One in a minion

I'm here today to share my DT inspiration for Alicia Bel this week and I chose Minion Girl...

I actually made this for my niece - she loves Despicable Me almost as much as me!  Alicia's take on it is so cool - I love her little outfit  with a touch of sexy!  I used Doodlebug polka dot paper, a Paper Smooches border die and Memory Box and My Favorite Things alpha dies.

You can see more gorgeous inspiration over at the blog here.  That is it from me today - see you again soon!

Yappy birthday

No, it's not a spelling mistake, but a cute sentiment from the SugarPea Designs Hot Diggity Dog stamp set that I made for my DT make for this month's Sweet2Repeat where our SugarPea Designers have put together new projects that will inspire you with even more creative possibilities featuring the newest SugarPea Designs stamp sets and SugarCut dies!

Ooops, I just saw from the photo that I didn't cut that stripy paper straight!  Oh well, I'm not tearing it apart to fix it!  I used Echo Park papers and stamped that cute sentiment onto a die cut from the SugarCuts Layered Treat Label set.

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Just sharing a birthday card I made for a male friend at work.

Cool stamps, huh?  I used this month's free Sweet Incentive stamp set if you spend over $60 in the store called Hastag Hipster.  I also used the smile stamp from the Wanderlust set to create the background and added a bit of interest using the Build-A-Background Basics border stamp.

There's a new SugarSketch challenge - check out the blog to see how you can join in for a chance to win a Gift Certificate to the store.  I'm off now but I'll be back soon-ish!

Hope your birthday's picture perfect

Hi all.  I'm sorry I haven't been around for a while nor even visiting you, but we had a personal tragedy which has left us reeling somewhat.  I'll do a separate post on that as I didn't want to make this post a downer!  I managed to make a card last night to distract myself and came up with this using some of the new SugarPea Designs goodies...

I love this stamp set called Picture Perfect - she is a beautiful gal!  I also used the SugarCuts Polaroid dies and added the smile stamp from the Wanderlust stamp set.

There's also an offer going on over at the store today - free postage for you lucky USA guys!

Thank you too all of my visitors, especially my regular ones.  I promise I will be back soon!

Nothing's better than special delivery

Well, of course there's chocolate and champagne but getting a handmade card through the post feels really good too!  I made this card using some gorgeous SugarPea Designs goodies...

I this this set is great for guys - cute but not too cute!  I used the Happy Mail stamp set and the paper planes are from the Special Delivery set, cut with the die from the Special Delivery Accents die set.  I created the frame using two different sizes from my Nesties squares dies.  And do you like the blue and orange background?  I can't tell you about them yet, but consider it an unofficial sneak peek!!

For the background I used one of the borders from this month's freebie stamp set (you can get if you spend more than $60 in the store) called Build-A-Background - Basics.

That's it from me today.  Thank you for visiting and I'll be back later in the week so for now - have a great week!

What a nice surprise!

I had completely forgotten that I had completed a magazine commission last November for Lili of the Valley and it was being published this month so what a nice surprise I had when I saw it on the shop shelf today with one of my cards making the front page!

Yep, that's my girlie card on the front - I am sure Christine will be very proud of me using so much pink!  Here's a peek at the cards I made...

I used papers from the Country Meadow and Snow Princess pads and you can find all of the girl stamps in this section here.  I used my new Polychromos pencils and lots of My Favorite Things dies.

I'm off now to do all of my post holiday ironing and later going for a family dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll be back on Tuesday with my SugarPea Designs DT post.  Ta ta!

Birthday girl

The inspiration for the team over at La-La Land Crafts blog this week was a photo and here is my DT take on it...

La-La Land Crafts goodies used:

Paper Doll Marci - Birthday

Flag Banner Die

Stitched Scallops Border Die

Copics used:

Face: E000, E00, E21, R20

Hair: EE13, E17, E18

Outfit: C03, C05, C07, C09, B0000, B02, B04, E70, E77, E79

As you can see, I got my inspiration from the colours - my card certainly didn't turn out as moody as the photograph!  The papers are by Doodlebug and I created the bunting by using a very sharp craft knife against a ruler.  I actually did this quite by accident when I was trimming the edge of the sentiment!  Waste not, want not, as they say.

Check out the rest of the DT creations over at the blog here and I will be back later with my Alicia Bel DT post - see you then!

Wish I was an elf

A couple of my all time favourite books are the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings so you can imagine how thrilled I've been that they've been made into films.  Normally books don't translate well into film but I think that Peter Jackson has done a fantastic job.

But anyway, I waffle.  I'm actually here today to share my DT inspiration for Alicia Bel this week and I chose Elfa Del Bosque which translates to Forest Elf...

So now you can see why I was going on about Tolkien books!  So I created a window and used a (discontinued) Stampin' Up embossing folder and a Memory Box leaf die to create this.  The sentiment is from the SugarPea Designs Pure Magic stamp set.  Not much else to say about it - pretty simple!

Check out the rest of the design team's inspirational projects over at the blog here.  Thanks for visiting me - I'll see you later on my blog rounds.  Ta ta!

Lili of the Valley new release blog hop!

The Lili of the Valley design team are having a blog hop today to show off the new release that will be available from the webite from 31 January.  There are four new rubber stamps and some clear ones too.  I used another adorable bear from the Happy Bear clear stamp sheet for my DT make...

The papers are... guess what... yep, Party Animals by Nitwit Collections and again I used my old Woodware punch for the little stars.

I forgot to mention that I've been colouring in these cuties with my new Polychromos pencils.  Steve bought me the whole 120 set for Christmas - what a lucky girl I am!  Personally, I prefer them to my Prismas as the lead is harder and easier for me to be lighter with them.  I still love my Prismas though so they won't be relegated to the bin!

Back to the hop!  One lucky hopper will win a full set of the new release!  The winner will be announced this Friday.  Here is the hop list...

Andrea

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Lou

Mary J (me!)

Mindy

Okay, I'll be back on Friday with my La-La Land Crafts and Alicia Bel DT posts.  Enjoy your week until then!