Any One For Soup

I am sorry for my lack of blogging lately but just not been in the mood. We are still waiting for results on the biopsy they took from Brad, he is OK in himself though doesn't appear to be in any pain in fact he looks just the same but we know its there still :(  We had the first bill which was £1800!! Thank goodness we have pet insurance.

This is a card I should of had done last Thursday for the launch over at Cuddly Buddly. Its from the Alonzo collection by Bits of Ivory, this one is called 'Soup For You' I have paper pierced his trousers with digi papers from the Portfolio collection this papers are great for men's card.

Enchanted Wishes ~ Little Souls

Here is another one of the cards I made with the delightful 'Enchanted Wishes'  digi stamps by Karen Middleton. This is 'Little Souls' isn't she sweet and so pretty in pink, coloured with Copics and Prisma pencils, some glamour dust added to the wings for that little bit of sparkle.

Image ~  Little Souls
Greeting ~ Enchanted Wishes Sentiments
Papers ~ Enchanted Wishes
Medium ~ Copics and Prisma Pencils.
Tools ~  Ek Punch, Marianne branch die
Embellishments ~ Flowers, Pink Bow , medal charm

Fabulously Crafty Friends Candy

'Fabulously Crafty Friend's is a brand new blog where all the Cuddly Buddly design team come together to shares all their crafty loveliness. Kim had kindly added some candy a £20 gift certificate for the Cuddly Buddly shop that you can win by becoming a follower and displaying the Toby Tumble badge on your site bar

Pop over and take a look there are some lovely free blog backgrounds too.

Enchanted Wishes

Morning today is the day 'Enchanted Wishes' by Karen Middleton is released. You can get these beautiful fairy images in digi from Cuddly Buddly. There are a total of  8 new images, a set of lovely greeting stamps and papers all . I have used 'Little Friends' coloured with Copics and prisma pencils, papers are 'Enhanted Wishes' Papers, they are such pretty pastel shades. Don't forget to check the cards made by all the design team there are some stunning cards.

We have had bad new about one of our dogs Brad he has been diagnosed with a mast cell tumor up his nose, we are awaiting biopsy results but because of where it is there is no chance of surgery :( The thing is he is so fit and well, just this awful sneezing every now and again. I have broke my heart crying as fear the worst.

If I am not blogging or posting to much you now know why ......

Anniversary Card

This was a commissioned card I was asked to make for a Wedding Anniversary.

I find it so difficult making a card for commissions as always worry about if they will like it or not, especially when you don't know who you are making it for! I still don't know if they liked it, hopefully they did.

I have used a large 8x8 card with SU! papers and card. The main image is a 3D sheet from Crafts Creations, I do love their step by step sheets so easy to use and such good value.

I hope you have all had a nice weekend? I have been to visit my Son and his girlfriend this weekend, Beata is Polish and her parent are over for a visit so we went to meet them, it was difficult to communicate as they speak no English, we still had a good evening Beata had to do the translating lol..

Flower Bud Fairy

This is one of the new Karen Middleton Digi stamps from Cuddly Buddly, she is called 'Flower Bud Fairy' I just think she is so sweet and a dream to colour in, although this is a little bold and bright for me a pastel girl!

There are lots of great images been added to the Cuddly Buddly shop in the last week, Karen has a real mix of cute and trendy images and then there is the very sweet Toby Tumbles Christmas images by Czes.

The papers and tickets sentiments will be available for Cuddly Buddly real soon when the new and exciting 'Enchanted Wishes' digi's are released on August 11th not long now.

Ready-Teddy-Go ~ Buttons & Bows

Good morning today see the start of a new month and a brand new Challenge blog 'Ready-Teddy-Go' for all you Teddy fans, I just love my Teddy Bears never ever get fed up colouring them.

For my first card I have used a very sweet Teddy Bea image coloured with Prismas pencils, the beautiful digi papers are from Cuddly Buddly as is the lovely ticket stamp.

There is a wonderful prize up for grabs for one lucky entrant so what you waiting for.....nahh no rush as you have ALL month to get your card made or cards.. 

Christmas Pudding

I thought I would share with you a card I made with 'Pudding Girl' which is one of the very sweet Christmas images by Lilyboo available at Cuddly Buddly for only 99p!

This card was so quick and easy to make great for those mass produced cards we have to make on the run up to Christmas. The papers are from the 'Christmas Holly Digi' selection, love this set for Christmas so traditional with the holly swirl in the corner.

There are exciting times ahead at Cuddly Buddly there is a  new artist joining the ranks Karen Middleton, she certainly has drawn some fantastic images especially for you fairy lovers out there. I am lucky to be working on a set called 'Enchanted Wishes' at the minute so watch this space, your going to love them

Christmas Bunny

This is one of the Christmas cards I have made with one of the very sweet Wee Digi Stamps by Sylvia Zet available at Cuddly Buddly, this one is called 'Christmas Bunny' 

I have coloured the image with my usual Copics and Prisma pencils adding some glamour dust and glossy accents for good measure, well wouldn't be a Christmas card with out the glitter lol..

I hope that the weather has improved a little for you all now that the summer holidays are almost upon us, especially for those of you with children.

Stamps ~ Wee digi stamps 'Christmas Bunny', Bits of Ivory Ticket stamps

Papers ~ Cuddly Buddly Quilted Holly  digi papers

Tools ~ EK Lattice Punch, MS Nestabilities, Marianne Poinsettia dies, Marianne Swedish Ice Star 

New Challenge Blog ~ Ready-Teddy-Go

No cards from me today but I do have one to show you tomorrow when Cuddly Buddly launch some new digi stamps. I have been lucky enough to have a Wee play with Lilyboo images and one of Sylvia's new Christmas stamps from the Wee stamp range.

There is also a brand new Challenge starting on the 1st August called 'Ready-Teddy-Go' for all you Teddy lovers. I couldn't resist joining the design team for this challenge as anyone that knows me know how much i love my Teddies. Don't forget to click on the follow button so you can keep unto date with the challenges which will run monthly for now, so plenty of time to join in all the fun. Don't forget to pick yourself a blinky up and help spread the word.

Boy Praise Angel

Here is another cute image from Cuddly Buddly called 'Praise Angel 2' A real sweet image for those Christmas cards, although this could be used for other occasions.

I have coloured my image with the usual medium, cut out with label 10 dies from Spellbinders, this is on of my favourite sets of dies, as is the Cherish punch I have used.

Its been a lovely day here today, shame most of it was spent in work bet it rains tomorrow as its my day off lol.. It would be nice to have some sunshine as i have lots of washing to get done.

Image ~ Praise Angel 2 Cuddly Buddly Digi

Tools ~ Cherish MS punch, Nesties Label 10 dies, Marianne Snowflake dies

Embellishments ~Crochet Lace, pearls

Papers ~ Cuddly Buddly Frosted lace Digi's

Christmas In July

This is one of the sweet adorable digi stamps from Cuddly Buddly called 'Praise Angel'. There have been a whole batch of new releases , cute Santa's, cute snow people and adorable angels.

I have coloured my image with Copic and prisma's pencils as usual, glittered the wings with glamour dust.

All the papers are Cuddly Buddly Digi's.

Sorry about the lack of writing but not sure anyone even reads it lol...

Got The Pip ~ Cherry Pip

Its been a while since I have taken part in any challenges so thought I would have a go this week and take part in the 'Sugar Bowl' Challenge which was a lovely sketch by Erika.

This is one of two new stamps I ordered from Funky Kits the day of release, the following day they arrived in the post how good is that? Excellent service thank you.

This little sweetie is one of the new images from the Pip collection she is called  'Cherry Pip' coloured with Copics and Prisma pencils for added shading. The papers SU! and are from my lovely friend Linda , she sent me some to try out and I love them, so fresh and summery unlike the weather this week lol.... The ticket greeting is from Cuddly Buddly and is a digi down load form the Bits Of Ivory collection, fantastic value at only £1.99 for a whole A4 sheet of stamps.

Something a little different

Here is something a little different from me but I have to say I like it.

This is a commissioned card for a friend of a friend whose only request was a BIG card with his wife's name on and her age, I just hope he likes it as I know nothing about the lady in question.

The image is a Nice and easel sheet from La Pashe these really are beautiful images and fill an 8x8 card very nicely. The papers are from the Designer series from SU! thought they matched the Peony flower perfectly.

Well my week off is almost over :( its back to work for me Monday. I have managed to get my bedroom decorated, new carpet and bedding, its all looking very posh I am very pleased with it.

Double Trouble

Good afternoon its a grey old day here in Cheshire and fairly cold considering its June..

This is another card from the new 'Island Girls' collection over at Cuddly Buddly , looks like she has her hands full with these two little rascals, defo double trouble lol.... 

I have coloured my images in with the usual Copics and Prisma pencils. The beautiful papers are 'Cottage collection' in Duck Egg blue also downloads from Cuddly Buddly, I think this is my favourite set of papers.

The lovely ticket sentiment is from 'The Garden Vigrettes ticket sentiment collection by Bits of Ivory available at Cuddly Buddly , I do loves these so watch out as they will be on all my cards lol...

Well I best get back to the decorating :( Don't know if i will get much time to make cards, even though i am off work for a whole week. Enjoy your weekend xx