Surprise!!!! .....Guess who!?

Is there anybody there???

Blimey its been a LOOOOOONG time since I've posted isn't it? Sorry for just dissapearing like that, things just went a bit weird here for a while....

anyway, I don't really need to talk about it, and you don't really want to read about it, so lets leave that where it is and move on...lol!

All that matters is.... I'm BACK!!!!

okay, before I show you some cardage... I'd like to just apologise to a couple of people....

Maria, and the Simply Sassy girls... I feel awful for having to just desert you the way I did, I got the BEST chance ever to join such an AMAZING team, and ended up letting you down... :(

Maria... I know you understand though, and thanks for being so great!

And... Jo, and the Sketch Saturday girls... Sorry for being away for so long....

 Jo, thanks for all your support and understanding, and thanks so much for just being you!

Sketch Saturday is SO important to me, and I love being a part of it, I'm SO pleased to be back!!

So... after all that waffle, here is my DT card for this weeks BRILLIANT sketch from Jo...

Now, I havent made a single card for 5 months, so I am a little out of practice... and me being me, decided to return on a rather tricky sketch.... lol!

but all things considered, I'm fairly pleased with how this turned out!

The gorgeous little Cherry bug is from Tiddlyinks (CUTE!)

She's coloured with promarkers

Most of the papers are from the Echo park Happy Days pad

and... did you notice what I used for the 'happy'? yep... the letters from the title on the front of the pad... CLEVER????

stamped 'birthday' below it, not sure where the stamp came fom...oops

added a few buttons, a bow, a bit of enamel accents, and some doodling (boy have I missed doodling!)

and thats it...

Hope you likey?

we ae sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp, and thees a MASSIVE $25 up for grabs...

what are you waiting for?...

Thanks for visiting me!! be sure to come back soon... I hope to have some more crafty offerings to show you, AND I have some EXCITING news!!!

Paula

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I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake weekly - Anything goes

Birthday sundaes - Birthday card

Simply Sassy Blog Hop winner...

The lucky winner of the gorgeous 'Tiffany' from the Simply Sassy blog hop is...

Dominique

Congrats!!

please contact me with your address...

Paula

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Simply Sassy Blog hop!!

Hiya... Great to see you!!

I'm SO EXCITED to be posting this today!

Its my first Simply Sassy Blog hop, and let me tell you... these new images are AMAZING!!

You've been seeing sneek peeks over on the Simply Sassy blog this week, but you havent seen all of the images yet....

and today I'm showing you, your very first glance at 'Tiffany'

 And I'll also be giving her away to one Lucky winner courtesy of Funky Kits... (More about that later)

If you didn't start at the The Simply Sassy blog... head back there to start the hop...

If you've been there already, then FAB... you are in the right place!

And now...... The gorgeous Tiffany!

I've coloured her with promarkers... and added her some Kraft 'wings' (Stamped with the large butterfly from the Greeting Fram Spotlight set)

The papers are allsorts... Prima, Basic Grey, Echo Park...

The sentiment stamp is from Whimsy Stamps... (Its actually a postage stamp, but I just stamped the text)

I used a stempelglede grunge scroll to ad a flourish at the top...

The large heart is cut from Basic Grey paper, and glazed with crackle glaze...

I've created the 'grass' with swirls from a hot chocolate stamp...

The mesh is from an old top

The metal 'wish' is a charm with the loop cut off...

a few heart buttons and doodling, and thats it....

The next stop on the hop is.....

Kathrin

But before you go... be sure to leave me a comment if you'd like to WIN 'TIFFANY'

I'll pick ONE lucky commentor, who will win the stamp I've used....

You have until Monday 19th Noon (GMT) to leave a comment, and I will announce the winner the following day!

Good Luck!!

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Sketch Saturday #172 Hello you!

Good Afternoon all...

Yeah...I'm late again! You'd be worried if I wasn't ;)

Its Sketch Saturday time again...and Jo's come up trumps with another FAB sketch! 

I'll be honest, I was dreading this sketch... not sure why...

I'm starting to wonder if I have a problem with symmetry...  (perhaps cos I'm a bit odd! ;))

anyways... in the end I didn't struggle as much as I thought I would... and I quite like the outcome...

Apologies for the rubbish photos, I made this card quite late yesterday... an there was NO light at all!

anyway... 

The gorgeous stamp is one of my favourites from The Greeting Farm... Dahlia

I've coloured her with promarkers...

The papers are Echo Park Summer Days and Happy ays Available from Crafty Emmas Store...

The Brackets are a stamp from The Greeting Farm Spotlight set... You can get this fro a fab price at the mo from Quixotic Paperie

The 'hello' sentiment is made using individual letters from a mix of different stamps... some stamped directly onto the card, and some raised with foam pads on white card.

The 'You' is part of a sentiment from the greeting farm spotlight set...

To finish I've added some clouds cut from an Echo Park paper, and some doodled 'stems' with heart button 'flowers'

Thats about it...

Thanks for visiting today!!

Paula 

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Here for you...

Hiya peoples...

Sorry I'm not posting much at the moment... 

As well as trying to get the house back in to 'some sort' of order after the summer holidays... and lots of 'behind the scenes' crafting, I'm also a bit preoccupied with family stuff and my MOJO has taken a bit of a beating...

I'm sure I'll be back to normal soon... 

anyhoo... I do have something to share with you today....

Yesterday was my turn to share some inspiration on the Simply Sassy blog... but I was having trouble with blogger, and didn't manage to post on here... 

so, a day late...here's a card featuring the SOOOO gorgeous Luv a Latte from Sugar Nellie...

I've coloured her with promarkers and pencils...

The papers are a mix of MME and Prima...

The tabs at the bottom are just circles punched from Kraft, cut in half ...

I've stamped a teeny heart onto each one for a bit of interest... the stamp is from an old elzybells set 

(Thanks Jane)

the little swirls are also from this set... and are actually from a hot chocolate mug... I just stamped the bit I wanted...

The 'here for you' is the text from one of the whimsy stamps postage stamps sentiment set... 

doodling, flowers, ribbon and enamel accents.... and thats it!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges...

Gingersnap Creations... Gal pals

Deep ocean challenges - Hearts

My Time to Craft- Just between Friends

Sentimental Sundays - Thinking of you/Sympathy

Thanks for visiting today!!

Paula

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Good evening!!

I'm a bit late posting this! Sorry SS teamies!!

This week over at Sketch Saturday, its the lovely Lisa's turn to design the sketch for us...

Heres my card using it...

I've used Friday from The Greeting Farm, coloured with promarkers

The purple paper is Echo park, and I've stamped around the edges with a stempelglede grunge scroll stamp.

The music note paper I found in my stash...

The 'party' benner is all hand cut from scraps off MME papers and Kraft.

A strip of Kraft at the bottom, some doodling and enamel accents, and thats about it...

 this week we are sponsored by Lisa's own store The Crafts Meow

and theres a fab prize up for grabs...

pop over and check it out...

Thanks for stopping by...

Paula xxx

Happy Hugs...

Good Evening all... 

Its been a few days since I posted hasn't it??

Did you notice!?!

We went away for the bank holiday, and got back late Wednesday night... Yesterday I was exhausted, and I've spent today catching up...

I didnt realise that I hadn't scheduled a post on here for Wednesday when it was my turn to post on the Simply Sassy blog... oops!

Heres the card I made using the adorable My Friend Kitty...

 I've coloured her with Promarkers and pencils...

The papers are a mix of different MME and kraft

I added a rolled Kraft flower at the bottom with a button centre

The die cut letters are from a crate paper kit... 

The clouds are hand doodled and cut

and the ric rac and heart buttons are from my stash...

I've followed the fab sketch at Fussy and Fancy

and I'd also like to enter my card in the following challenges...

I love Promarkers - anything goes

Simon says - anything goes

Passion for Promarkers - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by today!

I'll be back tomorrow with my sketch Saturday card...

Paula 

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