Textured Christmas bells

Hi guys,

I decided to play along with Christmas this time :) It is not too far away now - eek

I used peel-offs for the bells and then highlighted them using glitter glue pens. I also used some liquid pearls for the berries, but I need a little more practice with this!

I stamped the sentiment using a Marianne Creatibles stamp and Cosmic Shimmer, Vivid Violet, embossing powder.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

ABCChristmas - S for Sparkle and T for Texture
Christmas@SweetStampin' - Decorations
ColorMyHeart #362 Photo Inspiratoon (used the colours of green, purple and pink)

SimplyLessisMore #405 Sparkle and gloss (peel-offs)
SOS #405 Embossing
AYLI - CAS or FAF - I find CAS much easier to do well compared to Fussy and Fancy (I usually end up somewhere in between the two though).
SimonSaysMonday - Christmas
Polkadoodles wk39

Right now to go back to work, so thank you for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Dino's update

Hi guys,

Just wanted to share an update on my Dino progress with you all today:

This is the third Dinosaur on the height chart and there is one more to do after this! I cannot fnd my diary at the moment where I record my time spent, but do keep visiting for further updates.

Hugz Tinz

Pages of Love

Team B have a new theme for us over at the MAWTT challenge blog, which is Wedding or anniversary. As always I do like to try and play along with my teamies, so I made another scrap book page for my photo album:

I used stickers for the background flowers and then simply added the photograph. I thought this looked much better staying plain and simple. I did add a peacock feather and red flower to stick the photo down though.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

SimplyCreateToo #153 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Butterfly Blues

Strictly is back on...there goes my weekends haha. It was also Autumn officially yesterday - bye bye summer sunshine. So I made a butterfly themed card:

I used a variety of peel-off butterflies to create this specimen type birthday card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

ikesworld #124 I for Icy (colour scheme)

dragonflydreams - Happy Birthday

TheCardConcept #119 Beautiful Butterflies

intaas #67 Things with wings

daringcardmakers - got your number

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Anything Goes @ Aud Sentiments

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting over at the Aud Sentiments challenge blog - and it is an Anything Goes theme, so nice and easy for you. Please do remember to include a sentiment somewhere on your creation, and show a photo of this sentiment also.
Our lovely sponsor for this challenge is Fred, She Said and I have used Nuthatch for my card:

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then die-cut into a circle. I then looped ribbon and layered this on top of the ribbon loops. Finally I added a peel-off sentiment.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craftingbydesign - Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Studio #20 Birds/Beasts

TheMaleRoom #120 Use embellishments (ribbon in this case)

intaas #67 Things with wings

DaringCardmakers #118 Special Thoughts

PFP #511 Use three of something (3 lengths of ribbon and 3 words)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Cats @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting today at I Love Promarkers - with an optional theme of cats. Our sponsor is Knitty Kitty and I have used Kleokatra #47 for my card.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then cut it on my paper cutter. I drew around the edge with Promarker fineliner. I then layered onto patterned paper and drew around the outside of the image area, and the outer edges of the paper. Finally I added some floral washi tape around the edges and a paper flower coloured in the same promarkers as the cats headdress, and a white pearl.

Promarkers used - Orange, Magenta, Canary, Ruby, Green, Lavender, Cool Grey 1, Tropical Orchid and Pink Carnation.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SUYP #46 Furrything Goes

notjustcards - Anything Goes

TIOT - hot, hot, hot

Hugz Tinz

a bit of bling

Hi guys,

I have my recent beaded jewellery items to share with you today.

 I made this broach first in the pretty pinks and purples,

...and then made the necklace to match. I also made some earrings but I am not sure where they have ended up!

I would like to enter these for the following challenges:

SimplyCreateToo #153 Anything Goes

notjustcards - Anything Goes

MTTC #405 Anything but a card

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Critters twice over

Hi guys,

I have a twofer challenge entry to share with you today, with their theme of critters. The stamp and die-cuts are used for both cards to give very different results.

 For the little card I kept the base plain and stamped the bee to one side of the die-cut sentiment (cut on wood grain paper). I then added some flower and bee peel-offs to the opposite corner for balance.

The second card I used a heavily patterned base - stamped the bee coming out from the flower and then used the words from the die-cut separately to make a different sentiment, this time cut on white wood grain.

These would both be suitable for INTAAS #67 Things with wings challenge and CCEE1937 Honey Month.

 I would like to enter this smaller card into the following challenges:

TheLibraryChallenge #41 Readers choice - with this book

Alphabet challenge - M for Masculine

And this brightly coloured card into these ones:

SimonSaysMonday - Stamp It

Instead of showing you some of my pets (especially my spiders lol) I thought I would let you see this lovely pop of colour. The poor fly had to wait a while for the bee to finish before he could get some juicy nectar.

Thanks so much for buzzing by :)

Hugz Tinz

Use acetate at MAWTT

Hi guys,

Our new challenge at MAWTT is to use Acetate, chosen by Mrs Duck. We have a wide range of ideas from the DT, and here is mine:

I am continuing doing my wedding scrapbook and I started by using glitter pastes through a butterfly and flowers stencil. I then ripped some white paper and painted it with Cosmic Shimmer paint before mounting the photo on top. I then fussy cut some acetate dragonflies. I tried to paint the wings of the larger one with the cosmic shimmer paint - but as you can see it didn't work quite as well as I had hoped - it looks like somebody has splattered the dragonfly over the page instead.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

craftycalender - lots of layers

SimplyLessIsMore #403 metallics

MTTC #405 Anything But a card

Here are my rather large caterpillars:

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Shabby but Beautiful

Hi guys,

I have a new digital postcard to share with you today. Again this was from my shabby chic CD-Rom. I simply added some die-cut toppers and a die-cut sentiment to the printed base.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

MTTC #405 Anything but a card (this is a postcard)

craftingbydesign - anything Goes

SimplyCreateToo #153 Anything Goes

I scared hubby the other day as Priscilla had such a lovely shed I had to lay it out.

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Autumn @ Creative Moments

Hi guys,

Our new challenge started over at Creative Moments today, and I want to share my Autumnal creation with you, using some digital products from Decosse.

I layered the images together (all from the sponsor) and changed their colours before printing out. I printed onto a matt pearlised cardstock in an autumnal green. To finish I added a splash of autumnal orange in the form of a leaf and a paper flower with ladybird.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craftycatz #473 Anything Goes

TheMaleRoom #119 Autumn

 AYLI - favourite way to add text (I like to add any phrase as a main focal point)

Waffle says that she is chillaxing as it is the weekend! She hopes you are all enjoying yours :)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Autumn colours @ Aud Sentiments

Our new theme at Aud Sentiments is Autumn/Fall colours. Our sponsor is The Paper Shelter and i have used the precoloured image from the Autumn Breeze set.

 I fussy cut round the image before layering onto a gift envelope from the Geometrics collection by Papermania. I then added a rustic paper rose, birthday sentiment and Autumnal sentiment also.

On the back I covered the eyelet with a black paper flower attached by a brad, to allow ease of tying the envelope closed.

I would like to enter this gift envelope into the following challenges:

dragonflydreams - Happy Birthday

MMM #104 Use shapes

Cutecardthursday #598 Anything Goes

modsquad - Anything but a card

Thanks for looking and can't wait to see your Autumnal creations,

Hugz Tinz

3 layers @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting today over at I Love Promarkers, and the optional theme is to use 3 layers. We are sponsored by Oddball Art by Lizzy Love, and I have used Tiffs Garden  89.

I used some die cuts and a papermania panel to create the layers and fussy cut the image. I coloured the image with Promarkers.

Promarkers used - Poppy, Grass, Henna, Cool Grey 5, Tawny Owl, Eggnog, Sunkissed Pink, Pine, Amethyst, Buttercup, Satin, Warm Grey 2, Daffodil Bloom and Walnut.

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

craftingbydesign - Anything Goes

intaas #66 Layer it up

ATSM #357 Make your Mark

We can't wait to see what you create for our challenge this time,

Hugz Tinz

Shabby Garden

Hi guys,

I have another postcard to share with you from the Shabby Chic CDRom.

I stamped the basket of flowers and sentiment straight onto the printed postcard in purple ink (to bring out the purple in the flower panel).

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Allsorts - Feminine

SundayPostcardArt - Changing Seasons (This is the harvest)

Here are some photo's of my caterpillars too:

These are their little rear suckers - they have little eyelash type things on them lol.