I'm back :D

Wow I can't believe it has been 2 years since I last crafted properly! I am so rusty its untrue but I am excited to hopefully get back into it all again now :D
I hope you have all been well and are enjoying the summer holidays. I couldn't resist this little Mo Manning cutie. So had to colour him up. You can get him as a digi form from HERE or as a clear stamp from the penny black Fairy sweet stamp set. I coloured him with the following pro markers:

Skin: Vanilla, Ivory and pastel pink

Hair: Umber, Khaki and Almond

Ladybird: Gold, canary and primrose

Nappy: Pine, green and pastel green

Wings: Soft aqua

I also added some star dust stickles and mint green liquid pearls. The paper is an old one I have so many papers and am making it my new mission to try and use what I have got before I get anymore........that may not last that long but I'm going to try :)

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

7 kids challenge - Anything goes

Crafters Cafe - The great outdoors

Fab 'n' funky - Things with wings

Inspiration destination - Anything goes

Mos digital challenge - Anything goes

Stamp something for Marinanne D

This month at MDD we are making it super simple as STAMP SOMETHING

You can stamp whatever you want there are loads of Marianne D stamps out there and we would love to see you using them if you have them so show us what you can do.

We have great prizes up for grabs again..

The first sponsor is Cuddly Buddly
with this amazing prize :D

This is the first month that the the wonderful new DT members are joining us so please drop by their blogs and leave them some love :D

For my card I have used Eline's Huis Clear Stamps Let it Snow EC0133 and Eline's Huis Clear Stamps Jingle Bells EC0132 from Marianne D. I have stamped the main snowflake in versa mark then masked it and stamped over it with the music note stamp. To add even more layers to my stamping I have stamped more snowflakes round the edge. Then I used PanPastel starting with ultramarine blue tint to go over everything then the darker ultramarine blue to go around the egde and pick out the main snowflake. Next I added some gems and Star dust stickles to the middle snowflake so it shines. Finished it off by framing everything with liquid pearls in baby blue and opal white.

Going digital at Crafts and Me

It has been way, way too long since I played with the beautiful digi stamps that are in stock at Crafts and Me so I thought I would change that and join in with the new challenge this week that is to use a digi  :D

This beautiful lady is called Kissy fish. She has been coloured with the following Spectrum noirs:

Skin: TN2, EB1, FS6

Hair: BP6, BP3, BP2

Clothes: TB6, BT7, IB3, TB1

Flowers: BT6, GT3, GB1

Fish: JG7, CG4

I have then also added some Diamond stickles for a bit of sparkle. The tape down the side is from 2 of the new Marianne D sets ( Flowers and Music) and just to finish I have added 3 little pearls with some Royal blue liquid pearls. The paper is from Dovecraft's Garden Party set.The whole card is a 5 x 7 card blank.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Go team GB!!

I can not believe how well team GB are doing in the Olympics I hope they can keep it going. My card today is using one of the mini release images from Kenny K's Downloads. This guy was so much fun to colour :D The sentiment is "You light my fire" and I stamped it with alphabet set E from my shop. The image I have coloured with the following pro markers...

Skin: Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory

Hari: Umber, Burnt sienna

Clothes: Putty for shade

Belt and head dress: Holly, Grass

Flame: Lipstick red, Amber, Gold

Torch: Cool grey 5, Ice grey 3, Ice grey 1

Ground: Sandstone

The card blank is a 6 x 6 scalloped edge card from my shop, I have inked all the edges with antique linen distress ink then added some lemon liquid pearls around the scallops. The paper is from papermania's capsule collection and so are the super cute little buttons. I have layer the paper on some DCVW metallic paper. The image it's self I have edged with gold stickles.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

The Squirrel & the Fox - Make it sporty

Craft Your Days Away - Olympic dreams

New goodies in my shop

I am so happy I got some big deliveries today for the store and they are all now in there ready for you to grab if you want them. 

I couldn't resist and have had a bit of a play. Almost everything I have used here is in the shop. I started with a 5x5 card blank I have matted and layered a 13cm x 13cm square of white card on to it. I inked the white card with all 3 of the distress inks in the spring seasonal set I started with the Squeezed Lemonade and mad it go almost to the middle of the card then put on some peacock feather not going quite as far into the centre then finished it off by adding Shaded Lilac around the very edges. Then I stamped the flowers at the bottom and the sentiment in brown ink. They are both from the Silhouette Grasses set. Then I have added some texture with tiny dots of platinum liquid pearl. The butterflies are from Local king rubber stamp and the set is just called Butterflies. I used the squeezed lemonade distress ink again just to give the butterflies a bit of colour and then added some gold stickles so they sparkle. I have used collall all purpose glue to do my matting and layering and I have to say I am so in love with this glue. I use it all the time now I don't think I will ever go back to tape. To attach the butterflies I have used collall silicone glue so they stand away from the card a bit and look more 3D. 

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Crazy Amigo challenge - Free theme

Creative craft challenge - Summer

Everybody art - Summer 

Paper and such - Stitching mine is faux

Papertake - Make your own (I have made the DP)

Make it monday - Always anything goes