Just Ducky

Another fabulous day today, too hot to be outside really so I spent it in my craft room where it is lovely and cool.  This is Duck Duck from Mo's Digital Pencil - not only do I love the image with this little wide-eyed cutie but just love the little duck right at the edge with his tail poking out of the water! And it has been the perfect weather for messing about on the water.  Oh and the sentiment comes with the image along with another!

I was a very lucky mummy to receive a voucher for Crafts U Love for my recent birthday so I added to my Marianne collection with the Chains, Dots and Hearts strings - full list of Marianne Products below:

Basic Stitched Circle Die Set - CR1360

Chains, Dots and Hearts String Dies - CR1392

Stitched Flowers - CR1428

Ducks - LR0410

I coloured Duck Duck without knowing what papers I would use but these from  a My Mind's Eye set  called Sunny couldn't have been more perfect.

Looking forward to a few days in London from Friday - can't wait to see Emily and more family and friends- leaving Nick here to hold the fort!

Hugs, Juliexx

Sketch Challenge at Passion for Promarkers

Morning folks, time for a new challenge at PFP and today we have a great little sketch for you- sometimes these make it so easy to design your card!  and, as we're being sponsored by Ppinky Dolls for this week's challenge, we were lucky enough to be given one of their images to work with.  I've chosen Abi's Love - and they really are a delight to work with as there is so much shading that half the work is done for you!

I've been dying to use  these papers from Marianne Designs too from the English Roses Pretty Paper Bloc and I love the picot edge on the frame for the image  - full details of all Marianne stuff below:

English Roses Pretty Paper Bloc - PK9143

Tiny's Rose Die Set - LR0451

Small Ovals Die Set - LR0235

Petra's Rectangle Die Set - LR0318

Lace

Enamel Dots

Now, the fabulous Ppinky Dolls are offering the lucky winner three digi images of their choice from their online store and there really are some gorgeous images to choose from! So get your Promarkers out (or other Winsor and Newton/Letraset colouring mediums) and come and join in the challenge.  My fab PFP teamies have also made some gorgeous cards to share with you so check them out here.

Well I'm on cleaning duties this morning so better go and get cracking!

Hugs, Juliexx

Happy Father's Day - Pigeons

This is my Father's Day card for my lovely Daddy who is an avid birdwatcher although he has been rescuing Hedgehogs and Hoglets this weekend!  Pigeons from Mo's Digital Pencil was therefore perfect for him!

The branches and big bird are from Marianne - details below, and the sentiment and tag are from Stmapin Up.

Petra's Circle with Bird die set - LR0457

Branch and Flower Die set - LR0256 

We've had a lovely barbeque this afternoon with Nick's mum, Holly, Harry and Violet.  Only thing missing was our Em but she was with us in spirit and she called!

Going to be hot again tomorrow - Summer!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Mo's Let Love Grow

My card today is for a a lovely lady from my craft group- and it's her birthday today - Happy Birthday Susi!  Let Love Grow is just a perfect image for her as she is an organic flower grower and also makes handcrafted flowers for local coffee houses and cafes!  Clever lady and the image is the spit of her too- I'm not sure if she realised a few weeks ago that I was colouring this up in front of her taking note of her colouring!!  

The papers are a bargain set I  got by Pebbles and the scalloped lacy edged die is from the Marianne Creatables Die Set - LR0180. Think the sentiment is Hero Arts although I've had it so long I can't be sure! 

It also happens to be our Wedding Anniversary today - 33 years -eeekk!!

Hugs Juliexx

Passion for Promarkers Birds, Bugs and Butterflies - New challenge!

Morning from a wet and miserable Cumbria!

Luckily my card is a bit more cheerful and it's for our new challenge starting today at PFP.  The theme is Birds, Bugs and Butterflies as chosen by our lovely Shelly.

My image is called Feed The Soul from Mo's Digital Pencil - what a beauty!

The sentiment is a new one from Woodware and it comes with the little bee and a beehive!  The tiny butterfly is a tiny stamp from my stash.  Can't believe all the flowers I used but it just looked better and better the more I added and the enamel dots are from Marianne Designs.

As always, my fab teamies have made some fabulous cards with this theme, so check them out here.

Our generous sponsor this week is Petal Lu and they are offering one lucky winner a 30% discount voucher to spend in their online store.  They have some very gorgeous flowers in their shop, if you haven’t already visited the store why not pop over and take a look, you will definitely want some once you have seen them. 

We also have a second prize this week donated by us at PFP.  We are offering one lucky winner a 6 pack of Promarkers (vibrant tones). 

Have a great day

Hugs, Juliexx

She's Still got It

I love this image from Mo- She's Still Got It is her name, and she comes with the sentiment above and a couple of others - bargain!!

I coloured her with my trusty PMs and layered her up on these gorgeous NitWit papers from Lili of The Valley.  I cut the Memory Box music score die to make it look as though she it was going behind her.  And finally there's a fabulous Marianne Die for the doily edges - LR0455- Creatables Classic Border die.

That's it for today - Happy 1st of June!!

Hugs, Juliexx