Simply Sassy Competition - 2 Entries

Phew, it looks like I'm going to make the deadline of Sugar Nellie's wonderful Simply Sassy competition, where you have the chance to win a place on the Simply Sassy DT AND a Spellbinder Grand Caliber !!  Looked a bit unlikely as the postie only managed to get in to our estate yesterday, thankfully WITH my Simply Sassy (early Christmas pressies) stamps.

Round one of the competition is to create a card using only White on White (WOW), in order to show your colouring technique.  I've really enjoyed this restriction as it appeals to my (normally) clean and simple style.  It's also meant that I've tried a few different colour combos for the actual image.  

Bella Bunting immediately caught my eye and, due to the competition deadline looming, I decided it was best to perfect my colouring of this one image, rather than colouring all 3 of my new characters! 

So, the first has been coloured with Promarkers and layered on to Cuttlebug embossed hearts and rafia lace.  Just a couple of white flowers and a sentiment finish it off.

Hair: Cocoa, Caramel, Sandstone, Satin
Skin: Almond, Pastel Pink, Blush
Outfit: Honeycomb, Saffron, Vanilla
Banner: Leaf Green, Meadow Green

I decided to try blond hair and blue eyes for this attempt and, I'm pleased to say, it worked.  (It's great having eyes that can be coloured - perfect for personalising.)  I used the Tea Green and red colour combo again as I loved in for my Angel Wishes card.  As you can see, all of the edges have been edged with Stardust Stickles and a larger card blank makes it look even more CAS.

Hair: Sandstone, Buttercup, Primrose
Skin: Almond, Blush, Vanilla
Outfit and banner: Tea Green, Duck Egg Blue, Poppy, Burgundy

Well, here it goes, time to publish the post and link to the competition...fingers crossed!

Angel Wishes

I'm really pleased with how this has turned out.  As most of you will know, Sugarnellie is having a wonderful Simply Sassy competition.  It's ok, I haven't lost my marbles, I know this isn't a Simply Sassy image!  It's just that I thought I'd have a practice with using only white, apart from the coloured image.  (Originally, I was planning to get a few Simply Sassy stamps for my Christmas, but I think I'm gonna have to bring that forward to have a go at the competition......and hope that the postie can get it to me before the deadline!)

But, this is Angel Wishes, coloured with Promarkers (list of colours later).  I decided to be brave and use red against the beautiful Tea Green and I'm quite surprised that it worked!  I've also used Cuttlebug Stars and Swiss Dots embossing folders and Sizzix Swirls embossing plate.  All edges and all the punched snowflakes have been covered with Stardust Stickles.

Not sure who this card will be for....might just keep it for myself.......or maybe Lou would like it....?!

Anyway, I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sugar Bowl - Fab Sketch & Snowflakes

Stamp Something - Christmas Colour Combo (I've used contemporary green and traditional red!)

Sew Many - Snowflakes

Totally Papercraft - Christmas punches

Stampavie & More - Snow / Snowflakes

Craft your Days Away - Texture

PROMARKERS:
Hair: Cocoa, Caramel, Sandstone
Skin: Blush, Pastel Pink, Almond
Wings: Sandstone, Satin
Dress:  Tea Green, Duck Egg Blue, Poppy
Dog: Cool Grey 4, Ice Grey 1 and 3

We know that Lou is off school again on Monday and possibly Tuesday, as the council is doing a phased return of the Primary Schools.  Thankfully, we're still on speaking terms with each other and, actually quite enjoying all this extra time in the house!  Just as well!!  Hope you're all ok :0)

Some Awards

Good morning folks, hope you're all coping alright with the weather.  We are on our 5th day off from school and I'm doubtful that the paths and roads will be cleared before Monday, although you never know!  We have approx -9deg and some more snow forecast for today.  Hubby is managing to get to work and back, which is good for us as he can also pop in to Tesco on the way home (not that they've much left, though!)!!

So, with all this time in the house, we've been busy making (and WRITING!!) Christmas cards, but first, I'd like to post some awards I've very kindly been given.

The first, was given to me by Debs and Elaine ahem, at the beginning of November:(  I'm so sorry for taking so long to post it - November seems to have vanished in a rush of activity and chaos, but hopefully a few more snow days will catch us back up!!

The next 2 were from Melly - thanks Hun.

Ok, for all of these, I am to tell you 3 things about myself and pass on to 5 other bloggers.  Mmmmm this is hard!

1. A long time ago, I used to be a Primary school teacher, until I took on an extended summer job (as I was only ever on a temporary contract with teaching) and found that I actually liked having my evenings and weekends to actually do some nice stuff!

2. I am extremely lucky to have 2 beautiful children who (normally) get on with each other and like crafting!  And a hubby who does NOT like crafting, or all the paraphernalia (had to look up how to spell that one!) that goes with it, but DOES tolerate it.

3. I have discovered a new hobby- snow clearing!  And it seems to appeal to my perfectionist nature in that I am obsessed (like hubby) in keeping the drive and road as clear as possible, with neat banks of snow that are currently almost as tall as me!  This is a pic from Tuesday.  The posts are now well and truly covered.  I'll try to get an up to day pic later. 

EDIT - Ok, so I exaggerated a little, but it FEELS like it's as high as I am when I'm trying to heap yet more snow onto it!  Here's a pic from this morning - Lou is 128cm tall!  And we have a light dusting of snow again. 

Apparently, the I got the attitude award comes with a $5 Digi's With Attitude! Gift Certificate, and you must display the blog award on your sidebar and link it back to the Digi's With Attitude! Challenge Blog.  Not sure if it'll work but.....I'd like to pass these on to the following 5 folk:
(Loopy) Lindsey 
(Crafty Fox) Mandy 
Fi("s Cards and Craft)
Vicky (Sticky with Icky
(A Sprinkling of Glitter) Mandy

 Phew, that was an epic post!!  Need to go and do some housework or sledging before I post the Christmas cards I've made....

Some more Christmas Cards

Well, seeing as it's snowing still, and Lou is off school again today, I have made a few Christmas Cards.   This first one is for my sis and her hubby in Austria (who, incidentally, have LESS snow than we do just now!!).  I've coloured the ever so cute LOTV Winter Bunnies with Promarkers and used some of the Papermania Henbury Lane papers.  And, of course, some Stickles to complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Christmas

Totally Papercrafts - Untraditional Christmas

One Stop Craft - Christmas Cuties

Abc-challenge - I is for Ice and Snow

Anything Goes - Animals

Creative Cottage - Untraditional Christmas

Crafts and Me - Snowflakes

Simon Says Stamp - Let it Snow

And here is Pip with Presents for my nephew,  Jakob.  Liking the colour combo of this one.

And the gorgeous LOTV Collecting the Tree, labels 2 nesties and not much else!

 And another Pip, using my new Labels 11 nesties...

Just found out that it's another snow day for us tomorrow.  We have soooo much snow.  And the temperature is lowering and there's heavy snow forecast for tomorrow, so I'm guessing school will be off Thursday too.  Thankfully, we're all still getting along!! (And hubby is still managing to get to work.)  Hope you're all doing ok in your weather.

Winter LOTV Bunnies

I'm loving the LOTV Christmas images and these bunnies are no exception.  I'd left this image til last as I thought it would be more fiddly to colour than the others but it's actually fine, and I love blending the greys and browns.  It's been coloured with Promarkers and Stardust Stickles.

I used the sketch from Sweet Stampin Challenge, although I put a bow where the sentiment was to be as one of the papers had a sentiment already.  My Small Labels Nesties have been used for the image AND the papers.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin - Sketch

C Inspirations - Winter Wood Land

Crazy Challenge - Staples

Passion for Promarkers - Old (red paper & ribbon) and New (LOTV Bunnies image and nesties)

Everybody Art - Use Shapes

LOTV Deckchair Dreaming

Morning peeps.  Apologies for lack of posting lately.  Time seems to be in short supply just now, so blogging has been relegated in the list.

This was another of the fabulous stamps that my wonderful friend, Clare gave me for my birthday and I LOVE him - he's called Deckchair Dreaming, he's cute and soooo easy to colour (especially now that I've added Sandstone and Satin to my Promarker collection)!  And have you noticed the (not so) deliberate mistake - I've coloured the bird as a robin and then coloured beneath the deckchair as sand!!   Nevermind. 

He's been made into a card for my bestest friend, Susan's daughter Lily to give to her grandad.  I've used the Cute Card Thursday sketch and distressed all the edges (unusual for me).  I've also done a couple of cross stitches with the rafia.  The papers are a mix of Gemstones card, MME Bloom n Grow and Summer Driggs download - trying to use up some scraps.  

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Sketch

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Distressing

Passion for Promarkers - Stitching and Distressing

Cards for Men - Animals

At last, some Christmas cards!

I have finally started making Christmas cards and Melly - thank you for the gorgeous LOTV images you gave me for my birthday - I love 'em!

This first one is using the sketch from last week's Cute Card Thursday challenge and Woodland Christmas image, coloured with Promarkers and some Stardust Stickles.   Love these Henbury papers too, especially the lime green ones! 

This gorgeous Collecting the Tree image is a doddle to colour and looks really cute.  I've deliberately kept the layout simple to show off the image, so I've used my beloved Labels Twelve nesties, Swiss Dots embossing folder and some ribbon from stash.  And the sentiment was a freebie with the Docrafts mag.

As you can see, James Bear In the Snow has featured prominently so far....

 ...Together with Sugar Nellie's Pippin with Presents and James Bear Deck the Halls....

...and the freebie embossing tree from Docrafts mag.   The white embossed Christmas Trees look much better in real life.  I've really enjoyed making all these - the same but different - each theme similar but not the same so I haven't gotten bored yet! 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Everybody Art - Untraditional Christmas (first card)
Moving Along with the Times - Card for a Child (first card)
CRAFT - Monotone (White embossed Xmas tree cards)

Craft Your Passion Challenges - Anything Goes (all)
My Time to Craft - Quick and Cute (Polar Bears or James Bear ones)

Red Haired Gorjuss and Friends

After seeing Debbi's tutorials on how to colour black hair and red