My Challenge Card

Another brand new challenge over at Willow Sketchie Challenge and a great sketch designed by Katie and a perfect excuse to use my new topper panel...I adore this card, more in production as we speak.
My fav part of the card?...the made with love little message I made..cause all my cards are .x

Another Christmas Topper Panel

I know...how busy have I been?..guess what a new favourite download, super easy to use and requires very little colouring..even better.

What you get for 99p?

An A4 sheet of toppers where the backgrounds are coloured giving that professional edge, the image is left un coloured so you get to be a little crafty with your colouring..go on..be a devil..get your glitter out..

And..as before, get colouring..do 4 all at once to save time (these took minutes to do )

Here's a little sneaky peek at a card I made using them, all will be revealed tomorrow as it's my challenge card for Willow Sketchie Challenge

To purchase or take a look at this little chap, please say hello here.

I hope you love him as much as what I do :)

Christmas Topper Panel

Don't know about you but, when it comes to making my Christmas card list, I'm looking to make a quick but professional looking creation.
I came up with the ideal solution and have been busy creating a few cards to test these toppers out.
It's always nice to put a little bit of effort into your card making and makes the finished result that little bit extra special so......I decided to offer a pre-printed panel with an un coloured image, I just love the idea you get the print finish with the added extra of your creative colouring.

So..let me make it a little plainer...you get this..a sheet with 4 printed panels on..(image un coloured)

I printed mine onto instant dry photo inkjet card..(don't ask me where I got it from as my mum gave it to me and she has forgot..ha!..but you can buy it anywhere and everywhere)

I used this as it has a glossy finish which gives a luxurious look and feel to the card and believe it or not is PERFECT for ProMarkers..no bleeding at all!
I have put 4 images on one sheet as it makes it easier to colour, I would use one colour at a time and go around each image, then move onto another colour. This is a good way to get all your images looking similar and each one is finished at the same time.
I timed myself the other night..I did 20 images (5 sheets) in around 1hr 30mins (and that was just sitting watching TV)..

Once the panels are coloured, trim them up, I decided to mount them all up the same way and just mix and match sizes and backgrounds.





A little bit extra glitter for that Christmas sparkle!

You can view or purchase the Christmas Topper Panel here

Happy Christmas card making :)

ps....thanks for all the well wishes for Niamh on FB...I shall get round to blogging about it but just needed to take my mind of it and do a bit of crafting today. She is currently lying snuggled in her furry throw.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Blowing the cobwebs away

A step by step guide to a little Willow walk..(along with video of our return...haven't quite got the concept of keeping the camera one way round as you will see)

I have to be thankful it's not raining today but I just know I'm going to need these babies!

Ok..best put them on!

Niamh is uninterested and too busy sniffing for mice!

Seriously?....do I really have to come?

Hurry up then, what am I waiting for?..(tut)

Straight out of the car!

Walk up to the field..look at all the rain from yesterday!

See...told you I'd need my wellies!

Turn into this grass field here..ahhh..no mud!

Up the side of this field here..great for blackberry picking season!

Take a cut through the hedge and up this field

Back to the car.

Back home

Our return home in the garden

Hope you enjoyed!

Once upon a time........

Once upon a time........ in a land..not too far away, lived an ordinary girl and Princess Niamh.

One day (in the red hot Summer), the ordinary girl decided to buy Princess Niamh a little coat to keep her warm on those nasty, damp, rainy, miserable days.

Princess Niamh didn't care for the coat very much, the ordinary girl made her try it on in the shop and prance up and down in front of everyone. She rest assured, as it was Summer, it wouldn't be out of the cupboard for quite some time.

Morning broke and the ordinary girl could hear the heavy rain lashing on the windows. Princess Niamh looked at her and knew today was the day.

The ordinary girl took great delight at taking the coat from the back of the cupboard and dressing Princess Niamh to look like Santa!

Whilst on their walk the ordinary girl was thinking of extraordinary things to do with her life and noticed a dog pass and snigger at Princess Niamh.."See ya..wouldn't want to be ya", muttered the raggy looking mutt!

The ordinary girl was furious and tried to encourage Princess Niamh that "mum knows best"

When they eventually arrived in from their walk, the ordinary girl took off the Santa Coat...I mean plush poochy coat and revealed a ultra dry and warm fluffy coat of hair underneath.

They both rushed in the sitting room and took great delight in watching the raggy mutt walk past soaking wet and looking very sorry for himself.

"See", said the ordinary girl, mum does know best and with this gave Princess Niamh a big warm cuddle.

Don't all faint, I've done a challenge card! ;)

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Here's my contribution this week using one of our digi images..(yes Santa, I have been good, please bring me lots.x)

I have taken a side step away from my lovely textured card and made this one using Inkjet photo card which ProMarkers seem to like, i am in love with how this card looks..I love the shininess and the blueness of it. I'm not usually a blue kind girl but teamed with a little red, I kinda like it and reminds me that Christmas is almost here.

Made using the Dear Santa digi loveliness here

Instead of the colours seeping into cardstock and becoming slightly subdued, look at the richness they give when done on this card..*note* they are super quick drying on this "Instant Dry" card so you got to be quick if you want to blend, I would rather have it like that and guess what NO BLEEDING WHAT SO EVER!!!!

I also had a lovely email yesterday inviting me to be a guest designer, I don't often get to play with other products so I am thrilled to say the least....more on that in a bit.

ttfn.x

Ssshhhhh...don't tell Niamh

Ok...this morning I woke at 6.30am after waking at 2am for a cup of tea and a bit of the dreaded Jeremy Kyle..(I know..you can't escape him)!

Came downstairs, brekki, another cup of tea, Lorraine Kelly..blah blah blah. Let Niamh out in the garden for a tinkle, I even went to the extreme on cleaning her paws after her 2 second wander around the garden. What can I say..I thought she was clean..only to find out an hour later that they weren't and lovely muddy footprints were all over my lovely duvet..(I found her snuggled underneath in a very comfy mud pile!)

NO..mam won't let you in the bedroom, no matter how of a cutie you try and look!

Nice clean sheets to crawl into and my bargain green throw from Matalan.

And look, sshhhhh, don't tell Niamh, Santa gave these to me to give to her for Xmas..another Rudolph to destroy..she's gonna be ecstatic! (of course she thinks Santa's not coming as she's been naughty ;0)

Off to the theatre tonight to sit and look all cultural!