Quirky Photo Love

Hey there everybody - time for our reminder post over at Quirky Crafts!! Don't forget we want to see how you use your photos - either as inspiration or actually as part fo the project. So I decided it was time to start on the scrapbook albums from our wedding, especially as we are now on our first anniversary lol!

So here is my page:

I printed out one of the pics into a heart shape, as well as a bugaboo panel, which says Love is two hearts beating as one (coloured with Promarkers). I then added some ribbon strips to make a house shape, and also added some ribbon flowers and butterflies. I wrote the details onto the page using a silver metallic paint, and finished this off with some lime green ladybirds.

I would also like to add this page to the following challenges:
PFP 386 Ribbon/Twine/Lace
Cute Card Thursday #469 Celebrations
 CAGI - Anything Goes
 AYLI - Favourite Stamp Brand (or one of them) is Bugaboo as they can be humourous or serious and they have a range of stamps for may occasions.
2 cute ink #135 Anything Goes

I would also like to share some pictures of my growing bits with you:

All potted up and looking fresh,

Thanks for looking and hope to see you over on the challenge blog,

Hugz Tinz

Ladybird Tower

Hi guys,

Wow my new job is really wearing me out at the moment! I am coming home and I am hardly able to keep my eyes open. Not good when I have so much to do before we go away next week! Looks like Saturday will be a very busy day for me if I am going to be doing everything I should have done yesterday, today and tomorrow too lol. Animals to clean, floors to sweep and mop, or vac and clothes to wash (well actually I have put these in tonight lol).

However I did play with a new card fold and my dies and this is what I created:

So this is a 'tower-fold' card and it was featured in a recent issue of Quick Cards, so I thought I would give it a go. I used a free butterfly die for one side panel and a self-adhesive leaf lace for the other which I topper with a 3D flower made of a few die-cut flowers layered together. I added washi tape and butterfly self-adhesive ribbons to the centre strips and then added die-cut ladybirds, another free gift, to the popped forward strips. I added rub-on words to a die-cut shape and then embellished with gems and more die-cut flowers.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:
Simon says Monday - Handmade flowers
CAGI - Things with wings
TIOT - The lady in red (ladybird)
MAWTT #41 Handmade/die-cut flowers
inkychicks #80 Flowers
open-minded crafting #15 Movement (the card folds so the ladybirds pop-out)

Here is a fish tank update too - 139hrs:

Thank you for looking and remember to check back next week for my DT creations!!

Hugz Tinz

House Mouse creations!

Hello there,

I got a House Mouse CD-Rom at the beginning of the week and so I decided to have a play. I love these little mice (as you have probably guessed from my wedding invites), and they make such sweet cards!

First I did a 'Singing in the Rain' card:

I used the base image from the decoupage section just on its own as a basic topper. I matted it onto a green gingham paper from the Papermania Country Life collection, which I wrapped with a dark green layered with lime green ribbon. I fussy cut the sentiment topper from the decoupage selection and added this to the ribbon with 3D foam pads. Finally I added two green flowers and a green butterfly.

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:
Crafty Catz #361 Mainly green
modsquad - song inspiration (I think this one is fairly obvious)

CCM #183 Go Green
Kort 'o' mania #171 Monochromatic (except the picture)
Simply Create Too #125 Lots of green
Not just cards #42 Monochrome

And here is the second card I made:

This time I did decoupage elements of the image to make the mice stand out a little more. I love all the bubbles and the fact they are bathing in the cats bowl lol. I stamped images using Dovecraft Indigo ink and stamps that came free with a magazine (Wildflower stamps).

This card is perfect for the following challenges:
CMP - Mother's Day challenge as it depicts mummy washing the babies
Animal Friends #48 Animals with big ears
CCEE1710 Celebrate Bubbles
catch the bug - birds, bees or butterflies
C4C376 Butterflies/Moths

I have also taken a photograph of Purrdy's planter a month after first planting it up and here it is:

It is looking great now and filling out nicely - there are some summer flowering bulbs in there too, so as the Primula's die back the bulbs should start to take their place.

Thank you for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Digging Carrots

Ok so no I haven't been digging carrots unfortunately. I had to leave them all behind when I moved from Rutland to Gwent back in October - but I am hopeful that somebody is enjoying them lol. However, Owen is certainly having fun with his carrots on my DT card for our new challenge over at Aud Sentiments.Our challenge theme for this one is Spring/Easter Sentiment and we are sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls.

Here is what I have made:

Image - Carrot Love Owen
Coloured with Crayola Felttip Pens
Papermania card blank
Paper and sentiment from Quick Cards Magazine

Die - X-cut Large Labels Nesting Dies
Stamps - Helz Cuppleditch 'Happy Harvest'; Daisy and Dandelion 'Some bunny loves you...'

I would also like to enter the following challenges with Owen here:

City Crafter #352 Tutti Frutti

Animal Friends #48 Animal with big ears

CRAFT #406 Easter/Spring

 Here is an update on my fishtank - just over 134 hours now (I think)

Thank you for looking, and I hope to see you playing along,

Hugz Tinz

Egg Boat

What a good idea - we probably need it here in Newport with all the rain we have been getting. It has been quite nice today from about lunchtime though (when the rain actually decided to stop) and should be nice for a few days apparently. It is time for a new challenge over at I Love Promarkers, and this time we want to see TRANSPORT on your creations.I have used Egg Fishing from our sponsor Digital Delights .

Here is my DT make:

The papers were both from the Forever Friends forever love paper pack. I wrapped them with a ribbon before sticking to a card blank. I coloured the image with Promarker pens and then die-cut before adding to the card. Finally I embellished with a hessian flower and butterfly peel-off.

Promarkers - Satin, Sandstone, Cinnamonn, Sunkissed Pink, Pastel Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cerise, Lime Green, Honeycomb, Tulip Yellow

Ltd ed. Promarkers - April Showers, Budding Rose, Tequila Sunrise, Pink Lobster and Island Lagoon

Flex marker - Sunflower

Die - Couture Creations Ornamental Lace

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Cute as a button #32 Spring

Deep Ocean #150 Dots or Stripes

Fussy and Fancy #182 Anything Goes

Polkadoodle - Ribbon or Lace

my time to craft #340 Travel

I also thought you might like to see my Height chart update - now at 21.5 hours for the second dino:

I have also stabbed holes into the lawn to try and aerate it a little - seeing as it stopped raining for a period lol - and sown some Catnip and some Chives for my herb area (which might be going on my balcony, as well as having a small section in the garden).


Thank you for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Chloe Tiger Blues

It is time for a new challenge from us over on the Creative Moments challenge blog. Challenge #113 has the optional twist of Winter Blues and our sponsors are -

I have used a new image from My Stitch, called Chloe, and here is my creation:

The image was coloured with Promarkers and then die-cut, along with two pieces of card in a metallic blue and pale blue. These were added to a 6x6" card blank in a flower formation and then the sentiment stamped below. Glitter glue was also added around the image to add a little dimension.

Image - Chloe

Dies - X-cut Large Oval nesting dies
Stamp - Free gift
Ink - Whisper -Blue

I would also like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Sweet stampin' - no designer paper

scrapbook stamp society #111 Anything Goes

Alphabet challenge - Z for Zero embellishments

Creative Corner - Girly fun

Crafting by design - Anything Goes
ATSM #232 Make your Mark (coloured with promarkers and added glitter glue)

Simba seems to be settling in nicely! Here he is with his hands folded lol.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and I would love to see you over at Creative Moments,

Hugz Tinz

Larger than you think

Hi there,

This is a happy post! Quirky Crafts is back up and running and I am one of the new DT members. Do pop along to the blog to meet the others too! Also I am away for a relaxing weekend and enjoying my new job!! So lots of good news!

Our first challenge back for Quirky Crafts is to Quirky Picture this - we want to see creations inspired by a photo. This can be either using a photograph in it's entirity for  project, using just parts of a photograph, or even just using the photo for inspiration for your own creation. Please do add the photo so we can see where you have been inspired though.

Our sponsors for our first challenge back are Bugaboo and Crafty Ribbons. (Unfortunately I have not used a ribbon on this first creation, but do check back for our mid-post reminder for one that has used ribbons :D). There will be three prize winners for this challenge - so do pop along to Quirky Crafts to see what you could win!

Here is my creaton:

Photo - taken on my first allotment - radish close to camera and lined up with the car on the road - no photoshopping has been used this was all done on site with clever placement of the radish.

Image - Picnic Ant, coloured with Promarker pens.

Sentiment - created on the computer

I would also like to enter this creation for the following challenges:

Casology #238 Crunch

Addicted to stamps and more #251 Anything Goes

Catch the bug - Anything Goes

not just cards #41 Spring

Update photo of my fish tank WIP, for those of you following it :D:

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz