What’s Cookin?–Mo Manning Image

I’m thinking summer here, I have a couple of things to share with you and the first being my card. Mo Manning is just so darn talented and captures what she see’s with her Digital pencil to produce some spectacular subjects for us to craft with.

What’s Cooking is available to purchase at Mo’s Digital Pencil i’ve coloured her with Copic Markers and with Promarkers by Letraset and teamed it with designer papers by Stampin Up I used the Tonic Studios border system for the scallops on the papers and the Accents Butterflies punch to add a little detail to the scallops I also the and some Fantastic Ribbons, the flower and the background frame was made using a Marianne Creatable die and some iridescent white card.

Now as I said I was thinking of summing and i have a little fruity number to share with you.

As you know one of my loves is Ribbon and Fantastic Ribbons have an amazing Summer Offer that shouldn’t be missed.

They have the biggest summer crafting collection yet as it has loads on the rolls which includes new satin edge organzas (10metres on a roll) in aqua, lime and beauty pink and new border lace and some old favs of dotted grosgrain in sunshine yellow and NEW 6mm narrow satins in bright kiwi and baby maize . The collection is packaged in their famous dispenser.
16 rolls -total length in range is over 120 metres and rrp is £24 but for a limited time it is just £15 - 12.5p a metre

Think fruit salad and juicy berries that's oozing a bit of summer all in a neat dispenser.

Subject of Dieting and Fitness.

 

As many of you already know I have had ongoing back problems for well over a year now and I figure that as it isn’t getting any better and doctors are just keeping pain levels down rather than finding the root of the problem that it is time I took the issue into my own hands and try to do something to help.

Many years ago swimming was my sport and in fact I swam for the County and was also awarded swimmer of the year. So I have decided to take this up again and try to strengthen my muscles to  support my back, not only will the exercise do me good but hopefully is will help in loosing some weight.

I had even thought of trying the Acai berry diet as I keep seeing it advertised but just can’t figure out which is the best one. So for now exercise will be my thing,

Wish me Luck!

Surfer Dude–Mo Manning

Mmmm what do you do when you need a teenage boys birthday card? I would say head over to Mo’s Digital Pencil  from Video gaming to surfing she’s got them nailed.

This one is the Surfer Dude and isn’t he fabulous just look at that mop of hair and the wrist and ankle straps, brilliant.

I used a 5 x 5inch card summer buttons, a satin ribbon and some Bo Bunny designer papers and cut him out with a spellbinders label die on my Cuttlebug then coloured him up with Copic Sketch Markers.

 

Just Inklined to Hop - Flower Power

We have our Just Inklined Blog Hop today and the fabulous Debbie is our host and the theme is Flower Power and boy does Just Inklined have some wonderful flowers and I know this will be a very popular choice for all of the design team.

You should have landed on my blog from the fabulous Jeni but if not just hop over to Debbie and start from the beginning.

For my card I have chosen the Hydrangea I love this flower as it’s petal are so pretty. you can purchase it here

I’m the last person on the Blog Hop so if you haven't seen all of the wonderful creations then pop over to the start of the hop which is Debbie

Going to the Chapel and We’re

Ok so now and again  have to let Chris get some glory on my blog and to be fair I think he deserves some credit as not only is his models amazing but as of today he has been off the cigarettes for 24 days so I think even without the models he deserves a round of applause.

His project this time was a Church which is very apt considering that our daughter will be wed on Saturday 11th June, so without further ado the first 4 images are the Church in the making.

All the images are clickable so that you can get a better look at them and all are to the scale

4mm to the foot or 00 scale and he gets the model sheets from Scalescenes here

 

 

The next four images are of the finished model and once again he has worked his magic and added lights inside the Church to light up the stained glass windows.

Please leave Chris some love in way of a comment and he does read them all.

Bossy and Willy the Kid

I thought I’d have a play using a couple of digi stamps, one from Mo’s Digital Pencil and another from Just Inklined 

Willy the Kid in the background is just about to take a pop at Bossy knickers teddy bear and believe me when I say she aint none too pleased about it. ha ha if you keep reading further down this post I will introduce you to the real Willy the Kid

Bossy is by Mo’s Digital Pencil

Willy the Kid by Just Inklined

and the real Willy the Kid  is my brother Russell and I have to admit Bossy reminds me of myself when I was that age.

Fresh Flowers

They say that everything happens for a reason and I’m a firm believer in that. I was a little down in spirits today as it is my brother Russell's memorial and we also have Fathers Day looming so June is always a difficult time for me, so it’s always a welcoming feeling when you get fresh flowers delivered to your doorstep.

Look what I received.

So beautiful I just had to take some close up pictures

As good as picking them yourself from a top florists in London.

Free Mix and Match Background Papers

Just a little something I knocked together tonight that I thought you may like to have, I love country and earthy tones so these were just the ticket.

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You are free to use my sheets for personal use but please do not share, alter, claim them as your own or sell them, instead link back to my blog for people to download them.They are copyright protected.

Just click on the images and this will bring them to full size on your screen then save it to your computer.The sheets will print to a normal size A5 sheet, once saved to your computer double click on the file then from the top menu on your computer click, file then print this will then print out the image

Man at Work–Mens Card

Man at Work is a new digi stamp by Just Inklined and can be bought individually here or as part of a set here

Coloured with Copic Markers and the background was airbrushed, I made a little fishing hook with a head pin and some feathers to embellish the card and attached it on natural binding tape, a few layers of coloured card and it was done.

and the hook

Pardon me Vicar!

Tonight was the rehearsal Wedding for Daughter Lauren and her husband to be. Her Dad (my husband) had to be at the Fire Station tonight too, so it was decided he would go to the station first and I would sit in the car and wait until he could leave, roughly 15 mins.

In that time he got one of the lads to make me a cuppa and bring it out to the car for me (it just happened to be my nephew who I think very highly of) So it only took Chris 10 minutes so I still had plenty of tea in my cup so I drank it on the way to and in the Church grounds.

On returning Chris dropped me off at home and then returned to the Station and I reminded him to take the cup out of the car, which he did and took it to wash it out. Only then did it become apparent to what I'd been drinking out of.

Sorry if this offends anyone but I have blotted out what it actually says but you will get the gist of it I’m sure.

Needless to say this could have been a very embarrassing situation Vicar!

Craig my Nephew swears he didn’t know but he has gone right down in my estimation.

The Big One

Gosh this really is The Big One by Mo’s Digital Pencil and just look at this little guy go!

Coloured with Copic Markers and teamed with Stampin Up designer papers that compliment it perfectly, I made the card into an easel card and used the Go Kreate dies for the top part of the easel.

A close up of The Big One

We have a winner of the Embellishments

Can you believe there was 420 entrants for this giveaway, I was blown away.

This is a fabulous priz which will get you well on the way to making up some cards.

Ribbons galore, bows, blossoms,  pearls, butterflies, ladybugs, cord, beads and of course some fabulous Safmat film by Letraset 

Saftmat by Letraset

 

Plus the extras

And 4 of my cards

So without further ado the winner is.

Congratulations 103 Joyce Hayward, if you drop me a line with your snail mail I will get your card making goodies to you.

Oh What a Peach

Isn’t this just darling? Peaches by Mo’s Digital Pencil is a sheer delight, such a sweet, sweet face. Coloured with Copic markers, teamed with S.E.I designer papers a pretty ribbon and some blossoms made into butterflies.