Traditional Christmas!

Good morning all and hope that your week is going well. Wednesday seems to have zoomed round quickly again! Tilly the Dog coped very well with Bonfire Night on Monday and all the fireworks going off (it did sound like a re-enactment of the Somme at times outside).  She tried to hide behind the sofa a couple of times but then couldn't turn round to get back again and I did have visions of my new wallpaper getting scratched as she tried some bizarre yoga positions to turn! So she had to shift into reverse gear and shuffle backwards - and it's quite funny watching our pudding of a dog doing a reverse waddle from the back of the sofa! But hopefully now most of the fireworks have finished - and the cold frosty weather we had has now changed to grey damp November drizzle.

Anyway, I'd like to share a card with you today that was made for the Whimsy Design Challenge - and a new challenge for November is starting over at Whimsy Inspires 'Traditional Christmas Colours' so that leaves plenty of scope for everyone!

This was made with a digi stamp from Whimsy - a Lia Stampz 'Andrew'.

I've coloured the image with promarkers and pencils. I made a tri-fold 6" square card. The backing papers are from First Edition with lovely traditional Christmas colours and images. 

The holly corners are from a Cheery Lynn die with some red beads for berries, and then some sheer ribbon and some red seam binding in a bow. 

So very traditional Christmas colours from me.  Do pop over to the Whimsy Inspires challenge and have a look at some of the fabulous samples the design team have produced - and then join in! 

Back soon,  Kim x

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Anything goes challenge - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Kaboodle Doodle - anything goes

OLLCB - Christmas

Winter Fairy

Hi and hope that your week has started well? I've had another busy day - paintbrush in hand once more. We have quite a big room - well, it's two rooms that were knocked into one big lounge. Now please don't think I'm a moaner (!) but 99% of the time I do like having a big lounge.....- until it comes to decorating! And I'm sure it magically expands as I'm doing it! It's partly my fault I suppose for being so independent (or bossy as my husband probably defines it) and insisting that I can do the decorating on my own - but I will be so glad when it's done! Hey ho.
The other thing is that I'm missing doing my crafting! I try to make a little time on most days to do some crafting of some sort, but I've either had no time or been too tired to start this last few days! But I'm determined that the decorating should all be finished by this weekend - and hopefully some normality can resume!
Anyway, today's card is one I made a week or so ago (before the other sort of papercrafting and colouring took over lol!)

I got this stamp of 'Winter Fairy Talva' from Mo's Digi pencil because I thought she was gorgeous! I've coloured her with promarkers and pencils - although I'm still not too happy with her hair! I must practice my 'curly hair' colouring!  I stuck to shades of blue, with lots of added glitter and Stickles. I also added Glossy Accents to the icicles on her wings - but unfortunately it's not really showing up

The backing papers were printed from the Artylicious 'Seasons Greetings' cd from Chocolate Baroque, with lightly sanded coredinations card for matting. The snowflakes were from mirri card with a Tonic punch and some added pearls from stash. The sentiment is from LOTV and the sheer ribbon is from Joanna Sheen.

I decided to make this into a 6" square gatefold

Hope you like my Winter Fairy! 

I'll be back soon - and promise not to bore you with more decorating reports! 

We'll put the earmuffs back on Tilly ready for Bonfire night tonight! 

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Mos Digital Challenge - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - things with wings

Corrosive Challenges - more than one fold

Dream Valley Challenges - glitter

Glitter & Sparkle Challenges - glitter

One Stitch at a Time - anything goes

Pile it On Challenge - make it sparkle

Scrappers Delights - anything goes

The Ribbon Girls - sparkle

Not listening...!

Hope that your weekend has gone well? I seem to have had a really busy week, both trying to get on with the decorating at home and getting cards ready for the Whimsy new releases, so unfortunately haven't got a card to share with you today - although I know I usually post one on a Sunday!
We've had a slightly chaotic weekend, what with the house being in a greater than usual state of upheaval and we've also got builders coming in 2 weeks so need to get things ready for them! And to top it all we've had fireworks going off for Bonfire night celebrations - which started last night, have carried on tonight and will (hopefully!) come to an end tomorrow! Now grumpy Poppy doesn't particularly bother much about the noisy fireworks - she just glares at us all as if we've personally disturbed her. But unfortunately Tilly the Dog really isn't very keen. She doesn't have full blown panic attacks thankfully, but she gets quite stressed and paces about the lounge and tries to sit on your knee (all 24kgs of her....!). But just thought I'd share a couple of pics with you - when my delightful offspring decided they'd found a way to help her overcome her fear of the 'big bangs'....

Poor Tilly!  Lauren had worn her ear-muffs when they went out to watch the firework display at the nearby Castle (as it's definitely on the cold & frosty side here!) - but her and Jack decided that they suited the dog better.  I have to say, Tilly seemed quite content to wear them too! 

Hope that's made you smile.  If you ever need a smile, do have a look at some of the great pics people email to me that are on my 'Smile' page!

Back tomorrow with a card!

Kim x 

Whimsy - New Releases! - Day 3

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of our November Digital Stamp Release Showcase! 

On Thursday (1st November) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new digital designs from

Moon Cookie Gallery

Stamp Art Designs by Kathryn

Dana's Digi's

Lia Stampz

Crissy’s Digis

From then until 4th November the Whimsy Digital DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop! Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw. To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on 5th November

 To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations! 

Day 3

Doreen OBrien 

Tammy Ortiz 

Jackie Randolph 

Kelly Mannix 

Sarah McLaughlin 

Kim Taylor (me!)

Jackie Smith 

Lisa West 

Tracie 

Debbie Dunn 

Suzi Mckenzie

Laura Palmer

Anne Cullen

Nicole Gent 

Brenda Turner

And today I've made a Christmas Card using one of the new releases from Moon Cookie Gallery - 'Trimming the Tree'. It's a set of great images - and I loved this cute tree!

I've coloured the image with copics and promarkers and added a little distress inks to all edges, and the 'garlands' on the tree were made with a Viva pearl pen and glass pen. The papers are from K&Co and Dovecraft. The sentiment is also from Whimsy, and the embellishment, buttons & gingham ribbon are from stash (in fact, I think the leaf was stolen from a Christmas decoration! oops!).
Enjoy your weekend! Back soon, Kim x 

Whimsy Digis - Release Day 2

I know, it's me again! I'll have to go and lie down in a dark room after doing 3 postings in one day! But this is an exciting one for me - my first DT posting for Whimsy Digital Stamps!  And today is day 2 of the new releases

 Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our November Digital Stamp Release Showcase! 

On Thursday (1st November) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new digital designs from

Moon Cookie Gallery

Stamp Art Designs by Kathryn

Dana's Digi's

Lia Stampz

Crissy’s Digis

From then until 4th November the Whimsy Digital DT and Special Guests are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop and I am part of today’s hop! Each mini blog hop has a new release prize hidden somewhere along the way and you have 24hrs to enter each prize draw. To be entered into today's mini blog hop prize draw, be sure to leave a comment on ALL of the DT's posts listed below by 12.00PM EST tomorrow. All winners will be announced on the Whimsy blog on 5th November

 To take a peek at today's fabulous new release creations, please click on the links below...

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop back to the Whimsy blog tomorrow for more new release creations! 

Day 2

Tammy Ortiz 

Jackie Randolph 

Charlene Brown 

Kelly Mannix 

Michelle Oatman

Tammy Davison 

Kim Taylor (me!)

Jackie Smith 

Tracie 

Christine Garner 

Jan Ltc 

Suzi Mckenzie

Nicole Gent 

Carly Wilson

I've used a Crissy's Digi 'Nativity' for my card today - such a gorgeous image! I've coloured it with promarkers and pencils. The papers are from Dovecraft, with added twine and ribbon from stash. The sentiment on the tag is from the fantastic collection from Raindrop Echo at Whimsy - there are some lovely Christmas sentiment ones. And the added bells really do tinkle lol! 

I'll be back tomorrow with another of the new releases! 

Kim x 

Adding Texture

Yes, I'm back again - and it's time for a new challenge over at CraftyCatz!  And guess who's chosen the theme for this week? Yes, it's yours truly!  So, as I always enjoy adding lace, ribbons, twine, etc., to my creations I picked the theme of 'Add Texture'!

We're sponsored this week by The Stamp Fairy, and I've used one of their images for this creation. 

I've coloured him with promarkers and added stickles to the snow - not sure what I'd do without stickles on my Christmas creations lol! 

The backing paper is from LOTV 'KraftyChristmas'. I've added some glittery netting and the fence is made using Doo Hickey die. The sentiment is from LOTV. The snowflakes were made with a Tonic punch and a bit of added bling. The white satin ribbon is from my stash and the cute wooden star button is from CraftyEmblies. 

So have a rummage in your stash for all your lace, fabrics, twine, etc., and then join us at CraftyCatz! 

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Fab'n'Funky - diecuts/punches

DeepOceanChallenge - sporty&outdoors

DieCuttinDivas - anything goes

EurekaStamps - buttons & bows

Christmas Star

Good morning, Friday has whizzed around pretty quickly this week! I have to confess that most of my 'papercrafting' this week has involved wallpaper! The decorating is coming along - but boy, will I be glad when it's done! I have kept muttering threats under my breath and grumbling about whose stupid idea it was to decorate the lounge - but as has been pointed out to me, it was my idea....!  But I don't deal well with the house in disorder (although with the constant comings and goings of a house full you'd think I'd be used to it!), so I'll be very relieved to get things back to normal - well, as normal as our house ever is.

Anyway, less of my waffling! As it's Friday it's time for a new challenge over at Totally Papercrafts - and the theme for this week, chosen by our lovely Laine is 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Christmas Star'!  So we want to see stars somewhere on your creation!  My contribution for this challenge is

I've used this gorgeous stamp from LOTV, and coloured her with promarkers and pencils, with added stickles and pearly bits! 

The backing paper is from Joanna Sheen ('Haberdashery' pad!), and the stripy one was a freebie! I've added some stitching and lace. The spotty ribbon is also from Joanna Sheen. The sentiment is from LOTV. 

We're sponsored at TPC this week by 

So do join us with your 'starry' creations! 

Back soon, 

Kim x 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-

CardsbyLadyAnne'sChallenges - anything goes

DivasbyDesign - festive

Ilovepromarkers - cute

PaperShelter - anything goes

The PerfectSentiment - pinkChristmas