the weather is good to you, some chance of that i think. Whats happened to our lovely sunny weather ?? Think i will have to wait until Sept when i go to Tenerife to glimpse the sun again :(

Digi Shack Challenge

The challenge over at the 'Digi Shack' was 3 patterned papers, well think i have just about done this with the great fairy papers from Cuddly Buddly. I have coloured the mermaid in with promarkers for a change, think they where feeling a little left out lately lol.... The swirls have been cut out using my sizzix die, i tell you i forget what i have got and haven't got!! The greeting stamp is by Hobby Art, i do like their greeting stamps.

The winner is .......

Tonight i have used random org to pick the winner of my Cuddly Buddly candy and the winner is number 8 Saskia. Congratulations could you please email me your name and address and i will get them posted off to you asap :)

Thanks to everyone who took the time to take part, i hope you will visit my blog again soon :)

I am looking forward to what you create with your new stamps Saskia.

Candy closing soon

I will be making the draw for my Cuddly Buddly candy at 9pm GMT, so this is your last chance to join in. I hope you have all had a lovely weekend? Its been awful here today, rain, rain and more rain :( I am hoping for a better day tomorrow. I have the electrician coming tomorrow to do some rewiring, so mess mess everywhere. I am also in the process of decorating my lounge when i can decide what colours i want, its so hard deciding and hoping you get it right lol...
Good luck everyone.

Christmas In July

Well i know the sun is shining and its looking like being a nice day and here is me posting a Christmas card lol... On the CB forum we always do Christmas in July and share cards made with Kims wonderful art work. This cutie is Bestest Friend form Cuddly Buddly he has been coloured with Prisma pencils, glamour dusted added here and there- well whats Christmas with out sparkle!!? The papers are 'Let It Snow' and are downloads from CB, they print out a treat.
The snowflake is a sizzix die, oval punches are SU! from Jules. The embossing was done with cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder.

This card was made following the wonderful sketch on ' Friday Sketchers' by the lovely Jacque. Its been a while since i have done a challenge, just don't seem to find the time these days.

Blog candy

Some time ago i was given these lovely stamps by Kim Macfarlene to give a blog candy, thought now was a good time to put them on my blog to celebrate the revamping of the Cuddly Buddly website. The shop is packed with goodies so its well worth taking a peek and P&P only £1!! So what you waiting for , grab a cuppa put our feet up and do some shopping ;)

Please could you spread the word and leave me a comment, I will draw the winner on Sunday. Good luck xx

The Digishack challenge "clouds"

I was very surprised to receive an email from Toni who runs The digishack asking lil old moi if i would like to be a guest designer for a month :) Naturally i said "yes", thanks Toni for even considering me. Well the challenge was - A cloud theme. Create a card, scrapbook page or 3D item using clouds. The clouds can be anywhere. We have lots of fun images that wold go great with clouds in the Shoppe. Of course you don’t have to use TDS images if you don’t want to. When uploading your creation to your online gallery please use tag:TDSC014, of TDS or Thedigishack (oneword)

So here is my first card i have made using one of the images, doesn't he look relaxing chillin with a nice drink in his hand??
DP- SU! design paper
Medium- Promarkers
Punch- MS zigzag
Stamps - digi image form the digi shack, clouds Magnolia.

All My Love

Here comes that lil cute mouse again with all my love, he is a dream to colour with prisma pencils. This image is also available as a download from Cuddly Buddly, i have used a stamp.

I have used the pink patchwork paper set from Cuddly Buddly, the card stock is co-ordinates with some white gel pen added to make stitching. The flowers and heart charm are also available from the Cuddly Buddly shop.

I have a whole week off work, yippeeee.. I am hoping to catch up with some chores around the house, but am going to try and fit in some card making in between. I mean a girl has gotta have some fun :)

Whiff Of Joy Guest Designer Challenge

Katharina over at Whiff of Joy is going to be celebrating a whole year of her wonderful WOJ stamps here is what she said

"1 Year - Whiff of Joy Stamps *wohooo* now that's a reason to celebrate, isn't it? There will be a huge Party taking place on July 25th starting at 7 pm on my blog (GMT +1 - there is a clock on my sidebar underneath my profile pic). We will start the celebrations with our first Blog Hop, which will showcase some great new stamps. Those stamps will also be released on this evening. The blog hop will end in our Papercraft Planet group with lots of fun, prizes and special Guest stars, but more later. If you want to be part of this great event, here is your chance. I am looking for 15 dedicated WoJ fans who want to guest design for the Whiff of Joy Anniversary Blog Hop"

I have used the cute Willow image coloured with prismas pencils, can't remember the paper i used think it was a papermania pack i got from the Papermil shop. The flowers are cut with EK retro daisy punch and a bosscuts die, added some punched out leaves around the edge of the scalloped circle.

I hope i am not to late for this challenge! I have been feeling a little fed up this week so left everything until the last minute :(