Happy New Year & Some Old Favourites

Hello peeps,

I am usually a party girl on New Years Eve but this year hubby & I are having a quiet night in as he's only just finished work & is working a long shift starting tomorrow morning & finishing Monday lunchtime, & I'm popping painkillers so no wine for me today, at least I won't have a hangover tomorrow lol.

I have a New Year card to share & of course I had to end the year by having my favourite girlie's on it.

Ingredients -

Magnolia Products - Images, Jingle Tilda,  Winter Tilda, Tilda Sparkles, Paper & Doo Hickey Hellebores

Medium - Copics

Flowers - Prima, Kort & Godt, Wild Orchid & Magnolia

The film strip ribbon &Weathered Clock are both Tim Holtz and the frame I have edged by using a Friskars punch

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

TOMIC - Happy New Year

Sweet Stampin' - New beginnings

I am joining our lovely Debby again in sharing my 5 favourite cards of the year.

It's never easy deciding which I like best, some I look at & wonder what on earth I was thinking at the time as the card is blooming awful lol, & some I am happy with which is rare for me.

I've linked the title's to the original post if anybody wants a closer peek!

Vintage for Ali

Thank You for Camilla

A Brave Tilda For A Dear Friend

My First Using Copics

For a mad friend who always makes me laugh, you know who you are!

 I've made several non card creations too so decided I would also share my 5 favourite non card creation.

A Gazebo Full Of Tilda's

Tilda Wreath

Eggstra Special

Boozy Beermats

Back To School

That's all from me peeps except to say thank you all so much for sharing this past year with me, for all your lovely comments and I wish you all a very

Happy New Year

Simon Says Stamp DT - A Present For Ali

Good morning peeps, or it was when I started my post lol,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, ours was lovely, lots of laughter, lots of gorgeous presents, hubby cooked delicious food, the odd glass of wine & a 23 year old son banging around the house at 6am trying to wake everyone up as he was so excited & couldn't wait any longer for his presents lol, just perfect, we all thoroughly enjoyed it :)

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

& this week it's

ANYTHING GOES

Take a peek at the challenge blog & you will see an absolutely gorgeous box our lovely Jo made for me as part of my Christmas present, Jo even filled it with lots of lovely goodies as well as spoiling me with other scrummy presents too, thanks soooooo much hunny xxx

My DT creation for today is a picture I made as part of my friend Ali's Christmas present, we did say we weren't going to buy presents for each other this year we decided we would make something for each other instead, but we both still bought each other presents so that little agreement worked out well lol.

I bought an unusual shaped photo frame and painted it with Gesso, then Picket Fence crackle paint and finished it off with a spritz of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer mist. I then added some gorgeous Simplicity trim lace & lots of Hero Arts pearls around the glass area before adding those all important Tilda's.

Other embellies added are Magnolia Doo Hickey Swirl, Dream Tag & Heart Swirls, some ribbons & flowers & a Symbolize butterfly charm.

All images are coloured with Copics and the first close up is of sweet Bubbling Tilda from the Magnolia Fairytale collection 2010 she's always been a favourite of Ali's, & at the top of the frame I have added a cute mini Tilda from the same collection. I have cut the bubbles out (very fiddly) and sparkled & glossed them for some lovely shine.

Next up is Valentino who is from the new Sweet Crazy Love Collection. The sparkle is a mixture of Diamond stickles and Sugar Shimmer fairy dust.

This little cutie is Tilda With Peony Tails and the sentiment is an older Magnolia stamp.

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

SIMON SAYS STAMP SUPERSTORE

Edited - I just had to show you our lovely new blinkies they are sooooooo cute :)

Keep an eye on the STORE BLOG peeps to see what new goodies are arriving in store, giveaways and lots of inspiration.

I'm entering my picture in the following challenges -

Everybody Art - anything goes, Make It Monday - linky party, Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes, Flutterby Wednesday - open, My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes, Whimsy - charms, Ooh La La - anything but a card, Whoopsi Daisy - sparkle & shine, Sparkles Forum - anything but Christmas, Secret Crafter - anything goes, Totally Gorjuss - for someone special, Fun With Shapes & More - frame it, Jellypark Friends - anything but a card, Miami Doodles - altered art/home decor, Stampin' For The Weekend - anything goes

Before I go I thought I'd share a picture of my very own cute Elf my baby girl Jodie. Jodie worked all day on Christmas Eve & they all decided to dress up to make the day a bit nicer as often a lot of the customers in store are stressed out by then & a bit snappy & lacking Christmas spirit. They had a brilliant day & even had parents/grandparents asking the staff if they could pose for photos with their kiddies lol.

If you haven't seen already our lovely Debby invited everyone to share their 5 favourite Christmas cards of 2011 on Christmas Eve, & on New Years Eve it's time to share your 5 favourite cards from 2011, pop over & visit our Debby for more info.

That's me done peeps, my mojo is running wild at the moment I want to play, play, play, it's just typical it happens now at the busiest time of the year, although it's just as well today as I've been so busy with Christmas that I haven't made little Ollie's birthday card yet and his first birthday is tomorrow oops, I guess I'll have to force myself into my craft room while I've got the chance :)

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May Your Day Be Special - Addicted To Stamps DT

Hello peeps & Happy Christmas to you all,

The last 2 days in my house have been soooooooo busy, 6 new Magnolia stamps arrived on Friday morning & I still haven't even got around to inking them up which shows it's been a mad house lol.

Ali & I popped to church for our usual Carols around the crib sing song on Christmas Eve & they only had a real donkey that they were attempting to get into the church which had me in a bit of a panic as I love them but need to pop antihistamines & inhalers before I can go near a horse/donkey as I'm alergic to them & it amused Ali no end & she was willing that donkey to come in, it's wonderful to have such a supportive friend lol.

Today is new challenge day at

ADDICTED TO STAMPS

& this fortnight our challenge is

NEW SOMETHING

 e.g - NewYear, Home, Baby etc

I haven't had time to finish the card I had planned on using so instead I am sharing a creation I made for an ex DT teamie as it fits the New Year theme. To be honest I freaked out when I saw the name that was picked for me to make something for as the her style couldn't be more different from mine so I did try & keep it as plain as possible & I didn't even use glitter, lace, or roses, it's all wrong I tell you, I just hope she doesn't hate it too much lol.

Ingredients -

Image & Sentiment - Magnolia

Medium - Copics

Paper - K & Co, a gift from lovely Mummy x

Calendar - Anita's

Tools - MS PATP, Woodware mini butterfly punch, Magnolia Doo Hickey heart swirls, EK Success mini flower punch

 Yesterday my lovely Simon Says Stamp teamie Debby invited everyone to share their 5 favourite Christmas cards of 2011, as I didn't make it to blogland yesterday I will share mine today

I'm going to whizz through these now and predictably there is a Tilda or 4 among them lol.

I am really critical about my own cards and for once this little card just kind of fell into place I was actually pleased with it when I eventually decided which embeilles to add lol.

I really enjoyed making this little card with Herb on & I made this with my lovely Auntie Jenny & Uncle Pete in mind

 This little gift bag & book card took hours to make, Jodie loved them so to me that's time well spent

This little Tilda book card went off down the motorway to my baby sis and was another I really enjoyed making, then again give me any Magnolia stamp to play with and I'm happy lol

Finally this little card is was for a lovely lady and one Gareth asked me to make, little Tilda is adorable & oooooh just look at all those scrummy embellies lol.

Thant's me done peeps, I'm off to have a play with my new Copic sketch pens my lovely mommy bought me :)

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Winter Anniversary & An Appeal Freebie

Good morning peeps,

I feel so much better today, five hours sleep and I feel great, far more with it, no more lie in's for me lol.

Today I have a card to share that was going to be my Simon Says Stamp DT card which I sent to a really lovely lady & dear friend Christine (Nanaseaside), or Mummy to us Totally Tilda girls as it was her Wedding Anniversary on Monday.

Ingredients -

Image - Magnolia Love Letter

Medium - Copics & Embossing powder

Ribbon - Bo Bunny

Paper - Magnolia

Pearls & Gems - Hero Arts

Flowers - Prima, Magnolia & Wild Orchid

Pin & twirly thingy - homemade

Sparkle - Fairy Dust

Tools - MS Vintage Floral PATP & Micro beads, Nesties, Versamark, Heat Gun

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

Everybody Art - anything goes, Ladybug Crafts Ink - bingo, middle row down, Partytime Tuesday - ribbon, Make It Monday - anything goes, Stamps & Fun=Creativity - favourite card making material, Magnolia stamps, Corrosive - anything but Christmas, Sparkles Forum - anything but Christmas, The Crafty Pad - anything but Christmas, Hiding In My Craft Room - embossing, Secret Crafter - New Year/Celebration, Sweet Stampin' - sparkle & bling

My ex Totally Tilda teamie Bertie or The Fairy as she's better known has this beautiful free image available to download on her blog HERE.

Please pop over & read Bertie's heartfelt post, she is asking for prayers or donations to the Canadian Cancer Society as someone dear to her is fighting this evil disease. I know that seeing someone you love scared and suffering is absolutely heartbreaking so if you do believe in prayers please say one for our friend Bertie too as she will need help to be strong.

That's it from me today peeps, thanks for stopping by



Simon Says Stamp - Bingo On Ice!

Hello peeps,

I must have slept for about 9 hours last night which is so unlike me I usually only get half that amount and I am flipping shattered now, whoever says you'll feel better after a good nights sleep has got it soooooooo wrong in my case lol, I can't get my head around not waking until 9.30am, it's all wrong I can't get motivated at all today I feel like I need to go back to bed lol.

Today is new challenge day at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

& this week it's eyes down as we are playing

BINGO

I actually made 2 cards for this challenge but am only going to show the second one I made today and I will share the other in the next couple of days. I went for product overload on this one adding cheesecloth and loads of crackle paint which I haven't done for a while.

My bingo line is 3 down - glitter/sparkle, fabric & brads

Ingredients -

Image - Ice Tilda, Magnolia

Medium - Copics - skin E00, E000, E01, E11, R20, hair E25, E31,E50, clothes - RV63, RV66, RV00, C00, C1, C3

Papers - Magnolia

Sentiment - Inkadinkado, Post Marks - Bo Bunny

Lace - Simplicity

Brads - American Craft, Pearls - Melissa Frances

Sparkle - diamond stickles & sugar shimmer fairy dust

Tools - Nesties, MS Aspen PATP & Himalayan snowflake, Tim Holtz snow flurries & picket fence crackle paint

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 visit the store blog for lots of inspiration, new products & giveaways

I'm entering my card in the following challenges -

TOMIC - purple snowflake symphony

Sketches by Carly - fabby sketch

Deep Ocean - warm Winter wishes

Christmas Card Challenges - non traditional Christmas colours

Dream Valley - Christmas

That's me done peeps, time for a cuppa and some blogging now.

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