I did promise you a new card....

Well here I am back with a New card!  If you missed the second lot of faves then you can scroll down to the post below.

This is a card order I was asked to do for a non girly girl so pink was not an option!  I love this image "Janessa" and this is my first time colouring her.  The paper is from Raspberry Road Designs....flowers from my stash and the butterflies I have had for ages and never used because they had shimmery holographic edges, but I just trimmed them off and voila perfectly lovely little butterflies!

Here are a few snaps from Christmas day..........the girls had a fab day and we did it all again yesterday when my little sis and partner Dave came over from the East coast!

I will leave you with a pic of my wee jar of captured fairies that Lucy gave me! They only flutter around the jar at night time! 

Some more faves

Okay sorry but I just had to share some more....I spent ages looking through them all...some I had even forgotten I had made!  I promise I will be back with a brand new card later XX

A bunch of my faves...

It's that time of year now where everyone is sharing their favourite makes from the year...I have found it impossible to narrow mine down so have made a few collages of some of my faves....I maybe back with more!

The weather here is horrid...howling gales and rain so I am off to move the mountain of kids presents blocking the entrance to my cubby and going to have a play with the lovely new brushes I got for my Christmas xx

Saturated Canary Challenge #7

Oh Dear it seems I have lost a whole day...I was convinced that yesterday was Wednesday!

So apologies for being late with this!

Here we go with Challenge Number 7 and this fortnight it is a “Christmas/Winter Theme”

The usual rules apply you must use either a Saturated Canary Digi Stamp OR a Simply Sassy Rubber Stamp

I have used "Winter Ragamuffin" coloured with my promarkers and pencils...the papers are some scraps from my box and I can't remember the make, the ribbon I have coloured with my promarkers too.

Head on over to the Blog for some cracking inspiration!

Hope you all have a FAB Festive Holiday!!XOXO

Saturated Canary Challenge #6

Still no camera.. turned out to be the actual camera and not the cable!! So having to use the old one which is not great :0(

Here we go with Challenge Number 6 at Saturated Canary Challenges and this fortnight it is “For the Boys”

The usual rules apply you must use either a Saturated Canary Digi Stamp OR a Simply Sassy Rubber Stamp

Now I know that there is no hint of a boy image here but I have made this card for my dear hubby so does that still count!!??

I have coloured the gorgeous Suzie Stockings with my Promarkers and Pencils, I have also stamped a tiny bit of holly and added to her hair and a little piece of mistletoe too!  The sentiment I made myself on the computer.

 Hope you like!! Head on over to the challenge blog for the rules and to have a look at my teamies gorgeous cards!!

Ice-Cream and Pickles anyone??..

Isn't she fab!! This is one of the new images over on the Saturated Canary Etsy store....last release now til after Christmas.  I just need to find a pregnant lady to give it too!

I have coloured her with my pencils and Promarkers...and I have tried to give her a "glow".

You still have some time to enter the latest challenge over on the blog "Anything Goes"

Saturated Canarys Sleeping Beauty...

Well?? How many Saturated Canary Digis did you all buy??

Please don't pay too much attention to these photos...they are awful!  My camera is not connecting up to my laptop (I have ordered a new cable and am hoping that fixes the problem and it is not the actual camera!) so I have used Lucy's camera for these and it's not the best of cameras.

I have had this card sitting for a while now it's the last one I made before my skin got bad, still smothering the horrid cream on so I haven't been in my cubby as I don't want to spoil any of my papers with big oily fingerprints!

I have used the gorgeous "Sleeping Beauty" for this card and I have used my Promarkers and pencils to colour her...I love her beautiful big lashes!

Hope you like!! Please leave me a comment and I will come visit!XOXO!

Treat Yourself!!

No card today as my stoopid camera is playing up and won't connect to the laptop....I think it is the cable!

So just letting you know that Krista has a really cute wee freebie on her blog and a special code to use for discount in her Saturated Canary Etsy store on Monday only...go on you can get all those images you know want!!  I know I will be stocking up!!  You can read all about it HERE xx

Saturated Canary Challenge #5!

Happy Thanksgiving!!
 We don't celebrate this here in the Uk but I kinda wish we did, especially as I love a family get together and a turkey dinner!!   Have a lovely day wherever you are!xoxo

And I would like to thank everyone who left me such kind comments regarding my eczema…it is loads better now and I can finally get back in my cupboard now that my hands aren’t all yucky with creams and potions!lol

So on with the show!!lol

Yeah Saturated Canary Challenge Number 5 and this fortnight it couldn’t be easier “Anything Goes”

So you have no excuse! Lol  We only ask that you use a Saturated Canary Digi stamp OR a Simply Sassy rubber stamp and with Krista heading for world domination who doesn’t have one of those or indeed all of them?!! lol

I have used the fab Queen of Hearts for my little piece of “art”…not sure what to call it!

I have had these little wooden hearts for ages that I found on Ebay…..painted up with white paint and then inked with Walnut Stain…the papers are from Summer Time Designs 

The hearts I have coloured and then painted with Crackle paint and the little tiny playing cards were from a Christmas cracker last year!

I have coloured this gorgeous image with my Promarkers and pencils for shading and the seam binding has been stained with Walnut Stain DI.  And finally some little red gems to finish off!

I hope you like!  Going to try and find some time to make an Alice and a Mad Hatress one too!

Thanks for having a look....get yourself over to Saturated Canary Challenges to join in the fun!!

Judes Christmas Wreath

I have abandoned my cubby the last couple of days as my eczema has broken out pretty bad and I just feel all icky with the horrid creams but I did manage to have a little mess about with Jude yesterday and we  made one of the gorgeous book page wreaths that I have seen around blogland.....you can see a wee tutorial on how we did it HERE

I also have a quick question....is anyone else getting some weird sites in their traffic stats?  Most of my referring sites are all strange ones and there is no way I am going to click on any of them to see what they are!!

Thanks for popping by and I will be back soon with a card....promise!

Saturated Canary Challenge #4

Goodness me the time is flying by!! We are onto Challenge 4 over at the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog!!

This time we are looking for Autumnal colours

I have used the gorgeous "Windy Day" coloured with my pencils...the papers are Basic Grey...the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the leaf and berries are from my stash...the ribbon is stained with Distress Inks.

A well as winning 2 Digi stamps you will also receive a 12.00USD gift credit to *Glamour Damaged*-- a totally gorgeous Etsy Shop full of pretty hats and things!

Hop on over to the blog to check out the rules and to see all my lovely teamies cards!

This is what has been keeping me away from blogland all my card orders!!  Is it wrong to say I am sick of making Christmas cards?

A Christmas Angel...

Sorry I have been such a bad blogger of late...I was poorly for most of the school hols and I have been trying to catch up on all the orders that I have...(which I thought I would get done in the hols!)...but I am back with a gorgeous Saturated Canary Stamp...A Christmas Angel, from the Ragamuffin Series..

I have coloured her with my Promarkers and a pencil for shading......the yummy papers are from Dovecraft and I have added stickles for some sparkle!

Saturated Canary Challenge #3....

Yay Challenge Number 3 kicks off today over on the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog!!  We have been getting soooo many gorgeous entries, keep up the good work!!!! Thank you all so much for joining in!!!

This fortnight it's as easy as 1..2...3!!.....1 image, 2 patterned papers and 3 embellishments!

I have used Penny, from the Ragamuffin Series...coloured with my Promarkers. Flexmarkers and pencils. The papers were given to me in a RAK a while back..aren't they gorgeous...been holding on to them for a while...need to go on the hunt for some more!  I have used 2 flowers and 1 button for my embellishments and I have distressed all the edges and added a tiny bit of stickles to the edges which you can't really make out in the pics.

Head on over to the SC Challenge Blog for all the info and to see the rest of the teams cards!!

My first ever tutorial!

At last I am starting to feel a bit more human...this darn cold has gone on for far too long and the whole of the school holidays have been and gone and not a card made at all!

BUT ....I have posted my first ever tutorial on the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog today..... you can see it here

Let me know what you think!

Saturated Canary Challenge #2

Wow what a load of wonderful entries we had for our very first challenge...thank you to all you lovely ladies who joined in the fun!

Now I have scheduled this post and I hope Mr Blogger is behaving and has indeed posted it.  As we speak I shall be en route over to the East coast of Scotland to just outside Banchory with all the troops to visit my little sis and her partner for a few days!

But anyway enough waffling from me.... lets get on with  Saturated Canarys second challenge !  Which this fortnight is to use stitching real or faux!

I have used Violet for my card....coloured with my promarkers and pencils...the stitching I have done by hand as I don't have a sewing machine....I normally just use a pen and doodle some stitching but for some crazy reason I thought I would hand stitch!

Head on over to the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog for all the details!

Saturated Canary "Hand Me Downs"

I found this great tutorial here on shading behind the image...so wanted to give it a go...think I have maybe been a bit heavy handed with the blue but for a first go I am pretty pleased with the result.

This is another gorgeous Saturated Canary Digi stamp "Hand Me Downs"

She has been coloured with my promarkers again and a pencil for some shading......can you make out the tiny pearls? I ordered some of ebay in various sizes 99p each and there are loads in each bag!.....the tiny ones are 1mm I could barely see them!

I will be disappearing for a few days...going over to the east coast to Banchory to visit my wee sis...soooo looking forward to getting away for a couple of days!