Boo Hoo, No PC...Help!

Hi All~
Just a Quick post to say I am spitting feathers as my pc went all bonkers yesterday and I am posting to you on my daughters BORROWED laptop (which I have got to be very careful of. No drinking near it, no eating near it and no...well touching it really!!)

Hopefully the Burning smell coming from my topbox, can be fixed by the lovely man who is currently looking after it!
I may not be able to post for a while, but I will have to see how quick Mr Tech Guy can fix it (or not).
If it's a NO then my hubby is treating me to a lovely new laptop~ now then do I want the Tech guy to give me good or bad news I wonder!!!!!!!!!!!
See you soon Debbiexx

A Gorjuss Girl.......the name of the Image that is!!

Hi All~

I have had this GG Stamp for ages and not used her 'till today.
I bought her and three other GG stamps at the same time, and she's the last one to be used.
I saw a "Girly" "Pink" challenge at Stamptacular Sunday and thought Oh yes I can do girly and pink and could use my forgotten stamp!





I decided to Paper Piece her clothes, and she is coloured with Pro-Markers.
I have used a few different papers, one is K&Co, and the others are Tim Holtz, I have added a great big Prima pink flower and a couple of tiny roses. The little buttons are from my stash as is the ribbon. The matting is cut with an oval Nestie. The lovely "delight" sentiment is a Hero Art stamp and I have it's twin which says "Treasure", I really like them and use them alot in my Scrapbooking.
Entered into the following:

Stamptacular Sunday--Pretty in Pink
The Sweet Stop--Sketch
Totally Papercrafts--Clean and Simple

Debbiexx

Summertime and the living is easy~

Hi All~

I know what you're thinking!!
When I wrote this title was I singing?......Sure Was!!

I made a Christmas Card earlier today and I said that even though I like to make them, I was desperate to try to carry on the "Summery" feel for as long as possible.......SO here it is, a Summery card to keep me in the mood!





I adore this image by Penny Black Slapstick, they do a few like this and I am going to look out for another one when I go away in two weeks.
The background paper is Bo Bunny (the 4 little 6x6 squares on a 12x12 sheet) and the bunting was already across the page, I decided to add my own bunting triangles over the top of the existing ones to add diamention, I used all my leftover bits of paper.
The punched border is MS and the image is coloured with Pro-Markers.

Entered into:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge--Summer Loving
The Corrosive Challenge--For the Boys
Charisma Cardz Challenge--Hot Hot
Craftilicious--Green/Purple

Debbiexx

All I want for Christmas is.........

Hi All~

Not too bad a day today, good for drying washing as it is very breezy again.

I am on Christmas mode again today. I have just booked a stall at a local craft fair for October, so need plenty of Christmas cards for the buyers, hopefully I will sell some and then be able to buy lots more crafting goodies while I am there. (I know, It defeats the object of a sale, if you spend all the money made on craft goodies while I am there, but I don't mind!!)



I love this little Heather Ellis image, I used her on a Christmas card a week ago, but just had to use her again.
It was the first digi image I ever bought and I am so glad I did.
The three different papers I have used are all from my new paper pad by MME, called Winter Wonderland, it is gorgeous, all flittered and the papers all match lovely.
I have used my MS Lattice punch for the border. The scalloped edge around the image is by Colour my World, I have added a large brad with a rub on sentiment and ribbon is from my stash.

I have entered the following challenges with this card:

Crazt 4 Challenges--Lattice
Sweet Stamping--Distressing
PaperPlay--Sketch
Toatally Gorjuss--Christmas
Winter Wonderland--What I want for Christmas
PaperSundae--Christmas in August
Saturday Challenge--Christmas

Debbiexx

Please let me have summer for a little longer!

Hi All~
Sorry I have not posted anything since Wednesday, but I have been busy on the three scrapbooks I am making.
Unfortunatly because they are not my photo's I am unable to show you any of them. It's a shame that, as one of the books is for my son's girlfriends mum and are photo's of their recent family holiday to Egypt. The photographs are beautiful..Mostly due to the fact that everybody on them is gorgeous!!
And the scenery is not bad either~





Anyway back to my cardmaking..
I have decided to follow the sketch at Just Magnolia for this card, and I have used this gorgeous Tilda stamp too. I wanted the papers to be abit autumny (is that a real word!!), but to be honest I prefer to still be on Summer mode!
So please let me have summer for a little longer.....

I am trying out some more distressing at the moment, so watch this space~ Lol

Just Magnolia--Sketch
Cute Card Thursday--Dieing for a punch!
C.R.A.F.T Challenge--Anything Goes
Crafty Catz--Orange, Blue and Brown
Delightful Sketches--Girly, Pearls and lace
I love Pro-Markers--Charms

Debbiexx

Tilda in Red, Merry Christmas~

Hi All~

Christmas is on the cards in my house again!
I don't think I have made many Tilda Christmas cards, but there again I do only have two Chirstmas images...have to get me some more soon!

Hope you all had a good weekend and your weather was better than our dismal offering, it's been like April here not August.
Mind you we have now had our hosepipe ban lifted, but that might have been because we had water running down the street, and they felt embarassed keeping it on!!!!!!





This Mistletoe Tilda was so nice to colour, don't know If anyone else has this Tilda, but she is huge! It is the largest image in the Magnolia range that I have.
Paper used is one of my all time favorites, By K&Co. I have also used my MS Christmas Snowflake punch and some leftover ribbon from my box.
I love making easle cards and although I followed the sketch on Papersundae Challenge I still thought it was ok to do this style of card.

Entered into:

Die cut Dreams--Tilda in Red
Paper Sundae--Sketch

Debbiexx

A Cupcake, but with NO calories~

Hi All~


No card tonight as I have had a buzy day and not managed to finish any of the one's started. Hopefully I will get them done in the morning.

I went to Zumba dance class first thing this morning, then it was my monthly meeting at "Cut and Chat" with my craft friends. Ths afternoon I have been tidying up my crafroom (and that can take the best part of two hours!!) No sooner have I got it organised, I start to mess it up again!

Sorry about the photograph, think I took it at slilghtly the wrong angle as all the embelishments look a bit stuck together, but actually they are all spaced out and at different hights, don't no what I did to make it look so different in real life!!



I have wanted to have a go at making a "Cupcake" for ages, and I had a good luck around 'till I found a tutorial I could actually follow.
Some of the gorgeous tutorials were so elaborate, but unfortunatly I don't do elaborate, compicated or hard, I like things simple and nice to do, but not time consuming. What a light weight I am!!

I started off with a cirle of paper which I folded about 15 times, a sort of consertina, then added a small chunk of florists oasis to the centre and wrapped the paper round it. If you squeeze the folds round the oasis it ends up looking like a real cupcake. Use a glue gun to stick it together, but DON'T glue your fingers like me because......IT HURTS, ALOT!!
The curls on top are made with thin strips off a 12x12 sheet of paper, wrap round a pencil then pin to the oasis. Glue on ribbon wound round and round to resemble icing, then add any embelishments you like on a cocktail stick pushed in.
It was only my first attempt, so sure the next one will look a little sharper, but am quite pleased for a first time.

I have even found a challenge or two to enter:

Gingersnap Creations--3d
One Stop Challenge--NOt a card
Allosrts--3" project

Debbiexx