Midweek Magnolia's DT Card

Good morning my lovelies & happy halloween!!!!!! Happy Birthday to all my bloggy buddie swhose birthday it is today & a big Happy Birthday to Teej, my lovely pal Pops son is 16 today.

Ok onto my post which is my DT card for Midweek Magnolia's & this week it is my turn to set the theme & I chose I super easy one..........

ANYTHING GOES........

....see I told ya!! So no excuses peeps bring along your Maggie creations to us girlies.

I have inked up another uninked stamp, yay me.........

The paper is Magnolia, the top one is 'Vintage Red' & I cant remember what the bottom one is called.

Spotty ribbon is from my stash. I have put Magnolia Fence both sides but my flowers hide the other side lol.

Image is 'Tilda with Wedding Presents' but I think this really is such a versatile image & suitable for most occasions.

I've coloured her with copics & paper pieced her presents with scrap papers. I cant remember the colours as I coloured this a couple of weeks ago.

Flowers are a mixture from WOC. I've also added Magnolia's 'Scroll & Leaf' doo-hickey. The heart is punched out using my MS punch.

I've used spellbinder dies under Tilda. Muslin & doily are from my stash. I've added pearl & pearl dots to the presents, pearl dots I used Viva pen from My Crafty Heart. 

Please pop on over to see what my talented teamies have made, they really are such talented girlies.

I am very VERY slowly trying to get round to you, bare with me my lovelies as its halloween & I've have lots of cupcakes to make & a bungalow to decorate lol. I am extremely excited, Ben, Megan & Payton are coming over for tea & we dressing Payton up as a witch & she is coming to the door with me to give out the treats to all the kiddies.....ooooh cant wait.

Thanks for stopping by mmwah. Toodles xxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm Entering.............

MDUC - Birthstone ( July - Ruby)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Spots & Dots

Also Teresa at 'My Crafty Heart' is having a STAMPCULAR SALE this week, thats right she is offering 10% off ALL rubber stamps. You have to hurry tho as this offer ends Friday 2nd November.

LASTLY................HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE

Inspire Beauty In All That Surrounds You

Good morning lovelies how are you all? The lovely Tracy from Make It Crafty DT asked me if I would like to be a guest on their Inspiration Blog..........of course it took me all of 2 nano seconds to say a big fat YES!!!!!!! Now the fabulous talented Zoe has sooooooooo many fab images in her store, it really did take me FOREVER to pick my images, I already have quite a few, but this was hard!!!

Anyway I decided it had to be a girl, with long flowing hair & lots of pleats or folds in her clothing :0)

So I went with 2 images & merged them together............

............these are 'Girl With Glass Slipper' & 'Courtyard' digi's. I've kept the card pretty simple so the image is the focal point..............well simple for me.......I'm missing my foofiness tho ;0)

The chipboard frame is also from Make It Crafty & I painted it with white gesso.

I was colouring my piccy & my beautiful cat decided to jump up on my shoulders making me jump thus creating this mess!!!! Was not happy & in a huff put it on the table then starting thinking about printing another one out or choosing diff image................ However..........

............I then decided I would try to fix it as time was against me. It worked :0) So dont always throw those images away that you have made mistakes on.........some can be saved ;0)

The image of course was coloured with Copics..........

E13, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20

E29, E27, E23, E21

R85, R83, R81, RV10

C5, C3, C1, C00

E59, E57, E55, G05, YG06

G99, YG65, G21

I've just realised I've forgot to do the sky..............ooopps :0(

Ingredients used..............

Digi images merged - Make It Crafty

Chipboard Frame - Make It Crafty

Prima 'Tea Thyme' papers - My Crafty Heart

Pearls - My Crafty Heart

Sentiment - Whimsy

So there is my wee creation for Make It Crafty, thank you soooooooooo much to Tracy & Zoe for having me as their guest I really am truly honoured sweeties, mmwah xxxxx

Oh before I go tho pop on over to Make It Crafty as Zoe has a sale on, yes thats right A SALE!!!

Don't miss it peeps. 

Take care lovelies, cheerio xxxxxxxxx

Thank you all sooooooooo much for your lovely comments I am EXTREMELY lucky to have my cupboard..........altho I do miss my truck & a teeny bit of that money paid for this cupboard. I am really surprised about the amount of storage it can hold I really am. Here is the link to this cupboard for those wanting to know. Now its the older version of The Workbox but its also cheaper than the newer ones. The newer ones have plastic boxes instead of canvas drawers, however I prefer the canvas drawers. If at any time you wanted to change the drawers around or even take them out & use the shelves then these drawers unzip underneath & fold flat, so would take up no room if you wanted to store them when they were not in use.

I would say the only downside to this cupboard is I have to be a tidier crafter lol......mmmmm I'm saying nothing lol.....

Saturated Canary DT Card - Not Square

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Well its that time again for another new challenge over at Saturated Canary.............the creations you keep bringing to us are amazing, you always knock our socks & its awesome to see what you do with Krista's gorgeous images.

So onto the challenge..........this time around we would like to see............

SHAPED CARDS - NO SQUARES ALLOWED

Yep shapely cards, whether it be circle, oval, star etc............just dont bring no square cards, cus this fortnight 'We aint Square'!!!

I have cropped one of Krista's lush images..........this is one of the reasons I lurve digi images.

I have cropped 'Bubbles' I will put copics colours at the bottom.

I have added 'Anja Leaf' & some gorgeous fabric & paper Prima Flowers. Lace is from my stash.

The image I have also added 'Glossy Accents' to her eyes & bubbles, I've cut the bubbles out to place elsewhere. I also added Pearls to her spots on her dress. I've also added a beautiful fabric Prima Flower & Marianne's 'Tiny's Flower 3' which I have to say is lush & I will be buying the rest for sure ;0)

I so love these 'Cabaletta' flowers, they are gorgeous!! I've used used Prima 'Madeline' A4 papers & inked the edges with Walnut DI. I used my Grand Calibur to cut out the card shape.

Also decorated inside to compliment the front. I inked parts of the frame with Tattered Rose DI. I added Hessian Scrim under the frame & with a few loose strands tied some together at the bottom of the frame

Ingredients used.............

'Bubbles' digi image - Saturated Canary

Prima Flowers - My Crafty Heart

Marianne Anja Leaf die - My Crafty Heart

Viva Pearl Pen - My Crafty Heart

Pearl Hearts - My Crafty Heart

Glossy Accents - My Crafty Heart

Marianne Tinys Flower 3 - My Crafty Heart

Prima Madeline A4 paper 

Loose Hessian Scrim

White Lace

Copics used - E13, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R22, R20

E29, E27 E23 E21

R85, R83, R81, RV10

Please pop on over to see my uber talented teamies creations, they will knocks your socks off.

Well my Workbox has arrived woopeeeee, so hubster & me are putting it together now, well I'm multi tasking & cooking tea as well good job I put something in the slow cooker this morning lol.

Right off to play with my nuts ;0)

Wish us luck lol.

Thank you soooooooooo much for stopping by you all totally rock mmwah!!!!!!!

Quick & Simple Tutorial, Fab for Halloween

Howdi doody my lovelies, well I'm back with my tutorial. I've had a few people to email asking me how I make the Sweety Bags for Halloween..........they are so simple & so quick to make, which is ideal if like me you plan on making lots lol. 'Photo Heavy'

These are the main items you will need...............

Re-Sealable Bags, your choice of size(re-sealable is better so they can be closed)

A4 or A5 coloured card, your choice of colour

Halloween paper

Stamped image coloured or a Pre-Coloured Image

Dies

Glue or Tape

Distress Ink (optional)

Get your re-sealable bag & choose your die slightly smaller than the bag. I think mine are about 5x5 inches, I actually use them to put my coloured images in before they go in the box, they help protect them. You can get these bags on Ebay & they are quite cheap.

Using your die cut out your shape, if like me you are making a few (lots lol) then with this size you can get 2 to every piece of A4 card. Save the excess bit at the bottom.

Put your cut out shapes to one side & with the scraps at the bottom cut out what you want going along the bottom of the bag, i.e Fence, grass etc. Place a line of good strong glue (or strong double-sided tape) along the bottom of each bag.

Place your die-cuts along the bottom & keep in place using paper-clips or mini pegs. Set these aside so they can dry while you make the tops.

Ok so you have your card cut out next you will need to cut out your paper to mat on top. I dont like a big size difference so with the same die as used on the card I draw around the inside & then cut it out using scissors.

Ink the edges of the paper to give it a distressed look. I've used Black Soot distress ink.

Using glue(or use tape) attach your paper to the die-cutted card

Turn it over & score about 1/4 way down, I've marked the score with a pencil so you can see it easier.

Fold bacl along the scored line.

Now you can decorate the tops. I've cropped 'Zombie Niamh' by Saturated Canary & coloured her with copics. I've also used a pre-coloured image, 'Franky Pastry' from The Paper Shelter. Images from there you get a digi image & a pre-coloured image, how fab is that!! As I have so many to do I decided that pre-coloured images were the way to go lol.

I've cut out some die-cut trees, my sentiments & some buttons from my stash.

I've added the sentiments to the bottom & got everything glued to my tops & added sweets to the bag.

Place the top over the bag so the fold is at the edge of the bag & then staple each side.

This is how it looks at the back.

Here is a few of them, I only have 12 done up to now, the rest will be done by Sunday tho. I've still got get sweeties to put in them as well, so its a trip to Asda & Tesco me thinks lol.

I have used a mixture of pre-coloured images & of course 1 of my own coloured images. I also need to add sentiments to them all.

Ingredients used..............

Grassland Border - My Crafty Heart

'Happy Halloween' sentiment - Delicious Doodles

'Too Cute To Spook' sentiment - Tiddly Inks

Leafy Branch - My Crafty Heart

'Niamh Zombie' digi image - Saturated Canary

Pre-Coloured images - The Paper Shelter & Digital Delights

Well thats it, I hope you like my Sweety Bag tutorial, if you have any problems please feel free to email me at anytime.

Right I have sooooooooo much bloggy catching up to do now so am gonna get going. Will be back tomorrow afternoon with my Saturated Canary DT Card.

Thank you for stopping by, it means the world, mmwah.

Toodles xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm Entering..........

No Matter Which - Halloween Creations

Corrosive Challenge Blog - Treacherous Treats

The Paper Shelter - Halloween

Crafts & Me DT Card - Marna Fairy

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? I saw my first red robin yesterday sitting on my fence when I was at the kitchen sink..........yea thats when you know the big guy is coming soon ;0)

Anyhoos onto the task in hand, today sees a new challenge over at Crafts & Me & this weeks the lovely Karina has chosen the theme of............

FANTASY CREATURES

So bring your fairies, angels, goblins, mermaids, wizards etc along to join in the fun..........come on they will love it!!!!!!!!!

Okay for mine I decided to ink up a stamp that was still sat in its packet since last year :0(

I think my mojo stayed in the conservatory cuddled up to Craig while I went into the hobbit :0(

I do like to keep my cards looking different...........well this certainly is lol.

The lush paper is Prima's 'Doodle Deux', I matted onto black card & inked edges with black soot.

The image is 'Marna Fairy' by Hannah Lynn & I coloured her with my trusty copics. I wanted a more porcelain look for her face so was careful with shading. I did her hair black & blue (greys) & her wings I cant remember the colours as I wanted a few blended in there to go with papers.

Yes for once I actually picked my papers first.........go me lol.  Also added glimmer dust & pearl dots to her wings with the pen.

I added scrim with a splashing of White Gesso on parts & I tied some black lace from my stash into a bow. The sentiment I did with my Dymo & added to a Joy Crafts die, I so love these ;0) Also added a Joy Crafts corner die & a Prima flower.

Ingredients used.............

Marna Fairy rubber stamp - Crafts & Me

Prima 'Doodle Deux' papers - My Crafty Heart

White Gesso - Crafts & Me

Prima Flower - My Crafty Heart

Viva Pearl Pen - My Crafty Heart

Thats it from me but please pop on over to see the gorgeous work of my teamies.

Thank you sooooo much for stopping by I'm off for a quick bloggy hop.

Tatty bye for now mmwah xxxxxxxx

A Wobbly Christmas

Hello my lovelies, how are you? I really hope its not awful, foggy, murky & grey where you are......however if it is like it is here.............CRAFT!!!!!!!

I thought I would pop this card on I made last week with some thingy's that Krista sent us DT girls...........I forgot to post it on my blog......but tbh it didnt turn out quite the way I hoped so didnt know whether to post.......but what the 'eck lol.

I have used NO backing paper at all on this, I've just embossed, die-cutted, snowed, glittered & inked lol. Yes die-cutted is a word its in the 'Victionary'......;0)

I cut out 2 trees using Marianne christmas tree die, I inked the edges with Weathered Wood DI & added some foamy-uppy stuff to look like snow ;0)

This shows the dimension of the die-cuts & image. Krista sent us all some 'Wobblies' (thats what I call them lol), Action Wobble Springs. I added them under the trees, the clouds & of course the image.................so they all wobble.....its so cool:0)

In the uk you can get them here.

The image is of course Saturated Canary 'Spritz', isnt he the cutest!!! I have of course coloured him with copics...........ooops I forgot colours his eyes, oh poop!!!

The wings also got a splashing of 'Stardust' stickles ;0)

To make the background I inked a sky using Weathered Wood & Tumbled Glass distress inks for the clouds, then embossed it with a spotty folder backwards...........its supposed to resemble snow. For the bottom I used 2 scrap pieces of card, ripped the edges & again embossed it but so the spots faced the right way.....as in the snow has falledn. I also added more 'Stardust' stickles along the edges & then placed 1 card on top of the other & add them to the bottom..........snowy hills & sky lol.

I think I should have added the image more to the bottom so he was level with the trees but never mind.

Well peeps there's a simples card........still not sure about it but.......well its always good to play isn't it lol. I will be back tomorrow with a DT card then I will be back tomorrow night with a tutorial ;0) I'm off to catch up with you all now so see yous soonies.

Welcome to all my new followers, thank you so much for joining me :0)

Tatty byes sweeties mmwah, thank you for popping by xxxxxxxxxx

My Apologies & giving up my craft-room

Good morning my lovelies we have another miserable day here.........where ever you are I hope you are warm & safe peeps.

Ok its just a post really to say a huge sorry to you all for not getting round to your blogs, I'm sooooooo trying lol.

As you know we are getting these gorgeous cats, well I am giving them my hobbit (craft-room), its getting converted into & we are adding runs so they have somewhere to play. We are also sectioning off 1 end to turn into a whelping area with incubators etc in, completely sterile so they cant pick up any nasty germs & wat-not. They will of course sleep & live with us in the bungalow, this is just where they will play & where mom can have her babies when the time comes.

So as I'm giving up my craft-room I am moving into the corner of the living room........not good lol but this is my decision I dont mind giving this up for my furry babies.

After speaking to my lovely sweet friend Pops & me picking at her brains lol I am going to get one of those work-box thingys............a wardrobe folding cupboard thing..........wow check me out how good am I explaining things.....not.. lol. Hubby was just gonna get me a large desk but how messy would that look & in the living room it would drive me round the bend. TBH I'm a messy crafter but like the home clean. 

Anyway it means I'm having to DOWN-SIZE........wow how hard is that but tbh I dont need this many stamps its silly I will never ever get to use them all as I keep buying new ones that come out & I also have a bjillion digi images...........which I soooooo love lol. So I'm mega busy trying to sort out crafting things...........what to keep & what to sell. The selling stuff is gonna help pay for this cupboard cus damn are they expensive grrrrrrrr.........wonder if I could sell hubster......or.....

HUBSTER FOR RENT cheap prices but will need him back in one piece..........he brings you cups of tea while you are crafting & he's lovely ;0)

Anyone interested............answers on the back of a comment box lol.

So my lovelies I am trying to visit you all & leave comments but when I'm late this is why, we only have til the 10th december before she comes (still havnt completely decided on a name lol) & with crimbo & the bungalow needs decorating............I need blinking help !!!!

Right off for a womble before the school run........well 6th form but its still the same aint it.

Tatty bye & thank you so much for putting up with me mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Midweek Magnolia's DT Creation

Hello my lovelies how are you all? The weather here is awful, really awful, we have terrential rain, bad winds.........which can be awful when you live next to the sea lol & its so grey & gloomy we've got lamps on. So my plan is to stay in where it is nice & warm :0)

Now I'm late but I'm finally here with my DT Creation for Midweek Magnolia Challenges & this week we have the theme.........

AUTUMN/FALL COLOURS

Now I made a bit of a mistake & just thought Autumn & thought of Halloween & as I have lots of these to make I made another Sweetie Bag for Halloween...........but forgot to go with Autumn colours.......altho we do still see green dont we, we have evergreens all in our garden so they never lose colour lol.........trying to let myself off here lol.

This is a boy sweetie bag........so of course went with the lovely Edwin/

I have added to the bottom a Grassland Border & a Doo-hickey Fence. The grass is in black card & the fence I sponged with Black Soot & Peeled Paint distress inks......I did put a wee bit too much black on the fence but it still looks ok.

I cant actually find this stamp in Sir Stamp A Lot which is where i got him from 2 years ago :0( sorry peeps. I have done with quick colouring using copics & prisma's.......so quick this way is lol.

The sentiment I printed out then cut it out using the top of a Doo-Hickey tag die, I even inked my thumb a wee bit & pressed on to get the print lol. Gravestone button is from my stash.

Added Tim Holtz clock & inked it again with Black Soot & Peeled Paint distress inks, added less black tho this time lol. Added green card to the centre. Paper is Basic Grey edged with Black Soot.

Ingredients used............

Edwin stamp - Magnolia

Sentiment - Delicious Doodles

Magnolia Doo-Hickey Dies - Bunny Zoes

Tim Holtz clock die

MB Grassland Border die - My Crafty Heart

Basic Grey paper

Brads from stash

Please check out my teamies fanabulous creations, they are awesome!!

Well I'm trying my best to catch up with you all & I will at points today get round to you. It is Megans birthday today so we are treating her to having the full works on her hair & we've brought a Meerkat like on Compare the Market, she loves em & keeps trying pinch mine but I gave my to Natalie. They are also coming over for tea as I'm making Megans favourite.....homemade Meatballs with Herby Potatoes.........I do make a mean meatballs & herby potatoes mind ;0)

Thanks for popping by you all rock!!!!! Thank you also for the comments on the kitten below we will be getting, we are soooooooo excited ;0)

Tatty bye mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm Entering...........

Here Come The Boys - Edwin Only

Its A Magnolia Challenge - Halloween

My Simply Sassy Winner & A cute new member

Hello my lovelies I'm sooooooooo sorry I'm late I've been the RVI hospital today for camera inside my stomach & totally ofrgot about choosing a winner. Feeling a bit out of sorts so I will say s orry if anything is mis-typed lol.

I also want to show you something especially cute & gorgeous, we havnt got her yet we just paid a deposit on her, she is coming to us in December. In 6 months time we are going back to this breeder & buying a boy. In about 18 months-2 years we are going to start breeding these beauties. There is no-one in Northumberland that are breeding these we are having to travel over 400 miles to get ours as this breeder gets her from USA only, which are the best. The odd person who do have them are not breeding them properly as they shoudl be.

This is a beautiful F4 Savannah kitten & here she is just 4 weeks old..........yes they are very big cats & in order for us to breed we need a F4 queen & pref an F5 boy. To those who dont know about Savannah cats they are the largest domestic cats in the world,  They really do take your breath away!! They are extremely expensive, they really are but I'm selling my beloved truck to help pay for this as this is something we have wanted to do for long time.

Anyway I'm babbling now lets announce the winner. So I had 49 entries & mr randomy thing pulled out number 

20 - which when I counted is  FAYE.....

cONGRATULATIONS SWeetie can you please email me your address & I will post little Miss Saassy stamp tomrorrow hun.

Thank you to everyone who entered I will have more candy soon so dont be too dissapointed, if I could I would send you all something.

Take care my darlings mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxxx

24 Hour Simply Sassy Give-Away

Hello everyone hope you are all have a lovely jubbly weekend. I'm sorry I'm behind on commenting I was looking after my grandaughter yesterday while Ben & Megan went to Durham to buy the cutest little kitten, its grey & its gorgeous lol.

Anyhoo's as another way of saying sorry & also because me loves you guys sooooooo much I thought I would offer up this stamp. She would be perfect for halloween as well as other things.

This is a brand new un-opened Simply Sassy stamp by Krista Smith called 'Witches Cauldron'

You have 24 hours in which to pop something in the comment box as I want you to have this ready for halloween if thats what you want it for ;0)

There are no rules what so ever, just add a comment & thats it. I will draw a random winner this time tomorrow.............so you have until 11am UK time monday 15th October.

Thats it peeps, good luck my lovelies.

Tatty bye.