Happy Halloween

I love this Mummy from Just Inklined.

Easy peasy to colour in ... I used Promarkers Ice Grey 1, 3 and 5.
The fantastic backing paper is from Bearly Mine Designs ... thank you Donna :)

Happy Halloween everybody xx

Tatty Teddy 40th Birthday

Here's the second commissioned birthday card, this time using the delightful Tatty Teddy.

Another fabulous CD I can see getting used a lot. It makes life so much simpler when you've got images and backing paper to match all in one place!! lol
Hope you're all enjoying your weekend whatever you're doing xx

Forever Friends Anniversary

One of the many commissioned cards I have to make before the end of next week!!!
One day I will learn to say NO! lol

I used the fabulous Forever Friends CD which has got the most gorgeous images, papers, embellishments etc. and I can see myself getting a lot of use out of it :)

Have a nice weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with another teddy card xx

Christmas Roses

These gorgeous Christmas Roses from Just Inklined were coloured with Promarkers and mounted onto a centre step card.

Wasn't sure what colour Christmas Roses are supposed to be so I coloured them in to match my backing paper!!! lol

See you soon xx

Scarecrow

When I first saw this Scarecrow from Just Inklined I couldn't wait to get him coloured in and made up.

Coloured with Promarkers as usual and the fantastic backing paper is from Bearly Mine Designs. Thank you Donna :)

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Making Halloween Cards Challenge
Challenge Up Your Life
The Scrapbooking Queen
Freshly Brewed Challenges
ABC DT Challenge

See you soon xx

Samantha's birthday

I made this matching card and money wallet for Samantha's birthday last week.

I used elements from the die cut decoupage sheets and also from the CD which is absolutely fabulous. It made such a nice change from colouring in too.

See you soon xx

Swimming for Katie

From October 10th-12th some of the best stampers joined together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperable gastric cancer. If you're not familiar with her, Katie's cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is here. The idea of "Swimming for Katie" came from her recent post here.

This exclusive stamp used in my sample, designed by Becky Oehlers is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale. Direct donations are also being accepted. Information central is HERE. This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information as well as the donation button.

Here are all the items for sale.

I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation. Myself and several other stamping friends are holding a mini blog hop to keep the fundraising in the public eye for as long as possible. The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate.

This is a blog hop so be sure to follow it in the correct order. You should have arrived here from Julie and from here you need to hop over to Lori. The start of the hop is here with Mina.

Mina
Alice
Cathy
Debbie
Heidy
Jane
Jeni
Joyce
Julie
Karen (that's me)
Lori
Tammy
Toni

Thank you :)

Pumpkins

I thought I'd better get my finger out and make a card seeing as I haven't made one in over a week!!! You know when sometimes you just can't be a***d .. well that's what it's been like this past week or so!

I love these pumpkins from Just Inklined and I teamed it up with this gorgeous paper from Bearly Mine Designs. The sentiment is computer generated and the little spider is one of about 1,000 I bought a couple of Halloween's ago.

Coloured with Promarkers and the colours I used are: Burnt Orange, Pumpkin and Amber.

Right I'm off, but hopefully I'll find my mojo and be back again sometime this week .. but don't hold your breath!! lol

Just Inklined to Hop - Colours of Fall

Hi and welcome to this months Just Inklined Blog Hop. Our host this month is Cathy and her theme choice is "Colours of Fall" e.g. oranges, golds, yellows, browns etc.

For my centre step card I used the fabulous Wedding Bouquet which I coloured with Promarkers.

Now just to make this hop a little more interesting, there are two hidden spot prizes on two of the design teams blogs. We're not letting you know on whose blogs the prizes can be found, but if you leave a comment on each blog and your name is chosen from one of the winning blogs, then you win the digi image showcased on the card on that particular blog.

If you're following the hop in the right order you should have arrived here from Toni and from here you need to go back to the very beginning of the hop to Cathy.

In case you get lost here's the hop in the correct order. Enjoy!!

Cathy
Heidy
Joyce
Jeni
Jak
Tammy
Toni
Karen (that's me!)

Spring is in the air

All this beautiful weather we've been having made me feel quite "springy" so I thought I'd colour up this gorgeous crocus jug from Just Inklined.

It's coloured with Promarkers and the lovely swirly embossed frame is from Craftwork Cards.

If I don't see you before I'll see you back here on Monday for the monthly Just Inklined Blog Hop xx

Purple "Less is More" Peony

I found a gorgeous sheet of purple satin mirri board in my stash and coloured this beautiful peony bloom from Just Inklined in the same colour.

Promarkers used:
Aubergine, Plum and Mulberry
Pear Green, Lime Green, Lime Zest and Soft Lime

I'm entering this into the "Less is More" challenge where the theme is Anything Goes and they are having a bit of a challenge themselves as they are trying to get over 1000 entries, so here's my contribution. I'm also entering it into the Allsorts Challenge Blog where the theme is "Clean and Simple".

See you soon xx

Here come the girls!!

Meet Alice .. one of the new releases from Just Inklined. She's got three other friends Jo, Lucy and Penny who can all be found here.

I coloured her with Promarkers (Turquoise, Duck Egg and Cool Aqua) and the spotty paper I found in my stash.

Hope you're all having a great weekend xx

Wacky Wheelz Winner

The winner of the Just Inklined Wacky Wheelz Special blog hop is

JUNE NELSON

Congratulations June, if you let me have your e-mail addy, I'll get the Mini digi set off to you asap, and I'd just like to thank everyone for all the lovely comments that were left on my blog :) xx

Snowy Owl

This stunning snowy owl is from one of the new Christmas decoupage sheets from Just Inklined.

This particular one is from the Christmas Canvas range and can be purchased here.
A very, very simple card to make .. a bit of mirri board and some gems and that's it!!!

Hope you all have a lovely weekend whatever you're doing xx

Just Inklined Christmas

Just Inklined have today launched some beautiful new Foiled and Die Cut Decoupage Sheets on Create and Craft. If you missed today's episode you can catch our very own Jak Heath tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. and then again at 1 p.m. on Channel 671.

For my card I've used only one of the elements from one of the fabulous "Book at Bedtime" sheets. All the sheets can be ordered from here

Letter to Santa

Well I've made my first Christmas card this year .. only another 60+ to go!!!

I used this lovely image from Just Inklined and coloured it with Promarkers. I used "Snow Writer" for the snow effect .. haven't a clue where I got it from as I had it bought last Christmas and only found it in the back of my cupboard the other day but I've found some here.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend whatever you're doing xx

Just Inklined to Hop "Wacky Wheelz Special"

Well here we are again with our monthly Just Inklined Blog Hop.
This month we have a "Wacky Wheelz Special" hosted by Jak.

These fantastic new images are available as either a digi stamp for you to colour yourself or as a pre-coloured image, plus you also get the added bonus of matching backing papers, sentiments and embellishments. There are eight different cars to choose from and they can all be purchased here.

I used the fabulous Mini digi pack and "cheated" a bit on this one as I used the pre-coloured image rather than colour in the digi stamp version. Lazy or what .. but what a brilliant image it is!!

To make the hop more fun there are spot prizes along the way on every design team members blog chosen from those that leave a comment on each blog.

If you're following the hop in the right order you should have arrived here from Toni and from here you need to pop over to Cathy and see what fabulous creation she's got in store for you.

In case you get lost, here's the hop in the correct order. Enjoy!!!

Jak
Tammy
Toni
Karen
Cathy
Heidy
Jeni
Joyce

Country Companions

I'm having a rest from colouring in so made this quick and easy card using the gorgeous Country Companions Decoupage range.

Not a lot to say about this card really, it's self explanatory ... I think!! lol

Hope you all enjoyed your Bank Holiday Weekend despite the horrible weather!! xx

Tu-whit, Tu whoo!!!

Meet Professor Hoot from Just Inklined. Wasn't sure about the spelling of "tu-whit, tu whoo" so had to look it up on google!! lol

Coloured with Promarkers:

Owl: Walnut, Cinnamon and Satin
Leaves: Pear Green, Lime Green, Lime Zest and Soft Lime

Enjoy your Bank Holiday Monday xx

Gardening Shelf

Yoohoo!! I'm back!! What do you mean you didn't know I'd been away!! lol

Well it's been two whole weeks since I last posted on here. My mojo just took off and disappeared to who knows where, and came back yesterday like nothing had ever happened!!!

I used the gorgeous Gardening Shelf from Just Inklined and just matted and layered onto pastel green gingham paper.

I hope you all have a great weekend and I'm off to make some more cards before my mojo does one again!! lol xx

Baking shelf

Baking Shelf from Just Inklined.

Coloured with Promarkers and this time I actually remembered to make a note of the colours I used!!!

Shelf: Cocoa, Caramel and Sandstone
Bowl: Tan and Satin
Soda: Arctic Blue and Powder Blue
Jug: Turquoise, Duck Egg and Cool Aqua
Scales: Ice Grey 5, 3 and 1

Have a nice weekend whatever you're doing xx

Tulips in a jug

I love tulips and this image from Just Inklined is one of my favourites and so easy to colour.

Coloured as usual with Promarkers and as usual can't remember what colours ... doh!!!
The striking red backing paper is from a Stampin' Up pad and finished off as usual with ribbon and black gems.

See you soon xx

Mini picnic baskets

I've been itching to make these picnic baskets up ever since I came across a tutorial on YouTube.
They look quite complicated but are so simple to do, in fact so simple I made three of them in one sitting!! lol

In the video she uses much bigger brads on the handles but I didn't have any so had to use the small ones that I had but they work perfectly. The tutorial can be found here.

Have a nice day xx