Good Afternoon Everyone and a Happy Lazy Sunday,

*WARNING : Please be advised this post will be long and will contain a long amount of waffles*

Before I get on with this I just wanted to wish my mini me a BIG Happy 11th Birthday today.  I do not know where the years went I can still remember her first day of school clear as day….

I think you can see why I call her my mini me!  She had her birthday party Friday night with2 girls sleeping over and right now we are having a lazy Sunday watching DVDs with it freezing outside, lol!  Speaking of Kira she is now a Jr Design Team member for Tickled Pink Stamps and will soon have her very own BLOG!

OK so while I have not been totally MIA I have not posted as much as usual and or gotten around to commenting like I would like to and usually do.  Also falling behind on DT work and letting you know challenges etc.  Just been one of those months so far, lol.  The Fashionette Lil Lolita stamps arrived WHOO HOO and with the help of Kira we packed them all and watched many Blue Heeler episodes, lol.  We packed all the orders yesterday and no lie there was about 50+ popped into the mail box I think I filled it up hehehe!  And I still have more as I ran out of postage stamps!

So what did I miss to post?  BEFORE I get onto that have you noticed something, I think you might had, how could you not!?  The gorgeous Heather over at Individual Blog Banners made me an amazing header, watermark, siggy and some sidebar dividers….  I absolutely LOVE them all and she was absolutely amazing, listened to everything I said and then some a HUGE thank you Heather.  Want a gorgeous new, fresh looking blog?  Look no further than Heather…..HERE….

I have made a card, Kira and I took some time last night to make some cards.  Hubby is away camping and should be back soon-ish and the little 2 were in bed and so we decided to have a little cardmakingsession.  I decided to leave all the DT work and just make a card for FUN and fun it was….. I am playing along with Tiddly Inks Challenge #12 and their challenge this week is….

SUMMER FUN…..

And here is what I came up with….

Stamps : Tiddly Inks Bathing Beauty, Unity Summer Background and Unity Sentiment.

Papers : Cardboard, October Afternoon and Water Colour Paper.

Distress Inks : Peeled Paint, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Aged Mahogany, Spun Sugar, Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood, Broken China, Scattered Straw, Fired Brick and Oranges…..

Other : Mesh Ribbon, Black and White Ribbon, Brad, Chipboard Bird and Thongs Charm.

I actually masked, first time ever and it didn’t stamp right lol, and I was going to cut her out and just mount her on another background but then I thought mmmmm I like the ruff, rustic look of it!

So the challenges you have missed……

Lil Lolita Boutique we are having a RIBBON challenge and there is a prize of one of the NEW FashionetteLil Lolita Stamps!  Check out the AMAZING work the Lil Lolita Ladies came up with HERE….

Tickled Pink Monthly Sketch Challenge, we have a sketch for you this month for you.  Remember you don’t HAVE to use a Lil Lolita Stamp to join in, you can use any stamps from any of the companies I sell, companies such as Magnolia, Kraftin’ Kimmie, CC Designs, The Greeting Farm, Pink Cat Studio and MORE….. So I think that pretty much leaves it open to everyone! Here is the sketch…..

And do you want to know what the prize is…..? You could win the FULL SET of the NEW Lil Lolita Range, all 6 stamps! WHOO HOO!

Well that will do for now and if you got all the way here then THANK YOU for taking the time to read through my post.  I best get things ready for first day back at school and kindergarten tomorrow, and hubbie’s work uniform and, and lol!  Am going out for a cuppa with Jess, and for once don’t want to keep her waiting like always, always late lol!

Good Morning,

WOugarW thank you to all the comments on my bomb site aka work desk.  It has been amazing to hear that people’s are actually worse than that, lol I need to pick up my game then, hahaha I thought I had the messiest desk in all of blog land, hehe!

So this morning I do have a card to share with you all…..  I made this card and to play along with Cupcake Crafts Challenges and their challenge this week is …… Blooming Charms, wow ok for me to easy I don’t think I make a card without either these days, you know me once I love something I love it to death….hehehe…… And I am also playing along with A Spoon Full of Sugar and their challenge this week is ….. Cute and Girlieand I really think mine is, in a teen age ways, well my daughter went naaaaw followed by….that’s cool….when she seen it so is that a pass….?  So here is my YET again don’t hit me, haha….. Pink and Black card and I still have one more coming and another I am working on, hehe….

Stamp : Digital Cat Girl from Tiddly Inks HERE… SU! Background stamps and sentiment borrowed from Debbie Pamment.

Papers :Rusty Pickles and Black Cardstock and Acetate Debbie made me these, and WHOO HOO I found I still had it!

Other :String Peals, Black Ribbon, Roses Ribbon (present from Princess for me) Black Mesh, Flourish with a Bling, Rose Charm, Black Tassel and Rose Flowers from I Am Roses.

I think you are now picking up that I now have a soft spot for the cute gothie images at Tiddly Inks.  I was blog hopping last week and came across them on the Friday and bought a few images hoping i would be able to colour them and get the prismas to work.  I am quite happy with the ways they are coming out, just wish I would get the guts to venture into more colours lol!  That’s what I get for getting the 132 pack and having far to many colours to pick from, hehe!

So there you have it for this morning, Shall be back tomorrow, till then happy stamping and take care, I love all comments, they make me tickled PINK….. xx

Good Evening All,

Well I am a wee bit tired to say the least and to be honest we actually went to bed a bit earlier than what we normally do at our weekend away, haha, mind you first night Kristy tossed and turned that much I almost felt like kicking her out of bed then waking up at 7am trying to get the dog to jump on the bed, that clearly DID NOT WANT TO, but thanks for waking me, bahahaha…..  Was an absolutely BLAST and thank you SO….SO….SO much Debbie and Richard for a wonderful weekend and cooking YUMMY meals and delicious dessert and the constant supplies of coffees.  You are truly an amazing person and an amazing hostess!

So photos…..?  Right after my card hehe!  So I really wanted this weekend to try and get more of a knack for the prisma pencils, as I never have time to sit and try for something like all day like I did and it was amazing to slowly be getting there, still a LONG way to go, but you know trial and error, only thing is, I know how to use limited colours, those being black and pink hehe and I got NEW pink and black papers, so hey didn’t that work out well?  Here is another of my cards I got made on the weekend……

And because of it I am going to enter it into Totally Paper Crafts, Challenge #16 which is

• Wedding/Anniversary, check it out HERE…..

Stamp : Digital Happy Couple from Tiddly Inks HERE… and All That Scraps Sentiment.

Papers :Rusty Pickles and Black Cardstock AND that black swirls is a acetate sheet that will be available from Delicious Papercrafting in June…. HERE….

Distress Inks : Black Soot and Pumice Stone.

Other : String Peals, Black Mesh, Black Tassel and Rose Flowers from I Am Roses.

I wanted to make a different sort of wedding card and I think this one fits just right…..

My exciting NEWS, while at my weekend away Kristy asked me to be a DT member for her store Delicious Papercrafting….. WHOO HOO I have already ordered half the paper pads she has in store and she is always getting more ranges in and exciting new stock in the coming months.  Kristy is also going to be setting up a store blog soon that ways you will never miss a thing….!  PLUS she has a wide range of Sweet Pea stamps selling like HOT cakes and is always getting in more to please the Sweet Pea need and at the best prices, check them out HERE…..

So as you may have read that I went and stayed at Debbie Pamments for a weekend away and it was a BLAST, here are some photos……..

In order from Left……Gorgeous Fran, {Me}, Princess aka Kristy, Deb-a-licious aka Debbie and Kylie Brown aka Kylie C…

Us ladies hard at it and see that tub full of scrummy cupcakes made by Fran and that are Tickled Pink, hehe, oh ok here is a better photo for you all to drool over in the mean time, they were soooooo yummy……

Mmmmmmm YUMMY……. And what about one more of the gorgeous Pink Ladies…..

I’ll be back tomorrow with yet another card and more photos from the weekend and a pressie you wont want to miss!  And how about a little give away……..?

Thanks for stopping by…. Have a fantastic week and Happy Stamping xx.

Good Evening Everyone,

Well I am away on a craft weekend this weekend and loving all the crafting, laughter and amazing food!  We are staying at Deb-a-licious aka Debbie Pamment house this weekend and she has been an amazing hostess, the food OMG YUM….  I am here with pink ladies Kristy aka Princess, Kylie Brown aka Kylie Crossley and the gorgeous Fran.  It has been a BALL and still the night is young and we are cracking a bottle of bubbley about to have some dinner and then more crafting to be done WHOO HOO…..

So today I made a card to join in with The Burtonesque Dolls challenge HERE…. and it is to have a lady that has a style that could be Burtonesque style and I think this little Batty Girl is JUST that!  I recently found a online digi store called Tiddly Inks and fell in love with the images, but not being a digi colour friendly person I had to stop myself from buying them all.  I coloured this one in Prisma’s and while its NOT fabulous I am determind to get there some day…..

Stamp : Digital Batty from Tiddly Inks HERE…

Papers : Rusty Pickles and Black Cardstock.

Distress Inks : Black Soot and Pumice Stone.

Other : String Peals, Black Mesh, Skull Charm and Rose Flowers.

I really enjoyed making this and am having a HUGE thing for pink and black lately, thanks to Pink Lady Jackie

Best get going as I am starving, lol.

Hapy Stamping, thanks so much for stopping by and take care xx.