Girlie Birthday card

Just a quickie post ... I'm off to get my PJs on and crack open a beer!

Image from Uptown Girls - coloured with pencils.
I'm LOVING these DPs from Me and My Big Ideas.  Pearls from the bottom of my stash, they've been there for aaaaaages!

Layout from Sweet Sunday #200
Kaboodle Doodles #204 - anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #38 - anything goes
Whimsy Stamps #66 - party time
Crafty Creations #253 - anything goes
Let's Craft and Create #85 - let's celebrate

Favourite Five of 2013

Well can you believe it's New Year's Eve already!  2013 was a bit of a mixed bag, with both highs and lows, and I can't say I'm sorry to see the back of it!  Here's to 2014 :)
Me and Greggy are just having a nice quiet evening for a change, just us, some wee drinkies and the Hobbit  .... aren't I lucky ;)  (We did The Hobbit in school, put me off this type of book for life!)

Anyway, Debby is running her annual Favourite 5 look back again this year, so here's mine!

I discovered The Alley Way Stamps this year, and loved this cute halloween set
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An oldie bunny image from Lili of the Valley.
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This one of my wee niece had to feature in my faves!  I'll definitely have to get on with my scrapbook next year!
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I always struggle with sympathy cards, so am very pleased to call this one a favourite of this year!
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Love all the pinkness on this one!
Lili of the Valley image
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Snowdude Thanks

I needed a wee thank you card for a Christmas pressie, so got out my snow dudes from Paper Smooches
... oh, I won last week's challenge with Greg's Christmas card
yippee!

I've made quite a few Christmas cards this year using this paper stack ... I've had it in my stash for a few years now and I'm sick of looking at it ;)

Snowmen coloured with pencils, popped up on dimensionals and some glitter added to the snowlady's hat.

Sketch flipped from Monday Lunchtime #295
Paper Smooches SPARKS - anything goes
CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Extra - December
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas
Cute Card Thursday #301 - anything goes

A flock of goofy seagulls

I saw this Whipper Snapper stamp on Anna Wright's blog a while back and just HAD to have it!  I love how they got the fun expressions on their faces just using 2 dots and a beak!
The sentiment is an oldie from Lili of the Valley.  Orange glitter added to beaks.

I may have taken too many liberties with the sketch at PALS Paper Arts PPA185 - I didn't want to cover up my birdies, so used this postmark stamp instead of the central panel and also flipped the sketch on its side.
Papertake Weekly - pick of the year - I chose Anything Goes with the option of clean and simple
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - bling it on
Crafts 4 Eternity R#156 - something new (my stamp)
Sweet Stampin' - a little bird told me
Kaboodle Doodles #204 - anything goes
Bunny Zoe's challenge - Wings

Pretty in Pink

Ahhhh it's lovely NOT to be making Christmas cards, there's not even a bit of glitter on this one!  My card stash is almost non-existent, so I'm hoping to get a few more made before I go back to work on Thursday.

This one uses a stamp from Wild Rose Studio - coloured with pencils - and sentiment from The Alley Way Stamps.  Lovely new DP from Me and My Big Ideas.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - bling it on
Layout inspired by Papertake Weekly Challenge Pick of the Year - I used #78 (though I've just noticed I've missed adding the panel at the very back grrrr)
Let's Craft and Create #85 - let's celebrate
CRAFT Challenge #239 - new beginnings / new baby
Crafty Little Fairies - anything goes
Tuesday Morning Sketches #130 - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss # 216 - 'New'

Birthday butterfly

Well that's Christmas over and done with for another year ...   I got loads of lovely pressies, Christmas dinner in Mum's was delish as usual, and we had a great time playing with my nephew and niece (pic of one cheeky nephew below haha)!  So now the grub's all eaten and the drink has all been drunk (well nearly!) ... thank goodness, I couldn't stick this pace much longer LOL

















It was nice to get back to my craft room after the wee break, so I thought I'd play along with the photo inspiration over at the Alley Way Stamps - I'm done with Christmas cards for a week or two, so I used the butterfly from 'Priceless Joy' to make a birthday card instead.

The Alley Way Stamps #44
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - bling it on
Seize the Birthday - anything goes Birthday
Less is More #151 - any old challenge - I used #16 Butterfly
Pile it On #48 - P is for .... pink
Creative Card Crew #52 - anything goes
Tuesday Morning Sketches #130 - anything goes

My Favourite 5 Christmas Creations

It's that time of year again for Debby's annual Favourite 5 Christmas cards linkup!
(I think most of the Christmas cards I made this year featured the new release stamps from High Hopes!)

This image - Dogs Trio Block from High Hopes - was perfect for a card for my doggy-lovin friend!
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The only stamp on this one is the sentiment (Stampin' Up), and meant this layout was perfect for a quick mass production for all my family cards - made as a last minute rush as usual ;)
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Another fun stamp from High Hopes ... Downhill Snowy
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My favouritest snowman EVER ... Portrait Snowy (again from High Hopes)
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Snowy again from High Hopes ... this time as a gift tag
I gave some of these away, so along with my own pressies, I reckon I must have made over 40 of these tags ... mostly when I was sitting watching telly!
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