What a cute little mousie...

Another beautiful, sunny day here in Newton, oh what joy!

My very pampered pooch has been for an extra long walk today, I couldn't help staying out and just soaking up the glorious weather.

And all this sun is inspiring me to make more spring/ Easter cards.

Heres my make today, yet another House Mouse, I can't get enough of these little cutie pies.

I coloured with Promarkers and layered on to some lilac card, which actually looks darker in the photo than in real life, its actually got a gorgeous golden glimmer, which doesn't show up at all in the pics. This was matted onto a yellow diecut circle and some free pattern paper from a magazine.

I embellished with a MS border and ribbon, four morroccan die corners, each with a gemstone, some flowers, die cut leaves and swirls and stamped sentiments.

I have to admit it is very busy, but I don't care I'm in a bright and bubbly mood. :)

I am entering this card into these challenges...

Joanna Sheen - Spring is in the air

Passion for Promarkers - Animals (well just the one)

Anything Goes - Get ready for Easter

Papertake Weekly - Bingo - Gems, diecuts and flowers

Dutch Dare - Cute and Cuddly

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Paperplay - Spring colours

Hanna and friends - Flowers

Thanks for taking the time to look and thanks in advance for all your lovely comments, they really do make my day.

Big hugs and sunshine

Sue x

Another Easter/ Spring card

I'd like to share a challenge card with you today, it was made to fit in with a number of challenges.

The first is Passion for Promarker - Animals theme challenge.

I decided to make an easel card today, but a fancy shaped one.

I used an XL frame Frilly #2 from Go Kreate to make my base card and also for the larger mats and layers. I used a butterfly pattern paper from stash not sure of brand.

I chose one of my favourite House Mouse spring stamps to colour with Promarkers, isn't it just adorable (mind you all HM are), and so easy to colour.

I stamped a sentiment, punched it out and layered it on a paper flower.

To hold the front cover up in the easel style, I punched a Martha Stewart border punch and layered up on green card with two lengths of ribbon in coordinating colours.

I made a couple of flowers using the same pattern paper and die cut some Spellbinder leaves and swirls.  

I am entering it into these challenges also...

Crafts and Me - Light and airy spring

Joanna Sheen - Spring is in the air

Totally Gorjuss - Spring 

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft - Handmade flowers

Papertake Weekly - Bingo -Ribbon, free, Punched shapes

Thanks for looking

Hugs Sue x

Another card...

Good morning to all my bloggy friends,

Here's my card for today

For this one I painted some wild roses and a lilac butterfly and layered up with lilac card and green pattern paper. I used corners cut with Spellbinders moroccan dies and foliage behind the sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Allsorts - Say it with Flowers

Crafty catz -For Mum

Lexi's Creation -Mothers Day

Top tip Tuesday - Mothers Day

Papertake Weekly - One for Mum

I know all my cards have been very similar lately, lots of paint fusion and spellbinder dies, but I promise to show you something different tomorrow.

Thanks for looking

Hugs Sue x

Happy Birthday !! ABC challenge

Good morning everyone!
  Well, it's The ABC Challenge Birthday!!! And to celebrate we are having a massive blog hop,along with this weeks challenge, with lots of fabulous prizes up for grabs!!
The Hop will run for nearly 2 weeks and end at 6pm GMT Monday 18 July! So, you have plenty of time to join in the fun!!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABC CHALLENGE!!!

Both Design Teams, A and B will be joining in with the challenge and Blog Hop along with a few previous Design team members. We have lots of fantastic sponsors for our hop who are offering loads of amazing prizes. To qualify for a prize, you must visit and leave a comment on all Hop members blog posts.

 You should have come here from the very talented Karli's blog, if not or if you get lost along the way...Just head on back to The ABC Challenge and see who's next!!

We are also having a DT call, you can find all the details on the ABC challenge blog


Good Luck to all !!

On to this weeks challenge

Y is for Yesterday - use a favourite image from the past, or a previous ABC challenge or even a vintage theme, its that easy.!!

For my card, I decided to use two images, both digis. The first is Fairy Tree House from Make it Crafty. I coloured with Copics and used Distress inks to create the sky. 

The other image comes from a sheet containing four beautiful images by Whoopsi Daisy, again I coloured with Copics and added a little Stardust Stickles to her wings for a glittery effect..

I used flowers from Wild Orchid

and a sentiment from Lili of the Valley, tinted with a little Distress Ink and some more Stardust Stickles.

 Your next stop on our Blog Hop is the wonderfully talented Lols.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Sentimental Sunday - Anything goes

Whoopsi daisy - Hot hot hot (summery scene ?)

Make it Colourful - Category 5 entry

Scrappy Frogs - Summer flowers

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Flutterby Wednesday - Open challenge

Crafts and me - Favourite image

Stampavie and more - More than 3 layers

Thanks for looking !!

Hugs Sue xx

Truly Scrumptious challenge card

You will find this weeks ABC challenge in the post below.

Hi all its time for another challenge at Truly Scrumptious, this week we have a very pretty sketch

and our sponsor is Crafty Individuals.

Here's my card



I used papers from a K and Co pad matted on green card. With ribbon from stash and Card Candy to finish.

I hope you will join in with our challenge this week

Challenges I'm entering

Papertake Weekly - Dads and lads

Delightful - Anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Blue and green plus 1 - orange

Truly Scrumptious DT card

You can find my latest ABC dt challenge card in the previous post below.  

Hi all I'm back with this weeks challenge at Truly Scrumptious.

Firstly can I just say Wow and Thank you to every one who joined in with our last challenge. I'm sure that we must have had a record number of entries, there were hundreds. I did try to get round to see as many of your creations as I could, and I apologise if I didnt make it to see yours.

Now for this weeks challenge # 58 - Summer Sparkle

What does that say to you? Anything summery with added Sparkle and bling.
Our sponsors this week are Digis with Attitude.

For my card I used an image from our sponsors  - Fortune teller.

I coloured with Copics and added lots of stardust Stickles ( although it doesn't show up on my photo.)

 

You can see the glitter a little better in this close up.

The papers are lovely and summery colours from a K and Co pad layered with lilac pearlescent card.

I added a swirl, some vellum butterflies with gem bodies and some various size flowers, again with stickles stardust glitter on.

Hope you like it!

I look forward to seeing all your lovely summer sparkle creations.

I'm am entering these challenges

Crafts and Me  - Punch it out

Fab n Funky - What'eva

Papertake weekly - sketch

A Spoon ful of sugar - Flower power

Totally Gorjuss - Not Square challenge

Good morning everyone, thank goodness we made it through Friday 13th without too much hassle, apart from Blogger going awol. At last its back on fingers crossed it doesn't go again, I had to go round and re-post all my DT posts, hope these stay put this time. I'm going to make this quick just in case.

Over at Totally Gorjuss our new challenge is -
 Not Square
 and our sponsor is Crafters Companion.

I used a Go Kreate xtra large die to cut down a square card. I wasn't sure how to cut it to keep it joined along the folded edge, so I know it looks a bit strange with a straight side.

I used an image from Make it Crafty - Sapphire with love, coloured her with Copics

I added a die cut swirl and punched flowers, with some dimensional flowers to finish. 

Now if blogger will allow it, please check out the rest of the design teams amazing creations and lets see some of your Not Square cards.

Challenges I am entering

Top tip Tuesday - Flower frenzy

Delightful challenge - Flower power

Papertake Weekly - Fancy a punch

Crafts and me - Punches

Dutch Dare - Winged things

I'll be back later with another dt card for SSDS.

See you later

Hugs Sue x 

Guest Dt card for Quirky Crafts

Good evening everyone and Happy Easter to all.

I hope the Easter bunny was kind and brought plenty chocolate eggs. My two kiddies enjoyed an egg hunt and found loads of eggs and even a couple of knitted bunnies and chicks that had been placed all around the house.

Now to tell you about my card...

I won a challenge over at Quirky Crafts and they asked me to be a guest designer for this weeks challenge, can you guess the theme of the challenge? 

Yes your right! its The Royal Wedding

As you can see, I used a line drawing of a famous photo of the loving couple and I coloured it with Copics, ( I must apologise to Kate for messing up the colouring on one side of her face).

I layered paper, card and flowers, and used card candy all from Craftwork Cards and some ribbon from stash.

I printed off some union jack bunting in a small size to finish off.

Something completely different, hope you like it.

I am entering it into these challenges

Ribbon Girl - Red White and Blue

Crafty Cardmakers - Royal Wedding

Spoonful of Sugar - Lets Celebrate

Papertake Weekly - Spots and Stripes 

Stampin for the weekend - Wedding

Totally Papercrafts - Wedding

Fab n Funky - Here comes the bride

SSDS DT card - A Recipe

Happy Saturday everyone! That means its another new challenge at Stamp Scrap and Doodles Saturday. This week we have

a recipe challenge

you need to include 3 patterned papers, 3 flowers, 3 sparklies and 1 ribbon.

I chose to use this image from LOTV and a recipe stamp also from LOTV. I coloured with Copics and added stardust stickles to highlight the sugar.

Papers are from a Papermania pad, flowers from Wild Orchid and sparkly gems and ribbon from stash.

Hope this gives you some inspiration, I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you create.

I would like to enter this into these challenges

LOTV - Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz - Furry Friends

Papertake Weekly - Truly Dimensional

ABC challenge R is for ...

Ribbon

Happy Wednesday everyone, yes this weeks ABC challenge is R for Ribbon and our sponsors are Pollycraft. So dig out all that delish ribbon and start creating.

Heres my DT card for your inspiration.

I myself was inspired by the photo at CRAFT challenge to just use white card, embossed in cuttlebug and I distressed all the edges with distress inks.

The image is from LOTV and I used Copics to colour it in sepia tones.

I added 2 strips of ribbon up the centre of the card. Then this really delish satin ribbon bow along with 3 ribbon roses with diamonte centres around this gorgeous flower from Wild Orchid.

I hope you will join in with this weeks ABC - Ribbon challenge, I look forward to seeing your creations

I am entering my card into

Dutch Dare challenge - #106 Distressing

Lexi's Creations - Monochromatic

Spoonful of Sugar - Tons of texture

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

One Stitch at a Time - 3D Something

Allsorts - Blooms and Blossoms

Lotv - Easter Bunny

Good morning dear friends, and Happy Mothers Day. I hope you are having a nice relaxing Sunday and that you have been treated well by your families. I've had a lovely morning so far and I'm off to see my mum later. I love going round and having a good old natter, shes like my best friend. Love you mum!

So I'm going to make this a short post.

I'd like to share a card that I made to enter into the LOTV challenge - #90 Spring.

I followed the sketch at Papertake Weekly - #54. 

I coloured this sweet image with Copics, used papers from a K and Co pad and a couple of daffodil flowers.

I would also like to enter it in to A Spoonful of Sugar - #145 Easter

and Alys Sunday challenge - Bunnies

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of the day.

SSDS challenge - Not a card but Butterfly coasters

Good morning all, its Saturday that means a new challenge at Stamp, Scrap and Doodles Saturday.

This week we have a

Photo Inspiration

This photo inspired me to create something a bit different, not a card this week.

 I love the colours, the flowers and the butterfly, so whilst I had my paints out I decided to paint a few simple stamped images, and make a couple of gifts

The first is a set of 4 butterfly coasters. I stamped the wild rose flowers and painted them. Then I stamped the pretty butterfly and also painted that. Finally I stamped over the top of the painted butterfly using Versamark and embossed with a glitter embossing powder and also embossed around the edge of the coaster.

I also used the same method to create the door hanger.

You can see the glittery embossing a little better on this close up of the butterfly.

I hope you like these and that the photo gives you lots of inspiration. I cant wait to see what you create.

I am going to enter them into these challenges:

Stamp with fun - Spring

Papertake Weekly - Something for mum or girlie

Simon says stamp - Mothers day or girlie

Creative Inspirations - No square card allowed