Don’t Let Life Dull Your Sparkle

I fell in love with this Spellbinders  Away We Go  die when I spotted it at the Alexandra Palace Craft show earlier this year.It cuts beautifully, I do often struggle with dies not cutting very well!  I enjoyed creating backgrounds with my aqua markers pens so much I made another one, but no swirls this time. I also added some fibres and dried flowers. 

I currently have some pretty Forget-Me -Not flowers in my flower press, yes I actually put them in the press this time,  and not between book pages ! They should be ready in the next few weeks, so I am looking forward to using them.

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you are having time to enjoy your crafting xx

I would like to enter this into the Artistic Stamper Backgrounds Challenge. 

Kindle your Spark of Madness

Hello, I hope all is well in your corner of the world. Thank you so much for visiting, and for the kind comments you leave me, they are truly appreciated xx

I always like to take part in the Country View Challenges  This month the theme is Be  Humourous - so I am a bit out of my comfort zone with this one ! 

This cheeky giraffe by Carabelle immediately came to mind, I have only ever used him in my art journal before so I thought it was time he came out and jumped onto a card! 

I experimented with my aqua markers to create a swirly background, I really enjoyed doing that as 

I was just playing and not trying too hard, and it came out okisssh  so I think I may make some more : )

I fussy cut the funny giraffe and used sticky pads to adhere him to the card. He is humorous in himself but I added the fab quote by Dina Wakley. 

As well as entering Country View Challenges I would like to enter Artistic Stamper Backgrounds. 

Have a lovely day.

Second Chance Winner of Big Giveaway

Sadly I never heard from the previous winner, I posted on her own blog, on here, and on the Indigoblu Facebook page, but to no avail. I do so hope that she is ok. If the original winner does ever see this please still contact me as 

I am sure I could find a little something to send to you.

I have randomly chosen another winner using random org.

The winner is #5 Tracey Thurston Congratulations please email me gillslapATyahoo.co.uk with your details.

Next time -  I have an extra special give away, a Mini Portable Photography Studio Light Tent. I hope to put it up as a giveaway during the summer, which will hopefully be arriving soon!

Party Sheep

Hello how are you today? Sadly I have still not heard from the winner of the giveaway, I have posted on her blog and Facebook to no avail. If I have still not heard by Monday evening I will randomly select another winnner. I do hope that the winner Linda  is ok.

Today I have made a tag to tie around a gift for my sisters friends birthday. Oops I haven’t made the gift yet...... it is going to be a 3d picture in a frame. My sister and friends go on several holidays in the Lake District each year so I wanted to create  a country scene. The Crafty Individual Stamps are perfect for this.

As this is for a birthday the sheep of course had to be holding balloons! I used Watercolours for all of the colouring, and added texture with Flowersoft for the hedge and white Flowersoft for the sheep. I crushed up some Prima Art Stones to make the pathway. I finished the tag by tying on  several different shades of green raffia. 

Thank you so much for visiting today. Wishing you a happy, and hopefully sunny weekend xx 

I would like to enter Party Sheep into the following challenges.

Stamping Sensations Close To Nature
Craft Stamper Anything Goes with Stamping

Penny Black Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolours

Final Call to Winner

I sincerely hope the Winner of the goodies above is ok, as she has not contacted me yet.....  I announced the winner a week ago. I have left a message on her blog, but the blog does not look very active. I hope to hear from her very soon.

To be fair to everyone who entered if I have not heard by the 14th May I will pick another random winner. 

May Craft Stamper

The fab May issues Craft Stamper  is going to be in the shops this Friday.I am thrilled to have one of my cards included  in this issue. My very talented friends Elizabeth Robinson  Jenny Marples  and Tracy Evans, have features in this months magazine so it will be a brilliant one as always! 

Many thanks to Trish Latimer for including me.

If you can’t get to the shops you can purchase it from www.craftstamper.com to buy subscriptions, www.mags-uk.com for single print copies, digital copies from www.pocketmags.co.uk 

Overseas subscriptions are available too!

Here is a sneaky peak of my card.

Thank you for visiting, wishing you a very happy upcoming bank holiday weekend xxx

Winner of the Big Giveaway is..

Thank you to all the lovely people who entered. Sadly there can only be one winner, but there will another giveaway in the summer, just because it is nice to give. 

The lucky random winner of this wonderfully large collection of  goodies is....

Congratulations Linda please email gillslap AT yahoo.co.uk with your details.

You may notice the giveaway post says 14 comments but I replied to one comment which is why it says 14.