Santa's Little Helper

Good morning everyone, time for another linky part over at 'Make it Monday'.  This week we have the lovely Melissa from Meljen's designs sponsoring us.  I just love her images:)..  I have chosen this lovely little elf, isn't he adorable....

 

I have used papers from Bearly mine, aren't they gorgeous!!  just had enough ink in my printer to print them out and finish the card lol! I have used glitter on the border, his hat and parcel bow and those lovely snowflakes.. the card really sparkles!... I then put red gems down the border and in all of the corners...I really enjoyed making this card lol!!.. ended up with glitter every where lol!!

Card Recipe

Image - Santa's Little Helper by Meljen's Designs

Colouring Medium - Prisma Pencils

Papers -  Bearly Mine Designs - 'Christmas Frolics'

Border punch - Martha Stewart 'Zig Zag' 

Snowflakes - Memory Box Die

Gems and glitter my stash

Merry Christmas Ribbon - I think it was from the Ribbon Girls

Challenges entered

Will post when I find some lol!

I love this little mouse.. wish he had a Christmas hat on though lol!.. anyway remember to be in with a chance to win 4 lovely images from Melissa, leave a comment on another entrants card, and mention you saw them on 'Make it Monday' so the more you comment the more chance you have of winning!... 

Good Luck and Enjoy!!

My favourite pick for this week is tadah!!

Shylaashree... from Adhiraa Creations.. these lovely figures are so beautifully made and they made me smile:)

Do pop across to Shylaashree's blog and take a closer look, I just love baby Jesus in his crib.. aren't they gorgeous.. and remember to leave her a little love too!

This post will be for two weeks, as we are taking a little Christmas break. My family and I are going to Germany to spend Christmas with My Son and his family.  We are all so looking forward to it, it will be so nice to be together.  Only one down side, my Mum isn't able to travel with us, but she is in good hands with my younger sister, and we are only a phone call away.  

I wish each and everyone of you a Happy and Blessed Christmas, and as the saying goes, eat, drink and be merry lol!!! 'Happy Christmas everyone!!'

Love and Hugs....

Marjorie

xx

New Beginnings

Good afternoon everyone, what a week...hope the next months slow down a little as this one is going far too quickly lol!!  Firstly I would just like to welcome my new followers, and hope everyone has had a great New Year...Well on to my card for today, my neighbour and colleague has just had a new baby boy.  So my card today is all about "New Beginnings" I chose a Mo Manning image..isn't he gorgeous, but I had my problems, he's been coloured in more than once, as I struggle with skin and I wanted to do it with my prisma pencils, so lots of trial and error images lol!! I am really pleased how this last effort has turned out, tried lots of different colours and liked this one the best..the first one I coloured in looked like he had been sun tanning all afternoon and was like a red lobster lol!! I did enjoy making this card and isn't that ribbon from the ribbon girl gorgeous!  These papers I have used are also stunning and fit this little guy so perfectly!

A peek at the inside

Card Recipe

Image: Mo Manning

Papers: First Addition "Up Up & Away"

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: Spellbinders, Vintage Daisy's Magnolia

Colouring Medium: Prisma Pencils

Lace: The Ribbon Girls

Pearls: Mei Flower

Challenges I would like to enter

Papertake Weekly: Anything goes option Something New 

(New Baby)

Paper Shelter: Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge: Blue and one more colour (Yellow)

Simonsaysstamp Challenge: New Something (New Baby)

CES Challenge: Anything goes

Stamps R Us: Anything goes

Mo's Digital Challenge: Anything goes

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Thank you for stopping by, really do appreciate your comments, I have been around over the Christmas period looking at all the fantastic blogs out there, some lovely new challenges and design teams also, I think 2012 is going to be a great Year!!!  Have a great week guys mwah!!

Biggest of hugs,

Marjorie

xx

CHRISTMAS SANTA

Good Morning everyone,
Wow! can you believe Christmas is almost upon us!! It's very wet and cold in Doncaster today.  I still have a lot to do, some presents still need to be chosen...I have never been this far behind, but still not feeling a l00%.  I had a house full yesterday for lunch, it was lovely, two of my brothers came, my Mum, Debs, Candice and my little grand-niece Saskia and off course my hubby David.  My bro's live in Mottram, Cheshire and they had at least 3" of snow yesterday, their car was full of snow when they arrived...Candice just loved it.  I just admired it from a distance lol!!
Would like to share some good fortune I  had last week......I won Iulia's anniversary Candy Whoooo!! I couldn't believe it, I was absolutely thrilled!!! Thank you Iulia!!  and I also won a beautiful stamp from lotv's 12 days of Christmas event..also really thrilled and excited!!! LOTV Challenge  has now closed :( but Jacqui and Bev are starting a new one on the 9th January called Lili's Little Faeries.  So pleased as I love these stamps, and I enjoy looking at all the gorgeous creations you all make! and there are some stunning new designers on the team as well.
Hope you like my card for today, not had much time to make any (but still need to lol!) it is what I made for Liam before I went away...he loved it...as we had a special Christmas day and opened all our presents together..he was so excited.  He is such a little treasure.

 I made the inside to match the front

I used a Sarah Kay image "Santa with Toys" and coloured it with Prisma Pencils. Papers were "Barely Mine - Christmas Frolics" and "Memory Box - Mistletoe", ribbon was from "The Ribbon Girl" and my little cane I made myself with "Fimo" I couldn't find what I wanted so Deb suggested making one out of Fimo I added a little silver ball and some red ribbon.  This was my first attempt with Fimo, I was really chuffed with how it came out lol!! and my die was from "Go Kreate"  I used glamour dust on his coat and hat..it really is sparkly but not a very good photo...sorry!

Would like to enter for the following Challeges

Paper Shelter - Its a Celebration

Paper Take Weekly - Christmas Favourite Colour Combo 

Red, Green and White

Charisma Cardz - Last Minute Makes

Christmas Crafting - Santa Claus is coming to town

The Squirrel and the Fox - Christmas

Totally Gorgeous - For Someone Special 

Make it Monday - Anything Goes 

Paper crafting Journey - Christmas

4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas Card

2 Sisters Challenge - Kids Christmas

Hope you all have a great week, and manage to get everything done in time..... Many Thanks for supporting me this year, I've only been blogging for ten months, but have met some really great people and I have 46 Fantastic Followers....have a really great Christmas and hope Santa is really good to you all Mwah!!!

Biggest of hugs,

Marjorie

xxx

Hazel the witch

Good Morning everyone,
Have had a really funny week, not ha!ha! but mood swings, really felt under the weather, especially on Monday really had the blues....but feeling a lot better today, my grandaughter says its my hormones ha!ha! But you can't let it get on top of you so I flung myself in to making a card for Candice for Halloween...not my favourite holiday, but I think you will agree with me this image by Sylvia Zet is absolutly gorgeous, she is such a hunny:).  I haven't put any flowers on, which was really hard, but had to make it a little bit girly so added two lovely black ribbon bows on my lace.  I didn't want to hide the papers as they are really stunning, they are freebies from bearly mine.  Donna is such a generous person, and has the most beautiful papers, if you haven't been on her site, please take a look you wont be dissapointed!!  Don't you just love that little bat, he has such adoration in his eyes for little Hazel, anyone who has a pet knows that look LOL!!
I have used three types of papers from Bearly mine, matted on to black card, black guipure lace from WOC. Image is a digi download from Sylvia Zet, and I have coloured it in with prisma pencils (which I love..) I resized one of Donnas papers, and cut out the spider webs to put into the corners, think they have come out quiet well don't you? I have put a papermania adhesive shimmer dot on all the spider webs for a bit of bling. Also some glitter on Hazels lace on her dress.
I must just share this with you, I made top three at Lily of the valley last week for my little ivy card, I was walking on air last week, I was so thrilled, couldn't believe it when I saw my name on there LOL!!  Maybe thats why I was so blue on Monday, I had used up all my carma!!lol!!

A peek at the insided

A close up of those little webs!

I would like to enter for the following challenges:

Bearly Mine: 3 x design papers

Paper Shelter: Halloween

Papertake: Anything goes

ABC Challenge: Anything goes

Papersundaes: Lots of Layers

Crafty Cards: Anything goes

Make It Monday: Anything goes

Secret crafter saturday challenge: Halloween

Craft your passion: Anything goes with ribbon

Wow!! what a long post hope you all haven't left!!  I really do appreciate all your comments, and thank you for all the little tips you leave me when I'm having problems mwah!!  

Big,Big Hugs,

Marjorie

xxx