THis months sugar bowl entry - Hamish

Here is Hamish using Erika's sketch (well kind of !!) with distress inks and scrunched up paper. I used distress ink to colour most of him and paper pieced his kilt. He is kind of FUN !!! He will be my entry into this weeks Sugar bowl challenge over on the Sugar Bowl blog!!!

Windswept but Beautiful

Here is windswept from Sugar Nellies. I was in the middle of 3 nasty nightshifts when I made her so her colouring is pretty poor but I keep practicing.. I am loving making these flowers and can recommend the Paper Bouquet Book for those of you who might like a dabble in paper punching. The flowers are time consuming but I love them ...... Top tip... place all the things you might like for crafting on your universal Amazon wishlist and hope husband spots them just before your birthday. My husband did a good job :):)
anyway nightshifts done for another week and I have promised myself an afternoon of blog hopping which I NEVER have time for ..... sofa, coffee and laptop is all I need ...... Happy crafting :)

Pink card for the Sugar Nellie FB challenge with my new watermark

Engagement card and a try at distressing

I made this card for a friend. I dont often play with distressing and I also don't very often not use stamped images so this was a new adventure for me. I like it a lot. I cut the names from  my new sizzix alphabet that I bought recently at a great price on the sizzix site, I think it was down to about £16 !!!! Its cold and damp here in the north and that gives me the perfect excuse to play in my craft room this afternoon  !!!!

This months Sugar Bowl entry

Here is my purple and green entry for this months sugar bowl. Didn't really spend enough time shading her. Too much work and not enough time and a husband who drags me out when its sunny.... oh for rainy days when there's nothing to do but craft .......
Might go in by the House of Sugar today though  - just for a browse of course !!!

personalising is fun !

This I made for a friend to give to her elephant mad friend Rosemary. The image is from the digital stamp boutique.

Some Summer Craft Fayre Prep !!

Hello
Here are my latest additions.As you can see I also like to bead.  Unfortunately nightshifts are eating up my life and not only restrict my crafting time but also the time I have to write on and look at the blogging world. I'm afraid I'm not so good at writing about my creations, but if you are curious about any of my stamps or backing papers then let me know and I'll pass on what I used.
Thanks for looking
Gillian