Sofia Wishes

Hiya Peeps,

Hope your all enjoying the bank holiday weekend, can't believe it's coming to an end and I have to go back to work tomorrow......grrrrr and that means the diet starts again, definitely a grrrrrrr.

It's that time again, can't believe how quickly the monthly challenge at BunnyZoe comes around.  The theme this month chosen by Dorcas is "Ribbon or Twine", I happened to have used both but you can use either and as usual will run until the second Monday in May so you have plenty of time to enter.

The image is one of Stampavie's Sarah Kay stamps, Sofia Wishes, oh my goodness I absolutely love Sarah Kay stamps, so very beautiful and, guess what........ I've coloured her with distress inks.... I know another medium.  Some say you should stick to one but wouldn't that be boring, lol.  I was lucky enough to win $100 at 7 Kids College recently so I topped up on some distress reinkers and have put them to good use.  I hope you like her, I did her face a little too dark but as it was the last part of the image I coloured I wasn't going to start again. You learn don't you.

Here's the little lady, isn't she gorgeous. I have also used the new Marianne Design Guirlande to the right of the image and yesterday on my wishing well, isn't it lovely.

And a side view..........

I made the outer leaves on the pink rose by die cutting some Aida and added a little distress ink to give it a little colour.  Quite pleased with the result.

Materials Used:-

Stamp - Sofia Wishes

Marianne Design Flower Ribbon - Blue Jeans Small (FR1110)

New Marianne Design Guirlande CR1216

Marianne Designs Vintage lace pack off white (JU0823)

Magnolia Doohickey Heart Swirl

Kaisercraft Blue Flower

Papers - Pixie Glen and Glitz French Kiss

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Victorian Velvet

Don't forget I have new Candy HERE.

 I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Let's ink it up - Distressing
One stop craft - Pastel and Die Cuts
The Squirrel and the fox - Things with Wings
That craft place - spring
The crafty pad - Dies

Make a Wish

Morning Peeps, hope your all having a fab weekend.

I'm a tad late in posting this morning as I have been out walking Ollie in the National Trust park with a friend I have made at the Puppy training school, Jane, and her puppy Milly.  Both Ollie and Milly are smitten with each other since meeting and every week it's a race  to get to each other, not good when your trying to get Ollie to heel all the way to the door cos as soon as he clops eyes on Milly all training goes out the window.  They have been bounding around the park for 2 hours and Ollie is now black, not white and in need of a bath but he's clapsed in a heap, lol.

Today is my turn to post on the NEW Make It Crafty Inspiration Blog, yep NEW.  The team have split into two some remaining on the challenge blog and others going to the inspirational store blog.  Pop on over and follow us as there's going to be loads of inspiration and tutorials too and having seen the line up I'm sure you guys will pick up a few hints and tips along the way. 

So where was I, oh yeah, I have used the Make It Crafty Wishing Well kit.  The instructions were easy to follow and the results, well hopefully you can tell for yourself.....

 

I painted the wishing well with a grey acrylic, well I didn't actually have grey so I mixed some white paint with a touch of black.  I then added some snowtex to give the feel that my wishing well has been around a while and had something growing on it, white mould, I did think of painting it green but I kinda like the white and I like to be different.

I have used Fairy Poinsetta Rubber Stamp and coloured her with a combination of copics and polychromos.

Here's a side view. I used the magnolia doohickey for the grass and Marianne Designs Elegance LR0157 and Forest Branch LR0150 for the leaves.  Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I created the base by using the hardback section of an A4 pad and cut out the shape using my Go Kreate die and then painted it with acrylic green paint.

I have trailed the Marianne D Craftables - Guirlande (CR1216), (which incidentally is on sale over at BunnyZoe's, just click on product I have linked it to go straight there), over the roof and added some more flowers.  The large butterfly is my new addition to my stash, a memory box die, and the little dragonfly is a Make It Crafy Mini Dragonfly  Chippie coloured with polychromos.

Here's a view from the other side. You can see the little handle from this side and the filagree detail.  Gosh that Zoe is a genius!

And to save you scrolling back up to the top, here's another look and I cranked up the handle, yes it actually works too, so the little bucket came up a bit higher so you can get a better view and just see all the tiny little details that went into that bucket.

I hope I have inspired you to give this fabulous Wishing Well a go, I promise you won't be disappointed.


Oh and by the way word verification keeps turning itself on, if you see it  on just let me know so I can go back in and turn it off.  Thanks.

Enjoy Easter Sunday everyone.

Don't forget my Candy HERE.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Catch the bug - April Anything Goes
Colour Me Creative - Spring pretties
Crafty Emma - Swirls and Pearls
Totally papercrafts - Bingo (flowers, diecuts, blue)
Wags n Whiskers - Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Favourite tool (Big Shot Pro)
I brake for challenges - Anything but a card
Just keep on crafting - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts - Flowers and Butterflies
Oozak - Anything Goes

Loves Me Loves Me Not

Happy Easter,

What you all up to? Hopefully I'm getting some rest time today, well after I've done the housework, grrrrr.  I've had a couple of days off work and I think it' s been harder at home than at work, lol.  I had a list of jobs to do, don't we all.  Today was to sort out all the post.  Now I have to confess that working in an office all day long the last thing I want to do when I come home is to sort out post and filing, but I'm ashamed to say that I had 4 carrier bags full, ooops!   Oh my god did I just say that, lol.  I know that most of it is for the bin but I can't throw it without sorting it, plus I'm a hoarder of receipts so one bag was all receipts, as you just never know....... Anyway, my feet are killing and my back aches as I was standing for hours putting papers in piles for filing, ripping up and making a shredding pile, although having Ollie close by is my own little shredder, lol.

I did also spend a couple of hours sorting in my craft room yet again.  I needed more storage and probably could do with just a tad more, it looked like a teenagers room with drawers overflowing everywhere, but its all sorted again now. Let's hope I keep it tidier this time.

I want to share with you a card I made using one of the new Artists at Crafts and Me, Dollie James.  The image is called "Loves Me Loves Me Not".

This is my attempt at clean and simple again and also coloured with polychromo pencils.  Still more practice needed but I think I like the overall result, I even like the simple look, or do I. Actually it looks alot better in reality.  Perhaps I need classes in photograhy.

I'll be back later today with some more candy peeps, picture is taken, just got to get my bum in gear.

10% off at BunnyZoe this weekend

Winners

Hi Peeps,

Sorry I'm a tad late with the winners and I've gone over 1,000 followers, whoo hooo, so I hoped to add a picture of some more candy tonight, which I took and then realised I had left one item out and so will have to do again.  Grrrrrr. So before I announce the winners I would like to say thank you to everyone who entered and to everyone that follows me and perhaps didn't enter the candy. I'm sorry I don't have something to give to each and everyone one of you, but I promise to be back tomorrow hopefully with some new candy which I want to spread out to a few winners, so don't forget to pop back.

Firstly, the winner of the pack of 25 6 3/4 Boxes.  I didn't realise when I added my anniversary candy that I couldn't run with two Mr Linky's at the same time, so I let this one run a little longer and included all the commenters, I just forgot to tell you that's what I was doing, so sorry.

So without further ado, the winner is......drum roll......

Brittany

And the winner of the fabulous Anniversary candy is.......drum roll........

Amanda

Congratulations girls. Please contact me on crafteezee@gmail.com to claim your prizes.  If I haven't heard from you by Monday 9th April, I will do a redraw.

Anniversary Candy

Hi Peeps,

It was my second anniversary last month, can ya believe it, so I am a little late with this candy mainly because I was collecting it and just didn't get round to photographing it.

O.K. so here it is.......

So this is what you will get:-

Make It Crafty Ivy Swing Rubber Stamp

Make It Crafty Witchie Wanda Rubber Stamp

Make It Crafty Slime House Rubber Stamp

Make It Crafty Peaches of Plenty Rubber Stamp

Crafts and Me Zindy Nielsen Believe Rubber Stamp

Crafts and Me Zindy Nielsen Catching Snow

Kay & Co Ancestory Grand Adhesions

Doilies

3 Packs of my favourite Make It Crafty Chipboard

Craftwork Cards Candy

2 Beautiful Butterflies from Thailand (one has turned over in the picture but its just like the green one but pink)

Selection of flowers

AND..........................

4 Digital Stamps from Crafts and Me & 1 Pack of Digital 6 x 6 Papers


For any followers on Wordpress I have added the new Linky as I believe you won't be able to follow me on the blogger one, so please remember to pop yourself in it :(

Here's what you need to do:-

1. Become a follower, but only because you like my work NOT for the candy

2. Post a picture of the candy on your side bar and link back to this post

3. Post a picture of my Envelope Boxes and 6 3/4 square boxes on your sidebar also and link to HERE

(HTML code for the picture below is on my sidebar.  DO NOT right click and save to your computer as it will be still picture that you will be taking, not the flashing picture)

4. Add your name in Mr Linky Below

Candy will remain open until 2nd April, that's it, nice and easy.

Picked Sweet

Hi Copic Friends,

I have really enjoyed making my card for you today.  I fell in love with this image "Picked Sweet" by Whimsy Stamps, such a beautiful sweet image and so versatile.

The gorgeous purple paper is by Magnolia and I have paired it up with a floral pink paper by Glitz.

Of course I have coloured her with copics but added a little cool grey 90% prisma pencil to add some depth to the shading.  I added some perfect pearls in small clusters around the image and some acrylic white paint and snowtex around the edges of my sewn panels.

Below is a photo of the copics I have used:-

Other Materials used:-

Image "Picked Sweet" by Elisabeth Belle availabe through Whimsy Stamps

Papers by Magnolia and Glitz stiched by sewing machine

Fabric Flowers by Prima

Marianne Designs Forest Branch

Butterfly Die by Memory Box

Watering Can charm

Lace, Seam Binding and Twine

Carnation Flower by Wild Orchid Crafts

I look forward to reading your comments and hope I have inspired you today.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
OOZAK - Anything Goes
Belles & Whistles - Butterflies
Wild Orchid Crafts - Things with wings