She Sells Sea Shells

Another week and over on By The Cute And Girly blog the challenge is By The Sea 'whether you're thinking of hot sandy beaches or stormy waves crashing, let the sea be your inspiration'. I'm certainly dreaming of the sea (not too long now till my hols) the weather here was miserable over the weekend - cold and very wet.

My entry is a charm bracelet I made with lovely blue beads and sea inspired charms - shell, seahorse, starfish and pearls.



Have a great week and thanks for looking!

I'm Pleased To Report....

....the tan has evened out and the cold sore has all but disappeared therefore I can take the sack off of my head and venture outside.

This weeks challenge over on Less Is More is to use the colour of your nation's flag. So for me it was either blue and white for the St Andrew's flag or red, white and blue for the Union Jack. I've chosen the latter and used Pink Petticoat Big Dots in navy blue with red trim and a red butterfly which has white thank yous all over it.



I've recently stopped working and yesterday picked up a gift that had been left for me. It's a fabulous box of Jo Malone goodies including nutmeg and ginger bath oil, lime, basil and mandarin bath oil, pomegranate noir cologne and blue agava and cacao body creme - how lucky am I? - I can feel a whole load of fragrance combining coming on. So this card will be winging its way to the very generous person who bought me the gift.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!

I Really Shouldn't Be Doing This....

....I should be making dinner hey ho! This is the first time I've entered the ColourQ challenge which is:



For my card Ive used a Sew Many Stamps image coloured with a combination of Copics, Sakura Gel Pen and Whispers Watercolour Pens. It's mounted on Pink Petticoat DP in silver.



Not quite sure what's happened with the flower as in real life's solid turquoise (gel pen)but it will have to do as my evening meal preparations beckon.

Thanks for looking!

Am I Dreaming?

Since last Saturday we've practically had continuous sunshine here in tropical Scotland which means I'm as brown as a berry with a matching cold sore (well a girl has to accessorise doesn't she?). However in an effort to keep the old crows feet at bay I've been sunbathing with my shades on and now resemble a reverse panda - so all in all with the cold sore on Angelina Jolie size lips and the panda eyes I'm looking pretty stunning.

Onto my entry this week for the Less Is More challenge which is feeling fruity. I've cut out a juicy strawberry using my Cricut, added some googly eyes and the sentiment is computer generated.



Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!

Hooray....

....the sun is shining (a sight not often seen in the West of Scotland) so no time to hang about - I need to get outside and catch some rays. This lovely juicy pear is for the Less Is More challenge which is button or ribbon.



I've used a 'With Flowers' Pink Petticoat image and added a teeny button to the middle of the flower. And that's it - got to go now before the mercury plummets again.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!

Long Time No Blog

Hi I'm back. Went on holiday in May and since then a few significant changes have happened in my life which I'll tell you about when I'm ready.

To get me back into the swing of things I've made this card for the Less Is More challenge which is circles. Mine is very simple but I quite like the graphic look of it and best of all no new paper was harmed in the making of this card - it's all from scraps. The stripey paper is from Pink Petticoat and the 'hi' has been die cut using Sizzix Slobbery Kiss.



The weather here today has been rubbish - rain, rain and more rain. Still I can't complain my holiday tan has has a fair bit of a top up this week. Hope it's finer where you are today.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!

Not Exactly Snow White....

.... thanks very much (not) Less Is More. The challenge is white on white and mine is looking distinctly grubby (something on the camera lens not the card itself). Not a lot I can do about it now so I hope I still qualify despite the unsightly blob.



It's my first ever stepper card (a little more practice required I think) with die cut and embossed squares which have been dimension mounted and a little pearl added.

Right off to sulk now and contemplate buying a new camera - or alternatively make only black cards in the future.

Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!