Little Bee Cuties

Good Afternoon Blogger Buddies.

First of all I would like to thank my new followers - it is a real honour and I appreciate you all, old and new. 

I have managed to get only one card done today and this has been achieved when my little baby sleeps. As soon as she is awake it all action stations. She has now realised she can get upstairs - perhaps this is her plan to get me fit!!! She has kennel cough at the moment and it sounds awful though the vet has assured me that they are quite able to deal with it and it should clear up on its own. They suggested I give her children's cough mixture or some honey added to warm water. I am trying the latter first. She is so precious. Never thought Russ and I would have a baby together!!!

I couldn't resist buying Little Bee Cuties and Issabelline papers from Pink Petticoat and here is the result. 

I have used Marvellous squares by Spellbinders and Fishtail dies by Die-Namics.

The Butterfly and heart dies are by Memory Box. The gems and the ribbon are from my own stash. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges.
The Pink Elephant - Anything goes
Avenue 613 - Anything goes
Card Mania - Butterflies or Fairies
Daisy Doodles - Anything goes
Stamps and fun - Heart
A Gem of a Challenge - ~Add a bow
Clearly istamp - Black/white& pop of colour
My Heart Pieces - Valentine. Must have a heart

My baby is asleep now so what to do. Card or blogging - either way I will be round today to do some commenting.

Enjoy the rest of your day

Some exciting news

Good evening blogger friends.

No card to share today but instead I have some exciting news. 

I have been asked to join the Bestie Design Team and of course I was delighted to say yes. I love these images and they are such a delight to colour. 

The creator of these adorable images is Sherri Baldy and you can find her Etsy shop here. 

If you would like to enter these fabulous challenges you can find the blog here and you can follow her on Facebook here.  Looking forward to seeing you enter some challenges. 

Love and hugs

Sharon. x

Bunches of Love

Morning friends.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at Diva's by Design. The challenge is sponsored by Lili of the Valley and the theme is Fancy Folds. It would be lovely to see you take part in this challenge and there is plenty of inspiration over at Diva's. 

Before I show you my card I would like to say that for all you blogger friends who said that my new baby would mean that I wouldn't be able to craft as much were wrong. I have not been able to craft at all!!! My goodness, I am worn out after just four days. I have to say though she is so adorable and is bringing us so much happiness. She is such a good girl and  because we have bought her a cage to sleep in at night, she has slept all the way through. She is such a clever girl. Ooops, just had a mishap on the floor. Good job its a wooden floor. 

I have used the adorable Bunches of Love by LOTV. 

The image has been coloured with Copic Markers and the papers Butterfly Kisses Too are from Nitwit Collections. 

The heart dies are by Memory Box and the ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

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The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the Sentiment from LOTV.  The doily and gems are from my own stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Crafting by Design - anything goes
Milk, Coffee Challenge - Cute
Stamp n doodle = Anything goes.

It is now 10pm and I am going to bed now because my little baby has tired me out. Sweet dreams blogger friends. See you in the morning when I post this blog. 

A new Challenge over at Songbird.

Good morning Friend.

Hope you have all enjoyed your weekend. As some of you have commented - my baby has definitely got in the way of my crafting. I am just pleased I was able to get my DT cards finished before we picked Abbie up. 

Over at Songbird today, we have a new challenge which has been sponsored by Joanna Sheen. The theme for the challenge is Sixteen going on Seventeen so we would love to see all your age cards. 

I have used an image from Tiddly Inks - Wryn.

I would like to give a special mention to Alyce from Kit and Clowder for her wonderful colouring tutorial. I used the same colours as Alyce used in her tutorial as I thought it would be the best way to practice. I am very pleased with the results though I have a long way to go to be nearly as good as Alyce.

Wryn has been coloured using Copic markers 

The papers are Bonnets and Bowties from Nitwit Collections

The flowers and the fishtail dies are both by Die-namics available from many on-line stores. 

The sentiment has been computer generated. 

 Daisy Doodles - Anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - Make it girly
My Craft Spot - Add flowers
QKR Stampede - Anything goes
Stampavie and More - Lots of layers
Milk coffee Challenge - Cute
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments.

Take care.

A new Challenge at Dream Valley

Morning Blogger friends.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  Today starts a new challenge at Dream Valley and the theme for this challenge is Ribbons and Bling. We are being sponsored by  Crafty Ribbons. It would be lovely to see you over there and please check out the DT's gorgeous creations.

We had a wedding this weekend so I used the gorgeous Digi Bird Swing by Wee Stamp to make my wedding card. Such a cute image. 

The image has been coloured with Copic Markers and the papers are by Pink Petticoat called Little Hearts. 

The flowers and the hat pin are from WOC

The ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop and the heart border (Cherish Border) is by Memory Box which available from many on line stores. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Allsorts Challenge blog. - Things with wings
Raise the Bar - Anything goes
QKR stampede - Anything goes
Jen's digi Stamps - Ribbons/lace
Forever Friends - Animals
Milk coffee Challenge - cute

Thank you to my new followers. So chuffed to have you with me. 

Enjoy the rest of your day. 

I am so in love

I would like to share with you all our new baby. She is mine and Russ's longed for addition to the family.

We are both so much in love and we have only had her since lunch time today. She is 9 weeks old. 

Welcome baby Abbie to my blogging friends. 

See you tomorrow.

Hugs Sharon. x

Belinda Beehive

Happy Valentines Day to all my Blogger friends.

Have you all been inundated with cards and are you doing anything nice this evening. We shall be sharing a bottle of wine and a take away. 

Today's card comes with a warning.

You may need your sun glasses!!! Actually it doesn't look as bright on my blog as it does in the flesh.

I love these images and am chuffed to have won two digis after having a card picked for the top 5.  

This cutie is called Belinda Beehive and is by Sherri Baldy. 

I looked through my papers this morning and because I didn't have papers which I thought complemented the image I had  a look at Nitwit Collections and found these papers - Hello Sunshine. 

I have coloured the sweetie with Copic Markers. 

Blues - BG000, BG01, BG05, BG09

Pinks - RV000, R81, R83, R85

 The wings are glittered with Diamond Sparkles.

The Ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

The poppy die and the butterfly die are by Memory Box - available from many online stores.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Cute card Thursday - An eye for detail (256)
Besties Challenge - Use some pink
Ladybug Crafts - Pink and one other colour
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu - Girly
Great Impressions - Have a Heart (Hearts are in her basket)
My Grafico - Anything goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes

Enjoy your evening and will see you on Sunday with a DT card.

Lil Ballerina

Good morning friends.

Hope you are all well and enjoying your day. I like Saturdays to go really slow as I have to work all day on a Sunday. So far today is flying by. I will be visiting dad this afternoon who is hopefully, fingers crossed, beginning to improve. I am trying to persuade Russ to come to the cinema with me to see Les Mis for the third time before it finishes. So far, he is not being persuaded. Boo Hoo. He always says why spoil a good story with singing. Guess when is comes to singing - we are not on the same wave length. 

 I am sharing with you a card I made earlier in the week using Mo's Digital Pencil image called Lil Ballerina. I have had this digi a while and have been looking forward to using her. I am really pleased with the result - she is so sweet.   Sorry but I have shared quite a few pictures this time.

I have used Copic Markers to colour the  dress and Flexi Markers to colour the hair. The gorgeous papers are from Raspberry Road and are called Fight Like a Girl.  These papers are beautiful and perfect for this image with the music notes and Puccini papers.

The flowers are from WOC. 

My favourite dies at the moment are these hearts from Memory Box called Precious Hearts. 

The border butterfly is an On The Edge die called Butterflight by Tim Holtz. The ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. 

 I am entering this card into the following challenges

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Flutter by Wednesday's - Open Challenge
Moving along with the Times - Only Girls Aloud
2 Sisters Challenge - Use Hearts
 A Gem of a Challenge - Hearts/Valentines
Digitally Sweet Challenge - Hearts and flowers
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything goes
Kaboodle doodles - use hearts
Whoopsi Daisy -   Ribbon/lace
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments. - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Have a Heart
Simply Create Too - Valentine or Hearts

I would like to thank my followers old and new for the lovely comments you leave. It is such a joy to be part of such a wonderful blogging community and appreciate each and every one of you.

Big Hugs 

A new challenge at Songbird

Hi friends.

Hope you are all well and that you all had any enjoyable weekend. 

Today sees a new challenge over at Songird. We are being sponsored by Bearly Mine Designs and the theme is Hopelessly devoted to you. They are very kindly giving a wonderful £10.00 to the winning entry. The DT members have some gorgeous card for your inspiration and it would be lovely to see you there. 

I have used one of Sherri Baldy's images called Valentina. She is such a cutie. Do you think I need a few more hearts on this card!!!

I have coloured her with Flexi Markers and the papers are a mixture of Pink Petticoat Pretty Little Hearts and Crafty Ribbons Happy Family.

The hearts are Precious Hearts by Memory Box and the flowers are from WOC.

The ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop and the sentiment stamp is from Whimsy Stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments - they really are appreciated.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Heck of a challenge - Love is all around

Simply Create Too - Valentines day or hearts

Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Valentines

Scrappy Frogs challenge - Use some red

Mema's Crafts - use a doilly.

Besties Challenge - Anything goes

Created with love - Valentines day

Scrapbook Society - Anything goes

By the cute and Girly - Use red

Party time tuesdays - Love and Romance.

Creative Corner - Love and hearts

Big Hugs. 

A new challenge at Dream Valley

Good morning my blogger friends.

Today see's the start of a new challenge at Dream Valley. We are being sponsored by Meljens and the theme is Valentines. The lucky winner can pick 4 digis from their store - It would be lovely to see you over there and you could help spread some love.

I have used the adorable image Cuddle Bun Bunnies from Meljen Designs. They are so cute.

The image has been coloured with Pro Markers and Polychromo pencils for the outline. The image has been mounted on Spellbinders, Marvellous Squares - love these dies.

The papers are Bonnets and Bowties from Nitwit Collections. The ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop. The heart die is my latest favourite from Memory box and the sentiments are from LOTV.

Thank you all for your visits and for your lovely comments. I really enjoy reading them and are grateful for the time you spend visiting. See you all soon.

I am entering this card into the following challenges.

My time to craft. - Hearts
Creative Corner - Love and Hearts
Jens Digi Stamps - Love
Stampavie and more - love
Sassy Studios - Love is in air air
Simply create too -Valentines day or hearts
Broken Box Stock -  Valentine
Digi Haven - Valentine/Love
Sweet n Sassy - Valentines