Bali here I come! and Candy

Wow - almost over night my followers have passed the 100 mark - now I did say there would be a candy - but you will have to forgive me that it is going to be delayed for a few weeks cause it looks like they gave opened the UK airspace so I will be going to BALI after all. YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Only thing is I havent prepared at all so going to be a bit of a mad woman now trying to get organised.

Will sort candy as soon as I am back.

Beccy x

Queen La Rubba Candy

My new Cowgirl Challenge DT mate Rachael has a yummy fat free Candy for grabs, but you need to be quick as it ends on the 24th.

You can see her blog Here why not pop over you gotta be in it to win it.

Beccy

New DT post

No I havent made another card YET just thought I would share a bit of news with you I have been asked to join CJ as part of her DT for CowGirl Up Stamps. Of course I had to think long and hard before deciding to join, YEAH RIGHT for about two seconds whilst I read the email again to make sure I was reading it right. LOL.


There will be a new fortnightly challenge blog, so I really hope some of you talented ladies and men will come over and join us. You can check out CJ's images Here

I will keep you posted on the details..

I am also amazed that I now have 98 followers 2 more and I think there will have to be a Candy to celebrate.

Take Care

Beccy x

Challenge 60 - Black Hair

Same image but coloured in with Copics this time and a bit of flowersoft for the grass.
Sentiment and footballs are from the same set. Added some Blue Denim Distress inks around the edges for a bit of contrast, but all in all kept it quite plain which I think works ok.

Challenges
Copics Colour Challenge B93 Light Crockery Blue E47 DK Brown Y23 Yellowish Beige
Copic Creations Black Hair.

Thanks for looking

Beccy x

Monochrome, Touchy Feely

Well I'm on a roll today and have managed to make another couple of boys cards. This one is using Man of the Match from the Flowersoft Moments In Time Collection.

I made the backing paper with a Sissex Folder that I rubbed with Peeled Paint Distress Inks and embossed.
The image was also stamped and watercoloured with the same ink.

Hope you like

Challenges
Cute Card Thursday Touchy Feely
Charisma CardzMonochromatic

Beccy x

Challenge 98

I soo looved making this card and getting my fingers well and truly dirty!
I have got loads of male birthdays coming up so thought I would make a start on them today.

The stamps are from the Vintage Aviation Set by Creative Expressions.

I made the backgrounds with distress inks and a felt pad and then stamped the planes in the same colour inks.

The main image was stamped with versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder.

For the layout I followed the sketch at Friday Sketchers

Peter Rabbit

I made this one using the Crafters Companion Beatrix Potter CD. There is just something so special about Peter Rabbit and his friends I just adore them.
Am entering this into Its a crafter Companion whos theme this week is Easter

Beccy x

I want one!!!!!!!!!

Now this is someone I would like to have a Fairy Godmother to come and make all my dreams come true - I'd settle for my boys being able to find jobs though!



This fabulous fairy godmother image is also from Butterfly kisses and I just adore her. I coloured her with copics and added lots of sakura glitter pen. The sentiment is from the same set which I embossed with silver sparkle embossing powder, although you dont really get the true sparkle in the photo. The flowers were also sprayed with silver glitter spray from Crafters Companion.
Challenges
Flutterby Wednesday open
Creative Cottage Things With Wings

Somebunny's thinking of you

Well finally got a bit of good news this week, went back to Moorfields (the eye hospital)yesterday and they say the pressure on my eyes have gone down, they are still a bit inflammed at the back but I am going to be able to fly so hopefully if the volcano ash disperses soon I will get to Bali in two weeks fingers crossed.

Have been having a bit of aplay and tried out some of my new stash that I got from Ally Pally - only trouble is I couldnt decide what I wanted to play with first and ended up playing with it all and not making very much at all lol.

This I did manage to complete though.



The stamps are from Butterfly Kisses from the Around to it collection. I stamped him with Stazon onto acetate and embossed him and then coloured him with ultra fine glitter. Have attached him to the aperture which I cut using nesties with a thin strip of acetate and glued his back on. The flowers and sentiment are from the same set, although I think now I may have gone a bit overboard with them.

Challenges
Polkadoodle Animal Magic
Totally Papercrafts Signs of Spring
ABC Sparkle

Lou

Yay - I finally managed to make a card today.

This litle lady is called Lou and is from Cowgirl Up Stamps


I have coloured her with Copics and layered her a couple of times using foam pads and outlined the bottome image with shimmer chalks.

The papers are DCWV Far East stack and flowers are from Orchid Crafts, I kept the inside real simple - mainly cause I dont want to tire my eyes too much as only two weeks for the pressure to come down in them before my hols.



Anyways hope you like.
Challenges
Flutterby Wednesday
Copic Colour YR16 Apricot BG49 Duck Blue E18 Copper
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge
Sir Stampalot Fantasy

Beccy xx

Di's Digi's Candy

Wow I cant believe hopw long it has been since I last posted, have had a bit of a problem with my eyes for the past few weeks and havent been able to see clear enough to craft - yes I have definetely had withdrawal symptoms I'm going throught the sleepless nights bit now lol.

They are improving now so I will be back crafting next week. In the meantime I am trying to catch up with a bit of blogging and the first thing I found was Di of Di's Digi's has got this yummy candy. You can check it out Here



Am going to Ally Pally Sunday hopefully there will be some bits left!!!!!!!!!! so if you see me please say hello.

TTFN
Beccy x

Tom Kitten

I made this one using one of the background papers from the Craft Creations Tom Kitten CD and stamps from the Tom Kitten Set. The vine stamp is from Dimension Fourth from the Bottom of the Garden Set.
I got the idea of the frame from the Whiff of Joy tutorial blog (Which has some amazing techniques on it. Coloured with Copics and again no flowers.
Challenges
Secret Crafter
Ooh La La
Anything Goes

Peter Rabbit

I used to love reading the Beatrix Potter books to my boys when they were young oh so many years ago! So when my OH saw the Crafters Companion show featuring them he bought me the WHOLE set. How lucky am I?

Peter Rabbit was always the boys favourite (I think they liked the fact he used to best the farmer lol).
So I made this first card using the stamps from the Peter Rabbit Set. The main image I have used three layers for dimension.

And not a flower or bit of bling in sight.

Challenges
Secret Crafter
Ooh La La
Anything Goes

Anything Goes CDM DT

The challenge for Cute Daisy May this week is a nice easy one ANYTHING GOES, so I hope lots of you will be entering this week.
I have popped in and seen all the gorgeous creations from last week but sorry had real problems leaving comments on most of the blogs, I think I have a bit of a gremlin!

As to my card I chose this really gorgeous girl from Sheet 187 which you can get Here.
As the sun has decided to come out to play I thought I would make a spring time card, it feels like forever since we last saw the sun.



Papers are K & Co. I made the trellis with a Martha Stewart punch but left the scallops off as I wanted the effect of garden trellis with flowers growing through it.
Flowers are from Wild Orchid and Craft Creations which I coloured with Copics to match her dress and added lots of stickles and I used flower soft for the flowers in the basket. Copic Colour Challenge has the following colour challenge. I used the W7 on the basket, the C7 in her hair and the BG96 for the leaves amid the flower soft.




I followed the Sketch from Sketch Saturday although I confess I didnt leave enough room for the sentiment lol.

Im also going to enter this into Lily of the Valley which is easel cards
Secret Crafter Anything Goes
Stamp with fun Spring
Crafty Card Makers Feminine
Craft Challenge Citrus
Bee Crafty Spring
Pink Elephant Spring

Thanks for taking the time to look please leave a comment to let me know youve been.

Hugs Beccy x

My New Stamps and Rothenburg

Mr Postie bought me some new stamps yesterday from Lilac Lemon Designs who have some yummy Art Deco Stamps, so had to ink one up today.


I didnt have much time so kept things real simple and used a background from Di Kayes Cd, (who I met whilst doing a show in Bristol, not only is she a great lady she is a fabulous artist her original artworks are totally awesome, if you are into art deco in any sort of way you should check out her website, although it doesnt really do justice to the real thing).

Anyways rambling on a bit, back to my lady, who I coloured in copics and sakura glitter pen and then triple embossed. Took photo in the garden today as such a nice day, but still managed to get shadows sorry David Bailey I definetely aint.

I'm going to enter this into Ooh la la Creations Challenge and Paper Cutz and Secret Crafter Anything Goes.
Creative Cottage New

I finally managed to finish my papertole picture of Anton Pieck's Rothenburg today too.



Im quite pleased with the depth I have managed to create and when the light hits it the fountain and people cast great shadows.
You get a bit of the idea of how deep it is here




All I gotta do now is convince hubby that he really needs to frame it for me!!!!!!

Beccy

Crafty Cats

This is my second project for the Crafty Cats Design Team

I used the cute paper piecing bunnies from the Easter Bunny CD which you can purchase Here.

I printed the bunnies onto pearlescent papers which give them a really lovely shimmer.

As soon as I saw the sitting bunny I knew I was going to have to make him into an easter basket for my grandson and as luck would have it Jacqui has posted a tutorial on the Whiff of Joy Inspiration blog on how to make this really sweet basket.
The instructions were so good even I managed it first time LOL. Thanks Jacqui xx.



I havent put any eggs in yet cause I just so know I will pig them long before Louis gets a look in!



I have made a matching card, this time using the stand up Bunny. I used punched L-Em leaves to make it look like he's hiding in the grasses, but not sure that it has worked to well.

Papers are from Costco.
Flowers were punched using my Nellies Choice embossing punches.

Crafty Cat GDT

Lucky me I got picked as a guest designer for Crafty Cat Designs Trak sells really cute paper piecing CD's and Digi Images. I got to choose one of her Digi's to make a card and I chose the cute little fairy girl, with my DIL in mind as it was her birthday and she is a little princess lol!
For my card I followed the sketch from Friday sketchers

and made this easel card in Lou's favourite colour purple, I also made the envelope to match.



The skirt of the faury I printed a few times and layered it for depth which you can kinda see here
I then used the same image in different sizes to decorate the coxes I made for her pressies, which if ur interested was new make - up and brushes.

You can check out what the rest of the design team have made Here

Challenge = DU2DS Pearls
Beccy

Pinky's Sketch

Wow another month gone, cant believe its March already, I think the Pixies are stealing the days!!!!!!!! Not that I'm sad to see February gone its been a cold miserable month so here's to hoping March is better and what better way to start the month of than with a Cute Daisy May Challenge.
This week we have this fabulous sketch for you to follow by Pinky



I made just one more Easel card using the sketch (I just so love these cards)


I need to make an 18th Birthday for my MIL to give to a neighbours daughter so am hoping she will like this one, but just in case I havent added the sentiment until she has seen it. As I had this in mind I chose a bit more of a grown up Daisy, although this particular image has been discontinued you can find loads of brilliant images at The Cute Daisy May Digi Store in fact Linnie has added soo many new sheets its hard to chose one.

The papers I have used are from The English Paper Company. Image coloured in Copic and that fabulous flower was given to me by the lovely and talented Claudia Rose.
Have used my Nesties and MS punch.

Thanks to everyone who joined last weeks challenge, it was great to see so many entrants, hope you all join in again this week.

Have a great day

Beccy

Suprise Candy

Prima have a secret
...but they can’t reveal it just yet! But they know you’re going to love it! And don’t worry-they promise to share the big news with you soon. They have an exciting opportunity for you to win BIG and it’s open to everyone! There are two fabulous prize baskets worth $100 up for grabs. Prima will choose one winner from the US and one International winner.

Flower Faries Cute Daisy May DT

First of all I have to apologise to all the entries for last weeks challenge, I went away for the week so wasnt able to visit you all, but in the words of Arnie I will be back!

This week at Cute Daisy May is Flower Power.
My first thought was Austin Powers but with the best will in the world I couldn't put any Daisy onto a psychodelic (not sure thats how you spell it) card, she is just too cute.

In the end I decided to go for my own version of camouflaged Flower Faries, which meant I got to play with a few different faries.

The flowers are from Fred she Said Designs
Faries are from Sheets 17 and 18, which you can purchase Here

Challenges
Totally Gorjuss Flower Power
Your Next Stamp Spring Colours
Copic Creations Colour your embellishments with Copics.