and some more a tag this time and an easel birthday card for jas

A wee taggy to go with the card in the post below.

Eldest daughters birthday card, little scientist in the making (probably the mad sort knowing my luck haha)  I have used a pollycraft image for this one.

Don't like my base much have since changed it slightly, had a little helper lol who insisted we used some spotty pink ribbon.

Thanks for looking

Hugs Heidi

xx

 

A couple of small shares for you today

Squigglestamps is sadly closing its doors at the end of the year, so Tracy is having a huge 50% off sale across the entire shop!!!!  The top image is called fairy wishes and the image below is called monster boy.  Lots and lots to choose from and the good news is some of the images will still be available from the stamping shack 

As you can just make out this is a postit pad cunningly disquised as a monster haha. my sons best friends birthday card. lol.

I am entering the boy card into ABC' s challenge this fortnight, which is Y for chromosomes ie a male card.

 

thanks for looking

 

Heidi x

 

ps soz for not being around much, not enough fingers for all the pies at the moment lolxx

Tishy's birthday card - she does love her blues

A little easel card for daughter number two.  Used some papermania blue card base, some prima flowers, my flower xcut border punch, some wee flower gems from my stash and some pretty papermania designer papers again from my stash. The gorgeous butterfly is Anitas.

 

Haven't been around much, we have been slating the roof, and have half done now, the two dormers went in this last week on the front of the house just the last velux to go now, me and Will will tackle that this weekend and then we can slate the front. hmm, it all takes time and in my case oodles of energy (ZZZZZ) sorry not really that tired but you know where I'm coming from if you have ever done any major diy 'yourself'' hehe.

Kiddies have pretty much found all sorts of fun things to do, the caravan has been a hotspot for mini tea parties (too many sweeties lol) but they have been great.

Hope you have all been keeping well, I will pop round during this week to see everyone. xx

 

Challenges

ABC Challenges - W is for wishes (in this case birthday wishes lol)

Bugaboo Stamps Challenges - Anything Goes

hugs heid x

Sailing Away with my favourite Stampin up Stamp

Stampin up Sail Away stamp, Stampin up Island indigo ink pad and sentiment. Found a wee boat charm in my stash which was perfect and some Queen and Co papers, and SU Island Indigo card to layer up.

Challenges

Fab 'n' Funky - Polka Dots

Moving along with the times - Happy Birthday

Thanks so much for looking

Hope you are having a lovely weekend (ours is wet but good lol)

Heidi x

Penny Black summer sunshine celebrations

So love this image, makes me think of Summer time and the olympic torch now, not birthdays lol.

I have made this card for my mums birthday that is in june. I have coloured using a mixutre of promarkers, SU markers and pen. I have used my freebie stamp for the happy birthday and some of my freebie papers, (for the flowers and bunting). The matt card is papermania and I have faux stitched.

I crunched the flowers but didn't make them wet this time. Affixed using a brad.

The bunting is such fun in the dotty pattern and the celebrate is a die cut from the same paper pack.

Look at the sunshine, what am i doing indoors, must finish fast as have more washing to hang out, the washing machine can't keep up with how quick it is drying. long may it last!!!

Challenges

Stamp scrap & doodle - Flowers

Penny Black @ Allsorts - London Celebrates

Crafters companion monthly challenge - Here comes summer

Stamp & Create - May Challenge - For the ladies

osaat - anything goes

Papertake weekly - True colours (national flag, red white and blue for my)

Passion for Promarkers - Birthdays

crafts and me - flowers

Creative inspirations - anything goes

Thanks for looking,

Heidi x

Yaaayyy, the Squiggles Challenges are back!!!

Woohooo Squiggles Challenges are back, we had a short break to get ourselves sorted out for facebook, brand new challenges,  and lots of exciting fun!!!

The new challenge is Ribbons and Roses and the grand prize is a £15 voucher to spend instore. yayyy!!!!

So pop on over and have a looky at the dt's creations and join in the fun. You don't have to use a Squiggles image to play, but we sure love it when you do. In fact we love it so much we put the entry in twice!

The image that I chose to share is one of the new Jessabelles, she is called 'stitched' and is available here.

I have coloured with my promarkers and have used stickles on the heart.

I used some papers from my stash, can't remember their name but they came from the march kit at simon says. The pretty floral ribbon came from a magical ribbon shop in Devon last year and the roses are from marianne creatables. The green and blue ribbons are Stampin up and held in place with some tiny brads from my stash.

I have stickled each of the roses and distressed them, they were all cut from co-ordinations card and I found this was quite good for distressing.

Both the sentiments are from Stampin up sets. 

The swan is from my bead/charm boxes 

Close up of those pretty ribbons.

Challenges

I love promarkers 117 - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - 19 - Metal Charms

Cute card thursday - 217 - Touch of Sparkle

Crafty Catz - Lets hear it for the girls

CRAFT Challenge - Easel Card

Thanks so much for popping over, do try and join us for our current Squiggles challenge as we love to see all your gorgeous creations.

Heidi x

Meljens pony easel card

Isn't she beautiful!

Coloured her in with my promarkers and added glitter to the flowers.  I have followed a sketch for this one from a Gem of a Challenge. 

I used wee grey dew drops, some papermania stickers, my wee circle punch and my large and small x-cut flower punches. Around the edge pansy punch and small pink glitter gems and then edged gently with beige chalks. The large glittery brads are from SU as are the sentiment stamps. 

It's so nice and sunny today that the pictures seem to make her look even happier. 

I have a hidden tag too! So you can pop in your own secret sentiment.

And yes a little bit of faux stitching. 

Challenges

Ces - Anything Goes last challenge ever :-(

Sweet Stampin - Flower Power

2 Sisters Challenge 91 - Make it Girly

Craft your days away 45 - All creatures great and small

Joanna Sheen - Happy Birthday

Craft your passion - Shades of green and purple

Crafty Catz 132 - Happy Birthday

Crafty Anns Challenge - Hide and Seek (TAG)

Thanks so much for popping by

Heid x

Birthday Space Boy Wishes

With Flash

Without Flash

This brilliant little space boy is from digistamps boutique and has been coloured with my promarkers. Again used the buttons embossing folder, ok ok, promise no more of this folder for at least two weeks!!! maybe three.

This card has been made for putting in the post box, so no embellies of any sort, boo hoo:-(

Just entering one challenge with this card over at Craft Challenges as they are having a 3rd Blogaversary Hop and Celebrations Challenge.

Heidi x

ps Have a great weekend xx

Digi Stamp Boutique, Aliens have landed!!!

A quick card for one of my sons mates. hope it's not too babyish, he is going to be '8' after all. I thought it was great and so did ro so hopefully it will be fine.

Again with the button embossing folder, might have to get my own one of these jenny!

Coloured with my promarkers and Stampin up markers.

A6 card for a change.

Challenges

digi days - CAS

Totally Papercrafts - no pesky girls allowed

Thanks for popping in. hope you get some time for crafting today.

Heidi

Posting you Penny Black Birthday Wishes

Still not really happy with photos, but it is still raining so never mind.

Penny Black stamp coloured with my promarkers and layered onto a couple of die cuts.

I have 'cased' my friend Jennys' card over at Penny Black and friends challenge, so I have tried my bestest to be as similar as possible, but picked different colours, same shape ie easel and very similar layout.

I used some freebie papers that I got recently, think it was a cardmaking and papercraft magazine that they came with.

Made a wee banner for the sentiment, punched out flowers and leaves. Scrunched up the flowers, dampened then allowed to dry semi scrunched. I used a LOTV round sentiment for the base and finished off with a heart brad and some wee blue flower gems from my stash.

Challenges

PB & Friends Challenge - Case It!

Whimsy Stamps Challenge 38 - Make it pop - add dimension

One stop craft shop challenge - celebrations

Papertake weekly  - cute cute cute

Thanks for stoppin' by

Heidi x

Pink and Girlie Birthday Wishes

Bella on swing by digi stamp boutique.  This is one of the images that I won recently and have finally printed, coloured and layered onto a card. Went a bit pink and girly here don't know what came over me. Perhaps it was the big dark pink flower that i found in my stash.

Coloured with my promarkers and SU markers this time. Used several die cuts and 6 sweet little dark pink brads.The flower is from my stash and I have added a WO rose and a beige/pink mulberry flower between them all.

The sweet little charm is also from my stash and the photo below was in a slightly different light, but felt it showed the flower better. faux stitches added to finish.

challenges

Charisma Cardz 18 - strangely their challenge is actually called pink and girlie

Sweet Stampin - Four legged friends

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - flowers

Thanks for popping over again, I know too many posts in one day.

Hugs heidi x

Gorjuss girly for a gorgeous girlies birthday

Gorjuss Girly here for you coloured with my promarkers and made into a fairly cas card layout.  I have used my concorde crush stampin up ink pad and stamped around the edge of the card, then I have layered some matching su card onto white card stock, stamped the happy birthday, (another su stamp) and used my small circle punch to make two embellishments for either side of the sentiment. Onto the circles I popped some large pale blue gems.

To finish I faux stitched with my white papermania pen.

Challenges

2 sisters challenge - anything goes

craft your days away - just for children

Thanks for looking

Heidi x

Squiggles frankenstein boy

This multifold card has been made using the spooky frankenstein boy from squiggle stamps. I had great fun colouring him in with my new Stampin up markers. I have layered using the gorgeous bright orange card (button folder embossing courtesy of my friend Jenny) and some dark purple card.

The sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs and I find it so useful for those male cards.lol

Inside has been decorated simply using a die cut and some orange gems.

close up for his cuteness, can a frankenstein boy be cute? I think so.

Challenges

Southern Girls Challenge 44 - About the Boys

Tip Top Tuesday  76 - Clean and Simple

Thanks for looking

Heidi x

Medals and Monarchs for Stampalot Guest Designer spot

I was so excited when I was asked to produce something for the Medals and Monarchs Challenge for Stampalot for the Month of May.  I coloured with promarkers and stampin up markers, used stampin up designer papers and a sugar nellie stamp that i have to admit had been lurking in the drawer unused. I hand wrote the sentiment (I know my writing is terrible,but i do try hard) and used some of the lovely ribbons that I had won from Stampalot. 

I found a crown in my stash and fixed it onto a flower and added some gems for extra sparkle.

The medal that I made is my representation of the queens jubilee medal. I found one on the net and made a similar hand drawn one. I added some super wide blue ribbon as I didn't have a red white and blue one unfortunately.  This was attached via a large silver loop that I sandwiched between two punched circles.

Challenges

Simons says - 3rd birthday celebrations

Papertake weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Heidi x

pollycraft for jack's 19th birthday

Very simple card, coloured with my stampin up markers and I have used a mixture of paper mania card and stampin up card. The ribbon is also a stampin up seam binding ribbon. Used my friends button embossing folder on the blue and layered up.

I used the ribbon at the back of the card to attach some money for my nephew, who is 19 this year, very scary monkeys, but lots of fun.

Almost forgot to say this is a pollycraft image and perfect for any teenage boy.

Thanks for looking

Challenges

cards for men challenges  - textures (ribbon and embossing)

craft your passion - texture (as above)

Pan pastel challenge - anything goes

Heidi x

Sweet Strawberries and Butterflies

This cute little pollycraft girl has a basket full of scrummy strawberries. I have coloured with my promarkers and I have used some of my new forever friends baby papers to layer up and frame the image. The green paper with white butterflies is by Queen and Co. I have doodled around the edge of the image and coloured the butterfly with my Promarkers too.  I die cut some poinsettias and these were the ones that were left over from the christmas card in the next post. I cut them into leaf shapes and again doodled on the card, then attached them here and there and also some pretty buttons.

The 'you're so sweet' sentiment is a Stampin Up.

The inside is decorated using a freebie paper and a die cut oblong.  I have added a few gems to the frame to bling it up a little. Sorry no photos, I completely forgot to take a piccie of the inside.xx

Pixie's Crafty Snippets #16

ATC's and Cards with attitude -  Anything Goes ch 11

Polka Doodles - Pretty in Pink

OSAAT # 109 - Brights

Stamp & Create April Challenge -- spring

Thanks for looking

Heidi x

Ching Chou Kuiks beautiful hummingbird for a birthday card

This is another Birthday Card, using Ching chou kuiks Hummingbird.

I coloured using my SU markers.

I used some SU papers, freebie papers and chipboard shapes, some pretty gems, my spellbinders dies and an xcut border punch.  The 'hello' is an SU stamp as is the 'happy birthday'.

Thanks for looking and these are the challenges I am entering.

Craft us Crazy - flowers

Paperplay challenge 12-wk 15 - Things with wings

Cute card Thursday - 212 - spring flowers

Flutterby Wednesday - Birthday Card

Totally papercrafts - things with wings

Pixies Crafty Snippets no 15

Hugs Heidi xx

Twisted Easel for Stampalot and Penny Black at Allsorts

Hallo everyone, what a week, well the roof is on, no slates yet, but watertight!!

So I celebrated by colouring this little cutie.

I have made a twisted easel card using some of my stampalot win and some flowers from my stash and some Stampin Up card, papermania small flowers and brads.

I also used my punches for the leaves.

I layered up the happy birthday which is a freebie stamp, inked with su marker and added a couple of gems.

I coloured with my SU markers and promarkers.

Thanks for looking

I am entering this card into :-

Whimsy Stamps inspirational challenges -- Easel card

Penny Black at allsorts - Oh so cute

Stampalot Challenge - Happy Birthday

Charisma Cardz - Fancy Folds

Critter challenge - Critters

Sweet Sketch Saturday - sss 153  I used sss90

Heidi xx