Incy WIncy Card Challenge - 3...2...1

Incy Wincy Designs are holding a card challenge - here's the low down...

We have a recipe for you this week. We would like to see 3 embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image...

 

hmmmm off to have a thunk!!! Back soon.........

 

 

 

Meljendesign Challenge

Having got the extension works behind me and finding my mjo hidden somewhere deep in the depths of my craft room - I have a new lease of life - especially with my new promarkers in hand and so blog hopping today I have found a few challenges - quite like the look of the one here
http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-97-anything-goes.html

I have made two cards for this one entitled "Anything Goes!" - why dont you hop along and fnd out for yourself!

Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Across on the Passion for Promarkers blog - they have a fabulous challenge - a card made with distressing in mind - here is my little entry!

I have used a free bratz digi stamp - and some paper from long ago - I have coloured the flowers with cardinal red promarkers - have used some very old buttons and some donated card candi = then everything has been inked and distressed!

Promarker Letraset Challenge

I've finished colouring my bootiful little owl in and have fixed it to a card, added a greeting and popped a little ribbon on (didnt have the right colour so I coloured it in with my promarker - the colour took straightaway and didnt come off in my hand or on the card - really pleased with how it came out)

Fleximarker giveaway

Oh my word - I have just been doing a bit of blog hopping - feel like a frog - lol!!!
I have come across a fabulous blog and my eyes nearly popped out of my head - this wonderful lady is giving away a whole set of fleximarkers - jaw droppingly wow wow wow - well why dont you enter - here is her linky Going Buggy

I have a friend coming over today Marcie and she is bringing her 2 girls with her - I am busy printing images and then having a tidy up - we are all going to sit around the table and colour said images and make cards.  My two already have the bug from me - I think its really important to explore your creative side - I still remember when I was a little girl - I always loved Christmas time when we could get the glue out and pots of glitter and get messy - but the joy and thrill of producing something that I could say - there I did that - I made this for you Mummy and Daddy. See I dont think I have ever really grown up I still like to play!

Be back later to show you some of the things that we make - TTFN - Have a good day!

Promarker - Letraset Owl Challenge

I have recently discovered Digi Stamps and Pro Markers! and wow I am totally loving settling down of an evening and having a spot of good old colouring in - takes me back to my childhood. I have tried rubber stamping but didnt get on that well with it (although I do love popping a flourish stamp onto paper flowers - it really zings them up) - So I decided to treat myself just after Christmas and it was a shopping basket checkout at Cowling and Wilcox and a week later - plop on the hall mat - here were my new treasures - anyway sitting at the pooter one evening and I found a lovely link on the Letraset Web Site... giving away this gorgeous owl stamp from SJ Dowsett - I recognised the name from the Scrapitude website where I used to hang out a couple of years ago - she is a very talented lady.  Her blog Little Musings is fab - pop and have a look.

Twit Twoooo!!!!!!

Anyway - not only I colour it in once - I enjoyed it so much I did 4 boooootiful little owls - Hope you like them - I am going to pop them in as an entry in the Letraset Challenge 

Wise Old Owl!!!

Owl be seeing you!

Funky Mr Owl!

Normality returns

Aaaaahhhh!!!! It is 5th of Feb - not sure where the last few months have gone but gone they have and its now time to chill(chill - huh - look at the bottom of todays entry) and enjoy the results of our labour. We have a finished kitchen (apart from the blinds and the chairs that I am going to upholster - I am waiting for the fabric to go half price - its the red gingham from Laura Ashley - It often does and I just need to be patient!!!)

Still here are a few piccies of the end result

Anyway - my passion for craft is starting to sneak back in and it came in the form of PROMARKERS - decided to treat myself and yum scrum I am loving it - its basically colouring for grown ups (Ssssssh!!! I won't tell if you don't I'm not really a grown up - I am sure I will get found out one day) .......anyway this has made me fall in love with my stamps again - they have sat unloved in a tall bank of storage drawers for what feels like half an eternity. I have also been to Staples and bought some yummy paper.

A decision has been made (Where is the drum roll???) I am going to give digi stamping a go. I have sat for the last few hours blog hopping and generally surfing tinternet for digi downloads. Have printed a few and tonight I am going to sit down with said print outs and beloved Promarkers and

C O L O U R !!!!! 

On my travels I found the following blogs/places that are lovely

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I think I deserve it - the snow came down in force overnight - today there was a white winter wonderland - a carpet of snow as far as the eye can see. Although totally beautiful - hubby works 90 miles away and he will come hell or high water make every endeavour to go to work tomorrow no matter what - we are told the main roads are not so bad but in the sleepy little village where we live - thick thick snow ...so..... We cleared our driveway, our neighbours drive way and then drove into the next village where Mum lives and we cleared hers..I am making it sounds as if it was work work work - to tell the truth it was interwoven with snowball fights, making snowmen with the children and enjoying watching them pull each other on their sleigh and making snow angels.

So back at home in the warmth - having just consumed - chicken and stuffing sandwiches alongside a lovely plate of salad and rounded off with a bowl full of bananas and ice-cream - yum scrum!!!