Pretty spring Tilda in Coffee and Cream!!

Hi everyone!! hope you have all had a lovely weekend!!

The weather here in Dundee Is truly spring-like today!!! and as I type at 5.54pm it's still not quite dark!!!! and the clocks go forward 4 wks today!!! Yaaay!! me like spring!!!

So onto todays offering to the land of blog!!

After my recent good fortune of landing a place on the wonderful basicgrey challenge team, and a guest spot over at  Kenny k's Krafty girls, I thought I would throw my hat into the ring for the Simon says stamp DT!!!! This week they have a fab challenge and a  DT call!! So as they say nothing ventured and all that!!!

Yes it is another easel card!!! Lol!! I just think they  are so simple yet effective!!! 

            



A Closer look at the front    

I really enjoyed this colour scheme and think I will def. use it again!!

I coloured this sweet Tilda with my copics, her skin, E0000, 000, 00, R00 and R20 and her clothes in  E70,71,74,77,40,41 and 43 the bunny is warm grey. The background card is Kraft and the DP is DCWV luxury stack. the swirls are magnolia do-hicky's with pearls and a LOTV sentiment! Ribbon from stash!
The challenges I would like to enter this card into are:
Simon says stamp - Coffee and Cream
Stampin' for the weekend - monochrome

Thankyou soo much for visiting today!!!

Hugs

Jacqui P xx

  

YEAH BABY!!!!!

Happy Saturday All!!!

A really fun little card to share today!

Yeah Baby!!!!  Don't Ya just love her!!! she's called Bling baby and is from Kenny K and can be found here

Over at Kenny K's this week the challenge was the leter R! As soon as I saw it this little minx came to my mind along with the word RETRO!! I thought I was very clever till I saw that the lovely Heidi had had the same brilliant idea!!!Lol as i'm sure did plenty of others!! nevermind I really enjoyed this!!

I have coloured her in with my copics, the DP is DCWV- teenage stack (an oldie!!)I glittered up some card candy and the flower is Prima!! the sentiment I just printed from "word"

So the challenges I would like to enter are:

Kenny K - letter "R" Retro

colour create -fruit colours - strawberry, orange and coconut!

Thankyou soo much for looking in!!

Hugs

Jacqui P x



Tilda with butterfly dress

Hello All! I hope you are all well!

Just a quickie from me today as lurgy is still rampant in this house!!

Is it just me or is each release from magnolia getting cuter and cuter?

I got my spring club kit yesterday!! (very early??? or am I going mad??) Too cute!! but there doesn't seem to be as much as usual in it!, no edwin at all!! Anyway I was really pleased at how this easel card turned out! still find it really difficult to take pictures of easel cards!!

Heres a better pic of main image!

I have coloured images with my copics, the DP is papermania, not quite sure of name, sorry! the flowers are wild orchid, the butterflies are magnolia do-hickys, which I have decorated with some crystals. the lovely satin edged organza is from ribbon oasis!

The challenges I would like to enter are:

Just magnolia - love you _ for my sister

Totally Tilda -how does you garden grow

A spoonful of sugar - Birthday

Take care everyone! thanks for looking in!

Hugs

Jacqui P xx



Basic grey challenge - A Sketch by Heather

Hi All,  Happy Saturday!!!

Well it's finally arrived!!! my first post with the amazing basicgrey Team!!!!

I am truly honoured that they have allowed little old me to help show this amazing collection off to the blogging universe!! This week we have a terrific sketch by Heather and what a fab sketch it was to work with!! I really enjoyed it and I'm sure I will be using it many times!!

Yes it's another Elisabeth Bell!! I recently managed to find some of Sugar Nellies discontinued Elisabeth bell stamps on E-bay!! how happy was I !!!! I have wanted this little lass for a wee while now!! She is certainly cute!!

The Basicgrey papers I have used are the lovely Kioshi! I love the spring feel in the lavenders and greens!! Although it doesn't feel very springlike as I type this post it sounds as if the roof is coming off!!!

I have coloured this little Lass with my trusty copics! the seam binding is from wildorchid crafts and the flowers are prima! Why not pop over to the basicgrey challenge blog here and check out all the wonderful inspiring creations by the design team!! and don't forget there are some Fabby prizes up for grabs!! this fortnights prize is from the ever generous simon says stamp!
thanks for sharing my exciting news!!!
Hugs
Jacqui P xx



Kims in Awe!!!! more Elizabeth bell!!

Told you I was obsessed with Elizabeth Bell at the Mo!!

This little cutie is from the newest release from SCAD! Isn't she adorable!!

I have done this card in a distressed style, I wasn't sure about the inking around the edge but it seems to have come together ok! I have coloured her with my copics, the distress ink is brushed cordroy, the lovely DP is Prima. I used crystals from wild orchid to follow the swirl on the paper and create a trail behind the magnolia do-hickey butterfly! the sentiment is lili of the valley.

The challenges I would like to enter this card into is:

Sketch Saturday - A sketch

Sweet stamping challenge - love bug - have a bug (butterflies) on card

Papertake weekly - putting on the glitz.

Well thats all from me today thankyou sooo much for popping by!!!

Hugs

Jacqui P x

beautiful "Wee" digi stamps!!

Oh my goodness have you seen these adorable new digi stamps!!!

This is wee Susie!!!  she and her other wee friends are the creations of Sylvia Zet. her range are called Wee Stamps! after the fact that she lives in, and loves  Edinburgh!! who wouldn't!! It's almost as nice as Dundee!!!!! ROFL!!!! Hey who said Dundee isn't cultered!?!?! I love it here!!! Although I have left my heart in Cardiff!!! I'm a  good Taff!!!! Anyway I digress!! If you think this cutie is fab she can be yours for free!!! just pop a quick post on your blog and leave a comment at Sylvias blog!

Have a great night all!!

Hugs and stuff

Jacqui P xx



Beary big hugs!!!!

Hi All!!! Happy Saturday!! hope you're all having a lovely weekend so far!!

Spring seems to be in the air here in Dundee today!!

Has anyone noticed that their taste seems to go in cycles!!

At the moment I am totally obssessed with Elizabeth bell stamps!! and Basicgrey off course Lol!!!

I fell in love with this little Lass! she reminds me of Logan when he was little! he loved his bear!! (actually a stuffed dog called Tony!?! don't ask me where the name tony came from!?) just don't tell him I told you!!!

He's a strapping 13yr old now and of course never had a teddy!!!!!! Hmmmmm....

Well of course she is coloured with my trusty copics! the DP is basic grey Blush I coloured around the edge of the image, sentiment and heart  with Distress inks - tattered rose and spun sugar . the heart is cut out using the new marianne d  hearts die the flowers are wild orchid.

The challenges I would like to enter this card into are:

Totally gorjuss -  Love

A spoon full of sugar - lets see some love

Colour create - chocolate, strawberries and cream

Friday sketchers - Ascetch

Papertake weekly - have a heart

Cute card thursday - hearts and flowers

Phew that the most I've entered in one shot!!!!

Thanks soo much for popping by today!! and for all the kind comments I have recieved regarding my new design team status!!  Don't forget to pop by and visit me and my talented teamies over  at http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/ !! you still have nearly a week to enter the current challenge which is "all heart" the girls have made some Fab samples for you to Drool over!!! I will be offically joining from the next challeng, which is ....ah ha!!! wait and see!!!!!

Hugs

Jacqui P x

Sweet Valentine Tilda! and BIG news!!!!!

Sssshhh! I've got a secret!!!!

I can't wait to tell you!!

Weeeeellll..... OK

If you insist!!!!

I'll just tell  you  ok?!!

 I've been chosen to be on the Basicgrey Design Team!!!

Wooooooo Hoooooo!!!!!

It's my first ever design team!! Thanks for having me girls!!!

Look out world here I come!!

Well onto todays card!!

I thought for a change I would try leaving a lot of white on this sweet Tilda!! I think sometimes it's a little bit scary leaving white bits!! I have done a wee bit of shading with my cool grays, I was quite pleased with the way she turned out! Not soo sure about the rest..... oops!!! Tilda has been coloured using my copics as usual, mounted onto heidi grace DP with some prima flowers, the double bow has been done using the bow easy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Totally Gorjuss - sketch

Sweet stampin' - spring flowers

stamptacular - hearts gone wild

Thanks for popping by! and sharing my fab news!!

Hugs and XXXX

Jacqui P x

I'm not a troublemaker!!!

Hi diddlly Ho peeps!!!

Hope you're all having  fabby Sat!!

 Has anyone ever had this problem?? My Mojo is alive and well, but everything I try to do turns to BLAH!!!!! everything I colour goes out of the lines! or bleeds! I even glued the wrong side of an image!?!?!?! I glued the pic not the back!?!?! it's soooo frustrating!! think I will have to go back to bed!!Lol

Today I have coloured one of my all time fav images!!!( 3rd time lucky!!!)

 She's called troublemaker and can be found here as a digi, or through whimsy stamps if you're  into Rubber!!! Hmmmmmm!!! Lol!! I have coloured her in my all time fav colour combo, pink and brown, with my copics, she is mounted onto SEI Cholotat DP the sentiment is a digi from Whimsy!! how cool!!and the heart you can just see poking  out of the corner is marianne D.

The challenges I would like to enter with this card are:

Kenny K's Krafty girls -  My favourite things - troublemaker and colour combo!

cute card Thursday - banish the blues!

well thanks for looking in today!!

Hugs

Jacqui P x

valentines Tilda

Hi All!!

Today I have made a Valentines card

 A little more grungy than my normal cards, but this style is really growing on me!!!

I have coloured Tilda with my usual copics, the chipboard heart I coloured with my copics and then used crackle accents, the DP is MME and the sentiment is cuddly Buddly!

the challenges I would like to enter this card into are:

• Totally Tilda - Tilda with Hearts
•  paper Sundaes - Valentine

Thankyou for popping by today!!

Hugs

Jacqui P x