The Little Ballerina

Hello peeps,

Happy St Patricks Day to all my Irish friends :)

I've had a very, very traumatic incident! I was feeding hubby's bearded dragons & Diddly pounced on the tub with the crickets in and knocked it right over and the flipping things were jumping and running everywhere. There was no way I could catch them all as they scuttled off under the sofa and unit the dragons tank is on. Ali came round for coffee & while I was sat on the floor keeping my beady eye out for the escapees & chatting I could feel something tickling my leg so shot up off the floor &  one had gone up my jeans leg, Ali said she hasn't seen me move that quick in years lol. With the help of the cats & Henry hoover we've caught several & all the furniture has been pulled out but I am so paranoid about them I can't relax in the lounge at all as I'm constantly on the look out for the flipping things slipper at the ready lol.

 I've inked up another new Maggie for my mum's Mothers Day Card, I wonder if my mum will have a flashback to me prancing around in my red tutu knobbly knees on full view lol. I think this sweet girly is a definite fav from the new collection, I love her curly hair which is weird considering I hate mine lol.

 Ingredients -

Image - Magnolia, Medium - Copics, Tim Holtz picket fence crackle paint, Victorian velvet distressed ink,  Papers - Magnolia, Flowers - Wild Orchid & Kort & Godt, Sentiment - Cats Life Press, Lace - The Ribbon Girl, Butterflies - Cheery Lynn & Woodware, Sparkle - crystal glamour dust paint, Pearls - Melissa Frances, Pin - homemade

Tools - MS Cherry Blossom PATP, Magnolia Doo Hickey swirl & heart swirls, MS frond punch, Tim Holtz tiny attacher & nesties.

Copic colours used - skin E13, E11, E00, R30, R21, hair - E44, E42, E41, clothes & shoes - RV95, RV, 93, RV91, C00 / C1, C0, C00

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Stamptacular - sketch, 4 Crafty Chicks - chicks rule, Crafty Purple Frog - pink & girly, Delightful Challenges - someone special, Moving Along With The Times - special lady, Fairy Fun Fridays - distress it, Inspire Me Fridays - link up party, My Mums Craft Shop - mum's the word, Ruby's Rainbow - lace, Papertake - mum/girls, Bunny Zoe's - shabby chic/vintage, Crafty Boots - glitter, Lexi's Creations - Mothers Day, Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything goes, Make It Monday - anything goes

I'm going to try and catch up with a few emails before the rugby starts and it's the game I don't like today, England v Ireland as I support both so I've had strict instructions that I am not allowed to cheer for Ireland, not even once!

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All Grown Up! - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Good morning peeps,

It's a foggy old morning here, I should never have watched that flipping film "The Fog" years ago the fog always spooks me now as I'm such a wuss lol.

I have suddenly had several card orders come in & some of them are for Mothers Day which is in 4 days time here in the UK, eke talk about short notice, I may have to improvise and switch sentiments on a couple of recent makes, sssh don't tell lol.

I am slowly beginning to catch up with everyone, I must tackle my mass of emails that need replies so if I owe you mail don't worry I haven't forgotten it's on my to do list :)

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

& this week our challenge is

A BIT O' GREEN / ST PATRICKS DAY

My lovely teamies & I are showcasing Hero Arts products this week and my card today seems very "grown up" for me as there is nothing cutesy about it but I have used a beautiful stamp which was in a surprise gift set amongst my DT goodies from our lovely Heidi & Steph , thanks so much girlies xx

 Ingredients -

Image - Hero Arts Delicate Blossoms

Medium - Copics

Papers - Prima, Annalee

Pearls - Hero Arts & Prima

Lace - Simplicity

Tools - MS Eyelet lace PATP & MS classic butterfly 3 in 1 punch, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink & cut n dry foam.

Copic colours used - G40, G0000, G00 / YG95, YG93

 As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a mahoosive $50 spending spree in the 

SIMON SAYS STAMP SUPERSTORE

 Don't forget to check out the STORE BLOG peeps for the usual daily dose of fabulous inspiration, new products & lots of yummy candy

 I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Sketches by Carly - fab sketch, Use It Tuesdays - green (hoarded papers & flourish), Crafty Bloggers Network - floral, Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything goes, Kaboodle Doodles - show us some green, Make It Monday - anything goes, Dream Valley - Mothers Day/female theme, Sentimental Sundays - green/recycle, That Craft Place - anything goes, 2 Sisters - Spring colours, Allsorts - say it with flowers, Crazy 4 Challenges - inspired by Spring, Card Makin' Mamas - green, Fairy Fun Fridays - distress it

 Before I go I just want to say a huge thank you to 2 special blogging friends who surprised me with sending a beautiful card & bouquet of flowers, thank you soooooo much girlies, lots of love to you both xx

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Big Hugs

Hello peeps,

I've had a few mad spurts of energy thanks to the steroids & I can't keep still so I've been on a mission to clean everything & have given my craft room a long overdue blitz. I've been ruthless & given away loads of stash to the nursery where Jode worked for her college placement, & I've discovered so many brand new stamps, paper pads, etc that I had forgotten about, it's that bad I am sure I could survive for the next 2 years with only buying coloured card stock for matting, shocking lol.

Today I have a card to share that I made a few days ago for a dear blogging friend who I wanted to give a big hug too but as we live so far away from each other she got stuck with one of my cards instead lol.

Ingredients -

Image - So Sorry, Saturated Canary

Medium - Copics

Papers Memory Box

Pearls - Hero Arts

Gems, lace & pin from stash

Flowers - Kort & Godt, Wild Orchid & Prima

Tools - MS Cherish PATP, Nesties, Magnolia Doo Hickey swirl & heart swirls, Cheery Lynne butterfly dies, MS butterfly punch

 I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Saturated Canary - doilies, Make It Monday - anything goes, Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything goes

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Tilda With Her Blanket - Simon Says Stamp DT Card

Hello peeps,

Thank you so much for the lovely emails I've had asking if I'm o.k, as you can see I am back on my poor neglected blog after being a poorly girl & thankfully feeling sooooooo much better, I'm just feeling a bit shaky from the steroids & wiped out but raring to catch up & get inking & colouring again :)

I have decided to take a month's break from my design teams work except for my weekly Simon Says Stamp  DT to ease the pressure from all the DT commenting & deadlines for cards etc, and give myself a chance to recover properly & just do a bit of whatever I want to really, have a play at making those things I keep meaning to try but never seem to have enough time & more importantly catching up with you, my lovely blog visitors :)

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

& this week our challenge is 

MOTHERS DAY/SPECIAL GIRL

I have at last got around to inking up one of my new Tilda's, OMG this collection is adorable & I've been so naughty & bought, ahem just a few lol. 

Today's Tilda reminds me so much of my baby girl except for Jodie always carried her beloved "manky pillow" or anything silky she could get her hands on! I used to have to check what she had with her before we left the house as she was quite partial to anything silky feeling she could twiddle & a few times I'd strapped her in her pushchair blissfully ignorant that she was happily "twiddling" & displaying my undies to the world lol.

Ingredients -

Image - Tilda with blue blanket, Magnolia

Medium - Copics

Papers - Magnolia

Pearls - Melissa Frances

Twine - Hemptique

Sentiment - Magnolia

Flowers - Prima & stash

Tools - MS Cherry Blossom PATP, Nellie Snellen rectangle frame, Magnolia Doo Hickey Tilda Doily & Swirly butterfly, circle & scalloped circle nesties.

For those who want them the Copic colours I've used are - skin E13, E11, R20, R30, hair - E23, E25, E31, E50,clothes & shoes - B41, B21, B0000, C1, C00, pillow - C1, C0, C00, B32, and my paper edges have been distressed with Vintage Photo distressed ink & scissors

As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a mahoosive $50 in store spending spree in the fabulous

SIMON SAYS STAMP SUPERSTORE

If you missed the sale info on the STORE BLOG about the National Craft Month special offers go check it out

 I ended up having another little spree over there again yesterday & OMG some of the new papers in store are soooooo scrummy

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Sketch Saturday - fab sketch, Papertake - anything goes, Top Tip Tuesday - stitches, Craft Your Passion - anything goes, Lexi's Creations - Mothers Day, Love To Create - monochromatic, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamps & Fun = creativity - one bow, Dream Valley - Mothers Day, Magnolia Down Under - buttons & bows, Craft Your Days Away - Mothers Day, One Stop Craft - button it, Crafty Catz - punches & dies, Inspire Me Fridays - link up party, Just Magnolia - anything goes + option stitching, 

That's it from me peeps, I'm so looking forward to catching up with you all :)

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Sneak Peeks for Simon Says Stamp, Discounts & Candy!

Hello peeps,

Today I have a quick post just to say I am honored to able to share a couple of sneak peeks with you of cards I have made for my lovely friends at 

SIMON SAYS STAMP

March is National Craft Month and Simon Says Stamp has some fabby bargains up for grabs.

Here is my little sneak peeks!

To grab yourself a bargain and see my whole cards please pop over and visit our lovely Steph on the

SIMON SAYS STAMP STORE BLOG

Take time to leave Steph a comment and you could win some gorgeous CANDY :)

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