Christmas Dreams

Hi,

H absolutely loved 'The Lion King' and it was one of those 'Mastercard' moments too, especially when the animals were walking through the audience - ? for the tickets, ? for the train and meal, but seeing H's eye's nearly popping out of his head - priceless !!. The boys went to Wembley yesterday to see the Rugby League Semi Final and they came home tired, but gutted, as England lost the game, with 22 seconds to go.

This stamp reminds me of the nursery rhyme 'Wee Willie Winkie', and i have used Spellbinders 'Label 10', the papers are LOTV - 'Classic Christmas', the sentiment is LOTV - 'Merry Christmas Set Of 4', the holly die is Marianne D Creatables - 'LR0244' and highlighted with Stickles 'Green' and Tim Holtz - 'Distress Stickles, Barn Door', i've also distressed the image with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - 'Barn Door'

Today's Card And Challenges :

Bearly Mine - where Challenge No: 113 is 'Traditional Christmas Colours (Red & Green) And Using Die Cuts

Top Tip Tuesday - where Challenge No : 114 is a 'Borrowed Sketch'

Fab N' Funky - where Challenge No: 194 is Birthday Celebrations, where the Challenge is 'Anything Goes'

Sweet Stampin' - where they are celebrating their 4th Birthday and the Challenge is 'Celebrations'

Image - Penny Black - 'Christmas Dreams'

Image Stamped On - Spellbinders - 'Labels 10'

Papers - LOTV - 'Classic Christmas'

Sentiment - LOTV - 'Merry Christmas / Set Of 4'

Holly Die - Marianne D - decorated with Stickles - Green and Distress Glitter - Barn Door'

Pearls from stash 

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would kindly like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Cat Bath

Hi,

A friend of mine, who was around and supportive of me 10 years ago when my first husband passed away - lost her own battle last week to Liver and Colon Cancer and this is the card i have made to send to her family - i don't do Sympathy cards, i do Thinking Of You and part remembering - hence the image, my friend had a house with a stream at the bottom of her garden and i remember every time i went over, you would see all sorts of birds (including ducks and kingfishers) and she had a cat, that her husband called 'Cooking Fat' - i'm sure you'll work out, what he really meant !!

Today's Card And Challenges :

Dream Valley Challenges  - where Challenge No: 70 is 'Clean And Simple'

Totally Papercrafts - where Challenge No: 193 is Clean And Simple'

Totally Gorjuss - where Challenge No: 210 is 'Use 3 Patterned Papers'

Image - Penny Black - 'Cat Bath'

Papers - Bo Bunny - 'Isabella'

Punched Edge - MS - 'Pop - Up Butterflies'

Pearls from stash

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Wonderful Christmas / Penny Black & More

Hi,

This post is scheduled, as i'm probably feeling a little tired, as yesterday we took H to see 'The Lion King' in London for an early birthday present (as his birthday is the beginning of January).

We are up to mid month in November and that means it's Penny Black And More and the Challenge this month is 'Anything Goes', so you have no excuse not to join in ?? - but just please remember NO DIGI'S ARE ALLOWED. We have some fantastic sponsors too :

Penny Black

Crafts U Love

My Mum's Craft Shop

And One lucky person using a Penny Black Image will be picked to be Guest Designer for next month and win a gift too. So pop over to Penny Black And More, check out the other amazing inspiration the very talented team have come up with, and join in the fun, but please do remember you can use any image you like, except Digi's.

And here's what i made :

This is a stamp, that just makes me giggle, as i can imagine cats / kittens up and down the country, making their own fun with a Christmas Tree :-), i have decoupage the ornaments and embossed them, i've also embossed the ornament dies and the pearls with : WOW - 'Metallic Gold Rich Super Fine WC04SF'. Every year i always succumb to a new paper pack (like i need anymore !!), and it's ususally Bo Bunny and this year is no exception, i fell in love with : Bo Bunny - 'Silver & Gold Collection' and i've mounted them on Pearlescent Gold card. The ornaments are : MB - 'Precious Ornaments', the sentiment is : LOTV - 'Christmas Tags' (i had to mask the tag off) there are 2 Ribbons - the sheer one is 'Bridal Inspirations' and the top one i bought after falling in love with at The Craft Barn.

The Challenges I Would Like To Enter Are :

ABC Christmas  - where they are up to 'W for Wishes'

Penny Black Saturday Friends - where November's Challenge is 'Sparkler'

A Little Bit Crafty - where November's Challenge is 'Sparkle And Shine'

WOW Embossing Powder  - where the Challenge is 'Christmas And Winter' - i've used WOW - 'Metallic Gold Rich Super Fine WC04SF' on the ornament dies, the baubles on the image and the pearls (so that they matched the gold).

My Time To Craft - where Challenge No: 243 is 'Baubles'

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would kindly like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Igloo Bears

Hi,

Am i the only one who cries when the 'John Lewis' advert 'The Bear And The Hare' comes on?, it so reminds me of 'Watership Down' and i think it's absolutely adorable and so perfect and i have already succumb to ordering the book for H for Christmas :-), - for those of you who do not live in the UK and have not seen the advert here it is :The Bear And The Hare, just click on the link.

The image i've used today is one i bought when i visited the LOTV shop and along with the LOTV - 'Sentiment Tags', i versamarked them, covered them in : Stampin Up - 'Heat & Stick Powder', heat it, then added 'Dazzling Diamonds', i've used : Cuttlebug - 'Ice Crystals' embossing folder, the corner die is : MB - 'Snowflake Corner', the pearls are 'Papermania'.

Today's Card And Challlenges Are :

The Ribbon Girls - The November Challenge is : 'Lili And Sparkle'

Allsorts - where Challenge No: 232 is 'White Christmas'

Crafty Little Fairies - where the Challenge is 'Christmas In November'

Papertake Weekly - where the Challenge is 'Snow And Ice'

Divas By Design - where the Challenge is 'Something Snowy'

Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - where Novembers Challenge is 'White On White AKA WOW'

Image - LOTV - 'Igloo Bears'

Sentiment - LOTV - 'Christmas Tags'

Embossing - Cuttlebug - 'Ice Crystals'

Corner Die - MB - 'Snowflake Corner'

Pearls - 'Papermania'

Ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking, and for any comments you would kindly like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Merry Christmas Allover

Hi,

Well Alan and I are a very proud mummy and daddy yesterday, as H was the flag bearer for his beaver's group at the Remembrance Service today and he did himself proud too, he also got a very good school report from his new teacher of 8 weeks - saying he has settled in very well and that he is up to Phase 6 in Phonics and his spellings, reading, maths and writing is above average too.

Today's card is a little different for me as it's more CAS, then i would normally do, but felt the stamp needed it (the code for this PB stamp is 1892M and was produced in 2000), firstly i stamped it in Versamark and embossed it with : Stamp Stuff - 'Crystal' embossing powder, i then distressed the sentiment with : Tim Holtz Distressed Inks - 'Bundled Sage & Salty Ocean', i used : Tim Holtz - 'Barn Door' Glitter Glue (for the holly berries), Stickles Glitter Glue - 'Star Dust' (for the stars) and 'Green' (for the holly leaves) and finished it off with Bazzill Bling and White Sheer Ribbon.

Today's Card And Challenges :

Penny Black Friends  - where November's Challenge is 'Sparkler'

Totally Papercrafts - where Challenge No: 192 is 'Use Glitter'

Papertake Weekly - where the Challenge is 'Anything Goes - with an emphasis on Xmas'

Simon Say's Stamp - where the Challenge is 'CAS'

Sweet Stampin' - where the Challenge is 'Christmas Is Coming'

I'm still not happy with these photos as the colours are more blue, than green !!

the 2nd photo, shows the glitter shimmer off better

Sentiment - Penny Black - 'Merry Christmas Allover'

Embossing Powder - Stamp N Stuff - 'Crystal'

Distressed Ink - Tim Holtz - 'Bundled Sage And Salty Ocean'

Glitter Glue - Tim Holtz - 'Barn Door'

Stickles Glitter Glue - 'Green and Star Dust'

White Sheer Ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking, and for any comments you would like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Bubble Bath

Hi,

We had a fabby time in Valencia and even managed to escape the bad weather too, - it's a city we visited, a couple of years ago for a day, when we were on a cruise and decided we would love to go back and it didn't disappoint either - we visited Oceangraphic (it's a sealife centre, but the size of 6 football stadiums), hired bikes,(although H can ride a bike without stabilisers, but in a strange place, we felt it was better to leave them), where we went down to the port and cycled round some of the F1 track !!, the Science Museum, the temp was 27-29C, which was nice to get the summer clothes out for one last time this year.

I had the Flu jab on Saturday and have felt rough very since(headaches and joint stiffness), been to see my Kinesiologist today and she has given me something to ease things - mind you i'm not surprised i feel rough when i found out, what they put in it :-(

Before today i have never made a centre stepper card and being inspired by the very talented Sue, thanks hun and decided to use a LOTV image, the paper is : Doodlebug - 'True Love Assortment' (one of the papers out of it), the heart die at the bottom : MB - 'Cherish Border' and the heart die going down is : MB - 'Twirled Heart' and i've used 'The Hobby House' 8mm White Heart Pearls, the ribbon is from 'The Ribbon Girls'.

Today's Card And Challenges :

Crafty Little Fairies -where the Challenge is 'For The One You Love'

The Ribbon Girls - where the November Challenge is 'See Your Stripes'

Sweet Stampin' - where the Challenge is 'Time For A Shaped Card'

The Hobby House - where Challenge No: 6 is 'Pearls' - i've used - 8mm White Heart Pearls

LOTV  - where November's Challenge is 'Pink And White'

In The Pink - where Challenge No: 31 is 'Ribbons And Bows'

And a side view :

Image - LOTV - 'Bubble Bath'

Paper - Doodlebug - 'True Love Assortment'

Die at the bottom - MB - 'Cherish Border'

Die going down - MB - 'Twirled Heart'

8mm White Heart Pearls - The Hobby House

Ribbon - The Ribbon Girls 

And a couple photo's of Valencia :

H at Oceangrafic, just before we walked through the shark tunnel !!

I think this is a classic photo - what do you think ??

The Science Museum and Oceangraftic

Thanks for looking and for any comments, you would kindly like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Well - Wishers / Penny Black At Allsorts

Hi,

Well as it's the start of November and we have a new Challenge for you over at : Penny Black At Allsorts and it's one you can all join in with 'Anything Goes' and we have some amazing sponsors too.

Penny Black

Crafts U Love

My Mum's Craft Shop

And One lucky person using a Penny Black Image will be picked to be Guest Designer for next month and win a gift too. So pop over to Penny Black And More, check out the other amazing inspiration the very talented team have come up with, and join in the fun, but please do remember you can use any image you like, except Digi's.

And Here's What I Made :

This is a stamp, i've had in my collection for a long time and never got round to using it, - i think the size of it has put me off, the sentiment is : PB - 'Salutations', the papers are : Dovecraft - 'Piece Of Cake' and the image was distressed with 'Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet', Ribbon is from my stash.

The Challenges I Would Like To Enter Are :

Crafty Ribbons - where Challenge No: 68 is 'Anything Goes With Ribbon'

Simon Say's Stamp - where the Challenge is 'Anything Goes'

Joanna Sheen - where the Challenge is 'Food For Thought !'

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - where October's Challenge is 'Ribbon'

Thanks for looking and for any comments you would kindly like to leave, would be most appreciated, Luv Sam x

Mr Fix It / Ready Teddy Go

Hi,

We are up to Challenge No: 28 at Ready Teddy Go and it's a nice easy one 'Embossing - Dry Or Heat' and we are sponsored by :

Di's Digi Downloads and you will have $10 to spend

Remember if you want to enter you must use a BEAR image, and this is what i came up with :

now go over to Ready Teddy Go and see what the rest of the amazing DT have made.

When i went up to the LOTV shop this is one of the images i bought and at the moment i thought it was a bit apt, as before we went to Valencia Alan and H were decorating H's room in readiness for his new cabin bed. The embossing folders are : Cuttlebug - 'Hi Voltage and Spots And Dots', punched edge : MS - 'Modern Garland', Sentiment : Inkadinkadoo - 'Happy Everything', Garland is : MB - 'Simple Banner' twine, charms and brads are from my stash.

The Challenges I would like to enter are :

A Creative Romance - where the Challenge is 'Add Some Metal' - mine is charms and brads

C.R.A.F.T - where Challenge No: 231 is 'For The Boys'

Creative Card Crew - where Challenge No: 48 is 'Teddy Bear's Picnic'

Stampavie And More - where Challenge No: 197 is 'Bear'

Moving Along With The Times - where the Challenge is 'No (Design / Digital) Papers

Thanks for entering for any comments you would kindly like to leave would be most appreciated too, Luv Sam x