Hello lovely peeps!
Oh my goodness where has Summer gone? I said to hubs at the weekend "I went to bed in August & have woken up in October" what the hell is going on lol.
I've spent a lovely few days catching up with my sister & niece, we've laughed & cried, & we've even chatted to some of our cousins in Leeds who we've not seen since we were children. My sisters and I are trying to sort out a date when we can all take time off work & us three can take a trip back home to Essex to visit our family. We all feel kind of "lost" since our mum passed away in May & having lost our dad 20 years ago makes seeing our aunts & uncles even more special & important to us now. We have a huge family, I am so looking forward to seeing them all again :)
Oh my goodness where has Summer gone? I said to hubs at the weekend "I went to bed in August & have woken up in October" what the hell is going on lol.
I've spent a lovely few days catching up with my sister & niece, we've laughed & cried, & we've even chatted to some of our cousins in Leeds who we've not seen since we were children. My sisters and I are trying to sort out a date when we can all take time off work & us three can take a trip back home to Essex to visit our family. We all feel kind of "lost" since our mum passed away in May & having lost our dad 20 years ago makes seeing our aunts & uncles even more special & important to us now. We have a huge family, I am so looking forward to seeing them all again :)
It's Wednesday which means ..........
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& this week our challenge is
ANYTHING GOES
ANYTHING GOES
We are showcasing
Hero Arts
products on our cards this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used
I'm entering my card in the following challenge -
Retarte 59 - anything goes, Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes, Try It On Tuesday - sending you flowers, Artistic Inspirations - anything goes, Craft-Dee Bowz - anything goes with a bow, Crafting From The Heart - anything goes, Craft Your Passion - anything goes, Crafty Boots - fair & square, Cutie Pie - cute & girly, Love To Scrap - anything goes, Melonheadz Friends - hand coloured image, Whoopsi Daisy - make it girly, Lil Patch & Crafty Friends - anything goes, Corrosive Challenges - utterly feminine
Hero Arts
products on our cards this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used
Don't forget you can enter our challenge 5 times and there is no limit to how many challenges you combine your entry with.
Do you use Instagram ? If so, please add #ssswchallenge to your challenge entry uploads so we can see them on there too.
On today's card I have used a cute Stamping Bella image which I absolutely loved colouring, & also some Hero Arts butterflies which I coloured & fussy cut before popping them on my card.
I love Simon Says Stamps "email me when back in stock" option especially as I read my email & whizzed over and snagged all of the Stamping Bella stamps that I had wanted for ages but was never quick enough to snap them up when they were in stock :)
The copic colours I've used are -
Fiona - skin - E11, E00, E000, R12, hair - E44, E43, E41, top - C3, C1, C00,
Flowers - / G43, G40, YG93 / E53, E51, E50 / R12, R01, R000 / V04, VO1, V000
Butterflies - E53, E51, E50 / YR07, YR04, YR000 / YR24, YR21, YR20
As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a $50 voucher for the fabulous
I'm entering my card in the following challenge -
Retarte 59 - anything goes, Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes, Try It On Tuesday - sending you flowers, Artistic Inspirations - anything goes, Craft-Dee Bowz - anything goes with a bow, Crafting From The Heart - anything goes, Craft Your Passion - anything goes, Crafty Boots - fair & square, Cutie Pie - cute & girly, Love To Scrap - anything goes, Melonheadz Friends - hand coloured image, Whoopsi Daisy - make it girly, Lil Patch & Crafty Friends - anything goes, Corrosive Challenges - utterly feminine
This card will be available in my little Etsy store.
Gorgeous card Mandy :-) the girl is so pretty and your colouring is awesome! the whole design is pretty fabulous! ;-)
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to get together with your family, and a huge get together later in the year! Enjoy! :-)
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Lols x x x
it's very pretty card
ReplyDeletelove the image and coloring
have a nice day
hugs
What a stunning card! Your colouring is just beautiful! Love the butterflies!
ReplyDeleteWow! Stunning card Mandy! Such a sweet image and those butterflies are amazing!! I need that stamp set now!! :)
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oh wow so stunning
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céline
Fantastic card Mandy
ReplyDeletehugs Tamara
This is beautiful hun :)
ReplyDeleteKelly.x
Hi Mandy wow this is absolutely stunning I love the image and your colours and design are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteDebs xx
{Debs Cards}
A gorgeous card Mandy, your design with a super colour scheme and a beautiful image and fabulous butterflies!!
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Heather xx
Beautiful card, Mandy! Love love your colouring of the girl. Awesome card.
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Gayatri
Gorgeous, beautiful card and those HA butterflies work brilliantly with the image.
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Debby
Love, love, love this beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteOh your card is pretty and I just love that image you used.Thanks for joining us at the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month. We look forward to seeing more of your beautiful work. Hugs, Barbara { Craft-Dee BowZ}
ReplyDeleteHi Mandy, beautiful card, love the image and fab colouring. Gorgeous design and love how you have coloured the butterflies. Thanks for joining our challenge at Whoopsi Daisy and we hope to see you again. Jennifer DT member xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beutiful card!! really love the colours and the colouring is so well done
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for entering our ATG challenge at Through The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge.
Hugs Cicci
TTCRD DT
ciccividpennan{My personal Blog}
Through The Craft Room Door
Lovely! Loving those pretty papers. Thanks for joining us at Melonheadz Friends.
ReplyDeleteA really beautiful card, lovely colouring thank you for joining us on the TIOT challenge hugs Bee.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous. Love your coloring and the little details. Thanks for joining us at Melonheadz Friends.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Card!! Lovely colours and Beautiful Colouring!! Great image.. Haven´t seen that one before. Great with the Big Bow and those very real looking Butterflies!!
ReplyDeleteYour colouring is always uber perfect Mandy. Stunning card. Hugs from across the water. Nicola x
ReplyDeleteA wonderful card! Thank you very much for joining TIOT's!
ReplyDeleteoxo Susi
Absolutely fabulous design! Thanks for play Retarte 59 ! DT Elizabeth Villalobos!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous hunny, catch up soon, hugs Liz xx
ReplyDeletevery pretty Mandy....hope you have a super weekend!
ReplyDeletesparkle & shine *~*
very pretty Mandy....hope you have a super weekend!
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Wonderful card, thanks so much for joining us at TIOT, Valerie
ReplyDeletePreciosa tarjeta. Muy dulce!!!
ReplyDeleteGracias por participar con nosotros en Retarte 59.
Buena suerte!
Maria Pilar DT
WOW! Absolutely stunning and elegant. The design and image are beautifully done. Thanks for joining us at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog
ReplyDeleteTina dt
Gorgeous card Mandy, thanks for joining us at Cutie Pie's. Sue x
ReplyDeleteSimply Beautiful!! Such an adorable image!
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed day,
Millie
Crafting With Creative M
Another one of your adorable cards, Mandy! I love the butterflies with the sweet flower girl!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card, stunning! The colouring is beautiful too. Thanks for joining in at Crafty Boots Challenges this time.
ReplyDeleteI love this color combination and your coloring of these images! So very pretty! Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLovely card! Thanks for playing with us at TioT challenge.
ReplyDeleteHI Mrs,
ReplyDeleteSent you an E-mail, where's my reply!!! lol
oh and where's your number too, huggles, Liz xx
Beautiful card! Love your coloring! Thanks for joining us at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog
ReplyDeleteAnn DT
BEAUTIFUL :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog. Best of luck with your entry!
Tammy DT
Gorgeous card, very pretty image and your layout is fabulous. Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
ReplyDeletebeautiful card and beautiful colouring. i will have to suss out the stamping bella stamps :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us over at lil patch of crafty friends, good luck!
Erica DT
ericraftblog.blogspot.com
Oh my what a beautiful creation this is Mandy I love the image and the colours you have chosen to use for her she is stunning, the papers, butterflies and that bow look amazing I love this so much. Mandy thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving me such a lovely comment it is very much appreciated
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lorraine x
Gorgeous card, love the colours. Thanks for joining us at the Cutie Pie Cute and Girly challenge.
ReplyDeleteStunning card. Thank you for sharing with us at the Cutie Pie Challenge. Shona x
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteThis is just to let you know that you have been placed in the Crafty Boots ‘Fair and Square’ Challenge. Many congratulations.
We are offering the winner and two runners up from this challenge Guest Design Team spots for a future challenge, which starts on 12 October. Please contact me at CraftyBootsDT@gmx.co.uk if you would like more information about participating in this new challenge.
Don’t forget to collect a copy of the Crafty Boots Challenge badge from our blog.
Kindest regards.
Dionne
Fun and fabulous! Just stunning! Thanks for playing along with us at The Corrosive Challenge Blog! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteThis is just to let you know that you have been placed in the Crafty Boots ‘Fair and Square’ Challenge. Many congratulations.
We are offering the winner and two runners up from this challenge Guest Design Team spots for a future challenge, which starts on 12 October. Please contact me at CraftyBootsDT@gmx.co.uk if you would like more information about participating in this new challenge.
Don’t forget to collect a copy of the Crafty Boots Challenge badge from our blog.
Kindest regards.
Dionne