Glitter Geeks Blog Challenge - Song Title

Hi Everyone

Well today i have some exciting news, Steph from the Glitter Geeks Blog Challenge kindly asked me to join her DT and contribute to the weekly challenges that are published every Friday.  I'm chuft to bits!  I even get to contribute in choosing a winner...  yeah.............  (i think)

Every Friday new challenges are posted at 9am and stay open until 18:00 the following Thursday so for this challenge you have until 18:00 on 8th March.  The sponsor is Di's Digi's and i can tell you i would have no problems spending a voucher there as i have bought quite a few images now and know i would like some more.......

So the first challenge i am contributing to is Song Title, so a project you have made linked to a song title and i have chosen Mirror Mirror by Dollar, which i think was around in 1981 if i remember correctly.  I was 17 years old and when i look back i didn't have a clue.............  Oh happy days................

The stamp is so cute and it is from LOTV and is called positively pampered.  I have coloured her with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Pens and glittered her wings with some Glamour Dust, because of course it is the glitter geeks.    I've matted her onto some nitwit papers and plain cream card then a little decoration with ribbon, die cut flowers and leaves and a few pearls.

So get your thinking caps on and go on have a go, what have you got to lose?

I have just been looking around to see which challenges i can enter this card in too and am going to take part in the following:

Lilies Little Fairies - Peaches and Cream
The Pixie Cottage challenge - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge anything goes

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Crafty Stash and Sarah Kay Card

Hi Everyone

Well for everyone who read my post last night i was going to tea at Claire Hamers and Leann Chivers was there too.  We had a fab tea and then rather than craft Claire said we could look through all of her old crafty stash she didn't want anymore.   Leann and i had a fab time 'sharing'the goodies we found and it kept us busy for ages.  .

Soooo.......... today i have been busy making a card from some of the lovely papers i nabbed, but i did share them with Leann.

 I have been on a spring like card making spree the last week or so but as the papers were quite dark Ive coloured her to match and it looks reallu autumnal.  coloured with spectrums noirs and again just a bit of this and that i have acquired along the way.

Here's a photo Claire posted on FB earlier, i think i look like the cat who got the cream, however Leann would have a fair few other choice names for me.     Wahahaaaaaaaaaa........

Hope you like it.

Louise

Never too old for a hug

Hi Everyone

Very quick post from me tonight as i am rushing to go out for tea with two of my most favourite people, Leann Cjiver4s and Claire Hamer.  Claire is cooking yeah.......

Ok my card.  Another stamp i had not used before until today and i have had for ages.  I have used nitwit back ground paper and coloured with speccies then a bit of this and that.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Its my party

Hi Everyone

Last card i have made form the colouring day last Friday and this is a lotv image.  She is just like grace when she gets in a temper, i wonder where she gets that from!  Her dad!

 I have used two magnolia papers i bought ages ago and added a bit ribbon and a few pearls.  The princess charm was one of graces purchases from rainton meadows craft show in jan.  She insisted i needed some charms even though i must have over 200 although i never had any princess ones, so i gave in.  She must've known it would come in handy.

Coloured with speccies as normal.

Hope you like it.

Louise  xx

Daisy

Hi Everyone

My second card from the images i coloured on Friday with the girlie's.  This really is my favourite of the day as i have never coloured her before (Thanks Marcea, i now need one of these stamps).

I have used coredinations and papers from the strawberry kisses range CD ROM.  I think i must have a thing for polka dots at the minute.  This time i have used the re size function on the cd which makes the paper smaller but keeps the aspect ratio.  So when i have asked to print in A6 size the polka dots also go smaller.  I've used a spellbinders heart circle die to mat daisy onto and then used the off cuts from the centres of the hearts to add as decoration.

Once again i had ribbon, flowers leaves etc etc to add and i put them on then took them off.  I don't know what it is but i love something quite plain.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Liebster award

hello everyone

just a quick note to let you know lovely Catherine has awarded me the leibster log. so i have scoured the blogs i follow to choose another 5 Lucky bloggers out there.

The idea of the Liebster Blog Award is to spread the love from one small blog (under 200 followers) to other small blogs. This helps to spread knowledge and readership.

To accept the award, you must:

1) Link back to the person who gave it and thank them for thinking of you.

2) Post the award to your blog.

3) Give the award to 5 bloggers (with less than 200 followers) that you appreciate and value.

4) Leave a comment on the blogs of the five people you have chosen to let them know.

"Liebster" in German means "dearest", so to carry on the

  Liebster tradition, I am going to pass the award on to 5 people who's blogs have been an inspiration to me and my crafting. 

I have decided to pass on this award to the following people (not in any particular order!)

Celia
Donka
B
Marie
Kate

fab blogs ladies, love seeing your cards.

louisexx

Best Friends

Hello everyone

Well after yesterdays colouring session at the Aston hotel i wanted to make one of my piccies into a card and i really thought i was going to use daisy first.  However as i was looking for some paper i found these two bits that i had used recently and thought they matched my lottie image perfectly so i made this one.

 The green backing paper is from my fairyopolis cd rom and the peach is from my strawberry kisses cd rom, matted onto coredinations card that has been distressed using my sand it gadget.

I have used a sentiment from the same stamped imaged and then used my heart epiphany tool and heart epoxy shape to make my own embellishment with a heart metal charm.  The little flower is from a strawberry kisses atmap coloured onto neenah that has been coloured with my spectrum noirs in FS2.

Marcea, who i was with yesterday has a Music saves my soul Saturday on her blog and this has prompted me to listen to one of my favourite golden oldies.  Blondie, Heart of Glass,  i love love love all Blondie and Debbie harry songs and saw her in las vegas a couple of years ago.  This takes me back to 1979 when i was in the fourth year at senior school, such a long time ago now and i still play this song in my car, up really loud and with my foot down.  grace even loves it as well.



Hope you like my card and have fun listening to Blondie, it will take you back in time to some good memories i hope just as it does for me.

Louise xx

Colouring Day Out

Hi Everyone

Just a quick post to share with you the piccies of the colouring day a few of us met up for today. Pam Leng, Marcea Watkins, Margaret Brown, Rachel Brown and myself all met up at the Aston hotel to practice our colouring with speccies.

  I love all of these images and only managed to colour in four from 10am til 4pm this afternoon. We had a good chat and Sara joined us from Crafters Companion so of course we sat chatting to her as well.  Next time we will have to aim to colour more instead of getting carried away chatting.

Hope you like them.

Louise xx

Happy Mail

Hello Everyone

I think it must be nearly a week since i last posted and since then i have been to Birmingham and London.

Birmingham was fab and i had a lovely time (but busy) at the trade show.  I was demoing the e-craft and met lots of lovely people. I know i always say that when I'm out an about but i really mean it.  Lovely people who love the e-craft  and also the fab new e-bosser.  I was really impressed with that myself and cannot wait for it to arrive in the county. I also met Linda Simpson whos blog i follow and she is also lovely.

Ok as soon as i returned i wanted to make a card just for myself and wanted to chill and do what i liked today, colour with my speccies.  So i stamped a belles and whistles image that i have had for a while now and haven't used.

I've chosen colours to match the backing paper, which i really don't know where i got or whose it is, i think it may be k&co but i'm not sure.  I've added a few roses and a die cut butterfly and also made my own embellishment with the circle 14 Epiphany tool.  I bought these from Crafters Companion when they launched a couple of weeks ago and rather than use the backing paper to match i stamped another butterfly from the image and coloured it in turq to match.  I also purchased some of the silver tags and i love the finished effect as it macthes perfectly.

Hers a close up of the coloured image and the pendant.

Ok back to my London trip.  I went with a close friend who hadn't been to London in such a long time and it was a treat for her.  We travelled first class and started off our Holiday as we meant to go on when we got off the train.  A friend had told her about St pancras Station and she wanted to have a quick look so we wandered over, went in a couple of shops and then had a champagne cocktail in the champagne bar.  It was just what we needed.  We then checked into the hotel and got ready for our evening meal and show.  We had a gorgeous meal in the Ivy and Katy Price was at the table opposite to us with her on off boyfriend Leandro.  It was reported in the daily mail online that they had had a romantic dinner for two and it was just the two of them.  However there was four of them at the table and it was far from romantic so i guess its true you need to be careful what you believe in newspapers.  They were on their mobile phones all night and he really only talked to the guy next to him while she chatted to a girl next to her.  Even when their meal was brought they were constantly ont their mobiles.  Anyway i go for the fab food and not to star spot (although it isnice to see how others live and people watch) and it was amazing we were full to the brim when we left.  Here's a photo below that i asked the doorman to take of us when we came out.

its a bit blurry but never mind.  then we walked over to the prince Edward theatre and watched jersey boys, it was amazing the singing is fab.  Then after a fab night sleep and breakfast in the Waldorf we shopped in covent garden and harrods all day.  My credit card took a hammering as i bought earrings, a new pair of shoes and a new top.  Then back on the train where we took advantage of the free booze until i realised i had to drive home and therefore only had coke and  its all over til next time.

I've a few DT cards to make soon so will be busy and will be back to perusing your blogs as i bet i have missed out on loads of lovely cards.

Hope you like my card.

Louise xx

Paint Fusion Cards

Hi Everyone

I've just found this post in my drafts that i planned to post over the weekend but never got round to it.  Sheena's paint fusion cards i made for the pick of the week.  Not sure when my next post will be as away for a few nights and Gracie is here tomorrow.

Ive used the cd to print off the backing paper and decoupage then added a sentiment to finish. i love the backing papers.

this one i changed to grey scale and a few toppers.

and lastly a lovely tag, but i could've made it into a book mark.

hope you like them.

Louise xx