One Powerful Hour - Love ****

One Powerful Hour this week has the theme ---- Love or Love ---- you fill in the blanks yourself. I have made an ATC with the title Love Hurts ....

Wednesday Stamper - Use Hearts in a Different Way

Wednesday Stamper this week has a theme of using hearts in a different way..on my little ATC I have used a tiny Anita's heart stamp to make my pussy cats sexy dress .....plus I used a caterpillar stamp for her fur collar ...I loved this fun theme ....

MMM - Romance

Mixed Media Monday has the theme Romance, and I thought this ATC i made just fits the bill - it's been softened with beeswax to make it more antique looking, the image is Crafty Individuals, the key is Scrabbook Basics and a Chinese coin..the backghround stamp is Hero Arts.

The red ATC is stamped with stamps from Inkadinkadoo and another image by Crafty Individuals, this one is also softened with Beeswax.

TMTA - You've got Mail

Think Monday Think ATC this week has the theme You've got Mail. Here is my ATC. I used a Rubber Stampede word stamp, have no idea who made the scrap of material stamp, sorry, and a Scrapbook Basics metal corner. I also used a used postage stamp from my stash which is ready to go off to a good cause...

SoArtful challenge

I was looking through Kristen's lovely blog - see my link on the left, and I thought I would try for this challenge, simply because I love unicorns .....it's been digitally altered by a very basic, simple programme (has to be or I couldn't use it!!) I put a sort of crown on his head, and added wings ..and a few gold spots.
Please go along to SoArtful and support this new challenge blog - I think it would be specially good for digital computer buffs ...

Pink Saturday

Good Morning everyone, welcome to another Pink Saturday post. This week, I have found a lovely quote by Audrey Hepburn, which was actually read out at her funeral - the words are wonderful, hope you agree. My photo's aren't pink today, but they signify the weather


The words of Audrey Hepburn.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
we are having, and are still cute babies...
to see real pink things, and some lovely posts go along to Beverley's blog at

How Sweet the Sound
Happy Pink Saturday ev eryone.

TGIF Masked Ball

For once I haven't stamped this image - it's part of a big photo I have had for ages - one of those images you keep just because ........ I have manipulated it a little, but not too much......just the colours and background ...
Please pop over to TGIF where the very talented Sue has given us a gorgeous Masked Ball to inspire us all..

Challenge ATC's

I made these two ATC's for the sheer joy of crafting, and decided, although it's a bit late - to put them in two challenges -- Ice Blue Indian for TMTA and the Beeswax Valentine, which I had enormous fun making, for the Arty Girls challenge, which was just to make an ATC. The lady on the red ATC is a Crafty Individuals image and the Indian was a Joanna Sheen image - the metal tag saying is from Senti-Metals.
Find Artygirlz here.

Cards ..

I made these cards for friend's birthdays, one is horse mad and the other loves oriental stuff - so I used a Laura Ashley stamp for both backgrounds, stippling them both with a hard bristle brush and backing the Hero Arts butterfly collage with a cuttlebug embossed piece of toning card. I also painted the butterfly with Twinkling H20's and finished it off with a tiny, hand tied bow. The horse is a Joanna Sheen image from one of her cd's. I printed the sheet of toppers off on photo paper - it's come up quite well..

Another Award WooHoooo !!!

Hope this month is the start of a brilliant year for me and mine, and you and yours too, whoever is reading this little post. I have been given another lovely award by my SBS sister Stevie over at ..Create with Stevie..

I have to nominate at least 7 others, and unlike my previous award, which had no 'must do's ' and where I was lazy and awarded it to everyone simply because I love everyone, this time I have thought long and hard about it, as is normal in this life, you can't choose everyone, so here goes for my 7 nominees ....

1.Lynn
2.Judy
3.Kirsten
4.Ginger
5.Kristen
6.Sandie R
7.Sue

New Award

My friend Sue has awarded me this lovely cup - no notes, or instructions or lists to go with it, so it must be a 'No strings attached' award - I like those ones - I normally end up leaving someone out who I wanted to include - so, like my SBS sister Christina, I will just say to everyone who visits my blog, take this award with my love and blessings ...

Pink Saturday

Today's little treasure is shared with the blessings of her Nanna Kristen, her name is Peyton, -- look at those tresses, such a beautiful colour!!
and a perfect pink post for Pink Saturday, over at How Sweet the Sound go and visit Beverley and see all the other lovely pink things. I also wanted to share with you some home truths that a friend of mine emailed to me, asome of these are so true and since my posts mostly consist of beautiful little girls dressed in pink, I thought these sayings were just perfect!

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:


1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.


2) When your mom is mad at your dad, don't let her brush your hair.


3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person


4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.


5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.


6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.


7) Never hold a dust-buster and a cat at the same time.


8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.


9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.


10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

Happy Pink Saturday everyone xx

Forever..

The stamp I used for this card is a huge Elusive Images stamp, which I stamped twice and cut out the lovers from the second image. This is for an engagement card with a difference, and was coloured with watercolour pencils ..

Magic Moments

For some reason, the background hasn't shown up on the scan - it's like a cross hatched pattern in pale blue - which is a shame because it sets the whole thing off.
These two cheeky chappies are painted with Twinkling H20's

Pink Saturday

I haven't had time to do any blogging for a couple of weeks now, so I must apologise to all who visit me. Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound is hosting Pink Saturday again so you must all visit the lovely pink things on so many lovely people's blogs ......my post this week is another pink little girl. I think her eyes captivated me underneath that little bonnet... I have had a hectic time over Christmas and New Year, but now, everything is back to normal again and I am starting to feel hyper again -- need to get back to making cards and challenges. I have a lot of cards ready to go over to Spain for a friend's animal charity, and here, in UK, we have several charities for children with cancer, Hope House and Claire House to name two of them - so next I will start making a bunch of cards to donate to them, I normally do around 20 for each charity shop ......busy, busy, busy - back to normal. Happy Pink Saturday everyone.