Hobby House - Spring Flowers Colour Your Own Art Pads

Hi everyone and a gorgeous, sunny morning to you all.  I'm running a little late with this post today so I'm going to make it short but sweet, as school run and work will soon be calling! Ahhhh!  I'm planning on chilling out this eve when I'm back from work seeing as it is my birthday hehe!! Ooooh! Another year older .........

Today I'm sharing one of the beautiful images from the new Art Books available here at the Hobby House.  This little girly can be found in the 'Spring Flowers' book - all printed on beautiful cardstock and ready for you to colour up and bring to life!

I coloured this beauty with Copics in the following:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11

Blacks:  C0, C1, C3, C5, C7

Purples:  B60, BV00, BV02, BV04, V12

The papers are from LOTV called Promises and all of the gorgeous embellies from the beautiful rhinestone flourishes, adhesive gems, lace and ribbon to the blingtastic diamante spacer are all from the Hobby House and are listed separately on the HH Blog HERE.

My fabulous DTeamies have been showcasing daily inspiration this month, all created with these fabulous new pads.  Make sure you pop by the Hobby House Blog again tomorrow for another gorgeous make.

I do apologise for the super quick post, but do hope you like my little piece of inspiration for you all today!

Thanks so much for popping by!

Big hugs & enjoy the rest of your day!

Hobby House - Summer Sweetness Art Book Inspiration

Morning everyone and a Happy Wednesday to you all.

Today is my turn again for a little inspiration over at the Hobby House Blog.  This month we have been showcasing the fabulous NEW Elisabeth Bell Art Books.  Each book holds a total of 5 x 6 darling images all printed onto quality cardstock ready for you to colour up at your will.

My third piece of inspiration this month is a gorgeous image from the Summer Sweetness book and here she is:

I coloured this little gem with Copics in the following:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11

Blues:  BG000, BG01, BG05

Greens:  YG00, YG03, YG67

Browns:  E51, E31, E35, E47

The papers are Shabby Shack from Lili of the Valley and every single one of the gorgeous embellishments are from the Hobby House.  A list with links can be found on the HH Blog HERE.

I'm absolutely loving these little colouring books - no printing; no stamping; just good old fashioned colouring at your fingertips!

We'll have more inspiration on the Hobby House Blog for you tomorrow on these wonderful art books and I hope you'll pop by and take a peek!

I'd like to enter into the following:

TBA

Thanks heaps for popping along here today!

Take good care and Happy Crafting!

Hobby House - Elisabeth Bell Art Book Inspiration

Good Morning to you all.  I'm here to share my second post of the day with you all and this time it's my  inspiration piece over at the Hobby House Blog showcasing another of the fabulous images from the new Elisabeth Bell Art Books, which can be found HERE.

These colouring books are fabulous value for money and feature the most beautiful EB images!

This little lady can be found in the Summer Sweetness book.

I coloured this beauty up with Copics in the following:

Hair:  E37, E35, E33, E31, E51

Dungarees:  R89, R59, R37, R20

Top:  G99, G21, YG63

The gorgeous papers are from Lili of the Valley called Always & Forever.  I die cut the leaves and little fences and the remainder of the gorgeous embellishments, from the pearl string and ribbon to the beautiful flowers and flat backed pearls, can all be found at the Hobby House 

I hope you like my little piece of inspiration today and that you'll pop by the Hobby House Blog tomorrow to see more gorgeous inspiration by one of my fabulous teamies.

I'd like to enter into the following:

Craftitude - #67 Use Flowers and/or Lace

Crafty Catz - #235 Use 2 Different Dies

Scribble & Scrap - #20 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for popping by today!

Big hugs x

Hobby House Art Book Inspiration

Good Morning lovely peeps! 

Today is my turn to share a little bit of inspiration over at the Hobby House Blog and, for the beautiful month of June, (taking no notice of the rubbish weather) myself and my fabulous DTeamies will be showcasing our little makes using the fabulous NEW Elisabeth Bell Art Books.

I absolutely love these little gems as the beautiful images are all cut and ready for you to colour up and create with!  Another thing, the cardstock is brilliant to colour onto!! :)

My first inspirational piece is using an image from the Summer Sweetness Art Book

I coloured this gorgeous girly with Copics in the following:

Dress:  B000, B00, B02, B05

Blouse:  YR00, YR02, YR61

Skin:  E000, E00, E11

Hair/Shoes/Brown Trim:  E31, E33, E35, E37, E51

I inked around the image to give it a softer edge and to blend in with the papers, which are Bear Necessities from LOTV.  The butterfly edge die is from Joy Crafts, the small individual butterflies are a Signature Die and the scalloped circle die is from Sizzix.

The beautiful embellishments, from the flowers to the pearls and pearl string can all be found at the HOBBY HOUSE.

Isn't she just a beautiful image?

I hope you like my piece of inspiration today and hope you'll pop by the Hobby House Blog tomorrow for more inspiration on these ready to colour art books.

Thanks so much for popping by!

Big hugs xx

Hobby House Inspiration - New Toppers

Hi Everyone - hope you're all keeping well.

It's my turn for a little inspiration today at the Hobby House and, as we have been showcasing the fabulous new toppers this month by Kenny K, Elisabeth Bell and Wee Stamps for our April Challenge, I have kept within the theme of New Toppers and thought I'd share with you this little box I decorated using the adorable Summer Splash toppers by Elisabeth Bell.

How cute is this little lad happily at play with his bucket and spade?

The papers are from Bearly Mine Designs called Patchwork Party.  A list of the fabulous Hobby House embellishments I used can be found HERE

The topper sets have three different designs to play with.  I recently blogged a card HERE using another design from the set and thought I'd share the whole set, which includes a cute door hanger I created using the third design.

I hope you like my little piece of inspiration today and thank you so much for stopping by.

Big hugs xx

Hobby House Mid Month Challenge Reminder - New Toppers

Good Morning Everyone!  I am actually so very late with this post ...... I thought I'd already scheduled this for Saturday.  Feeling all smug, I've enjoyed my Bank Holiday weekend only to pop on here today and find that I hadn't scheduled at all ..... I hadn't even written up a post to schedule!!! How bad is that?! 

Well, it's here now .... finally ..... and I hope you all had a fabulous Easter indulging in whatever it is that makes you smile.

This is my Mid Month Challenge Reminder for the Hobby House and our theme this month is 

ANYTHING GOES WITH A NEW TOPPER

Have you seen the gorgeous new toppers available at the Hobby House Store?  The new releases are by Elisabeth Bell, Kenny K and Wee Stamps and, for this Challenge, we'd like you to use one of the new toppers to create anything you wish with.

My card today is using one of the beautiful Elisabeth Bell - Summer Splash toppers.

I absolutely LOVE the fabulous freshness of these colours, don't you?

My papers are from Bearly Mine Designs called Patchwork Party and the butterfly dies are Joanna Sheen Signature Dies

The flowers, fish charm, ribbon, lace, pearl string, adhesive pearls, button and rhinestone sparkler can all be found at the Hobby House

I hope you like my card today and look forward to seeing your creations in our Challenge

Thanks so much for looking,

Big Hugs xx

Hobby House Inspiration

Hi Everyone! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

It's my turn for a little inspiration today over at the Hobby House and I chose to use this beautiful new topper from the Elisabeth Bell range called April Showers.  I actually made this card back in February when we were having nothing but rain, rain and more rain LOL.  Also, I was super chuffed to have my little creation aired on Create & Craft, along with a couple more of my creations, and my little boy was in awe that my card was on TV .... although he was a little less pleased to see that, after showing it, they 'squashed' it (his words) with another card ...... hee hee, bless him :)

These new toppers are just so gorgeous and so easy to create with.  I used the 8" x 8" Country Lady papers by Lili of the Valley, which co-ordinated perfectly with this topper, and only changed the topper slightly by adding a little ivory chalk over it.  The butterflies are from my Joanna Sheen Signature die.  You can find a list of all of the fabulous Hobby House products I used listed separately HERE.  The green ribbon was originally white and I coloured with Copics to co-ordinate with the image.

It's the start of our April Challenge tomorrow so make sure you head on over to see what our theme will be for the next month and for your chance to win some delicious Hobby House goodies!

Thanks so much for popping by today and I hope you can join us throughout April with your beautiful creations.

Big hugs xx

Hobby House Midway Challenge Reminder - Buttons

Good Morning Everyone! Hope you've all had a fabulous week - can you believe it's the weekend again already? Yay!!!!!

It's our midway reminder for the Hobby House Challenge today and our theme is

BUTTONS

Please remember to use at least ONE Hobby House product and mention in your post the product you've used.

As always, our winner will receive this WHOPPING prize!

I decided to dress up a tag for my midway inspiration and had a lot of fun with it!

This was so easy peasy to put together as the gorgeous topper, papers, ribbon, doily, and wording all come together in the Wee Sweet Blossom Cardmaking Kit (with loads more besides).  An amazing kit where everything co-ordinates so beautifully!  A beautiful pearl flourish pack also comes in the set, however, the one I used for this little tag can be found here.  I inked the topper and words with chalk and die cut the little butterflies using my Butterflies and Dragonfly Signature Die.  

I had fun playing with these gorgeous buttons, which are part of the fabby HH Embellishment Set - Wedding Day and added individual adhesive pearls on top of each button.

I hope you'll join us for the remaining half of our challenge - you have until 29th March to enter so there's still plenty of time to get your fab creations in!  

We so look forward to seeing what you create this time!

Thanks so much for popping along here today and your visits and kind comments are so very much appreciated!

I would like to enter my tag into the following:

Jellypark - Friday Challenge Blog - Pretty Pastels
Little Claire's Designs - #43 Make a Tag

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bingo - (Gems, Ribbon, Buttons)

Big hugs,

Hobby House Inspiration - Buttons

Hiya everyone and a Happy Wednesday to all :)  This week is literally flying by ..... soon be the weekend again! Woohoo!!

It's my day for a little bit of inspiration over at the Hobby House and, as our Challenge this month is BUTTONS I thought I'd make a little 'button tree' card.

(I must apologise for the poor quality of the pic and I'll blame the lack of sunlight and too much rain)

I stamped my Kanban tree onto plain cardstock and matted and layered onto card from my stash.  I popped a button over each of the 'flowers' on the tree stamp with hot glue to make sure they stuck!  I've heard of falling leaves but didn't fancy the idea of falling buttons!! I cut two 6" lengths of lace in half to decorate the outer edge of the card and added gorgeous pearl string onto the inner layer.

To say I don't use buttons an awful lot on my projects, I actually had a load of fun with these and will make more of an effort to use them a bit more now :)

You can find a list of all of the gorgeous Hobby House products I have used on my card listed separately HERE on the Hobby House Blog.

I hope you will join us in our challenge this month.  Please remember your creation must fit in with our button theme and have at least one Hobby House product on it (please list what it is)

We look forward to seeing your fabulous creations this month!

Thanks so much for popping by today!  Take Care and Happy Crafting!

Hobby House Inspiration

Morning Everyone! Hope you're all well and keeping wrapped up in this awful weather ..... 

It's my time again for a little bit of inspiration over at the Hobby House and, as our Challenge this month is ANYTHING GOES I thought I'd have a little play with one of these cute little Treat Bags.

I didn't really have a clue what I was doing, as it's the first time I've attempted one, but I'm pretty pleased with how it's turned out ....

Whilst I was making this, I didn't really know what kind of 'treats' I was going to fill it with.  Then ... I had a little brainstorm!  You know those gorgeous boxes of chocs we are sometimes lucky enough to get given from Santa?  Well, I love most of the chocs inside the boxes, but some aren't particularly to my taste and always tend to get left ....... looking lost and lonely and wondering if they'll ever get eaten! Why not share as another gift?!  Waste Not, Want Not!! Okay, so it's a second hand kinda gift, but at least they'd get eaten LOL.

I made a little box for the treat bag to sit it and added an edge die & some beautiful pearl string.  I inked the topper for a creamy look and added some little faux stitching around the edge.    The gorgeous papers are Tilly Daydream by Docrafts.

You get a sentiment sheet with the papers so I cut this one out and popped it on - it looks a little wonky in the pic, but I promise it wasn't when I put it on LOL.

All of the delicious embellishments are from the Hobby House and are listed individually HERE on the Hobby House Blog.

I hope you like my little creation today and that it inspires you to send a little gift in a bag to someone special ... or, at least to palm your unwanted choccies off to :)  Don't forget our CURRENT CHALLENGE is Anything Goes and we hope you'll join us this month.

I'd like to enter into the following:

Craft My Life - Feb/Mar - Anything But A Card

Make My Monday - Anything But A Card

Thanks for stopping by and big hugs xx

Hobby House Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Morning Everyone! Can you believe we're into February already? Wow! Time's flying by super fast lately! 

It's challenge time again at the Hobby House and the theme for this month is 

ANYTHING GOES

Woohoo!! We all love a bit of Anything Goes don't we? 

You can create anything you like, but we would ask that you use at least ONE Hobby House product and tell us what it is.  

As always, our winner will receive a fabulous prize of

I chose to decorate another little bag ..... loving doing these, they're so much fun :)

Of course, February is the month of LOVE and so I thought I'd create using the adorable Wee Stamps - Peggy & Friends topper.  I distressed the edges of the topper and inked it up a little.  The purple backing paper is Maja Design and the sentiment I created on my PC, printed out and coloured the 'Love' with my Copics.  I thought it was quite apt for this adorable, happy little pair!

My little 'Love Bag' is dripping with gorgeous Hobby House products - I still pinch myself that I'm so very lucky to be on the DT.  They're products are of such a high quality and so beautiful to use!

Embellishments used on my little bag are:

HH Mulberry Flowers

HH Elegant Heart Pins

HH Fancy Buttons

HH Pearl Daisy Flourish

HH Pearl Self Adhesive Hearts

HH Pearl Mini Hibiscus Flowers

HH Flat Backed Pearl Medallions

HH Ivory Double Satin Ribbon

HH Lace

I'd love for you to pop on over to the Challenge to see the beautiful creations of my Teamies and, of course, to enter your fabulous makes whilst you're there :)  Looking forward to seeing your creations again this month!

I'd like to enter into the following:
A Creative Romance - Show us some Love
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #99 Sharing the Love
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #244 Love/Valentines
Delightful Challenges - Anything but a Card (Love Theme)
Incy Wincy Designs - Jan 26th - Ribbon and Pearls
MilkCoffee Challenge - Valentine's/Love
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #48 Use Ribbon and/or Lace

Thanks so much for popping by today!

Hugs xx

Cat Girl

Hello again! I'm back with my second post of the day!  Ooh! Not often that happens on this little ole blog LOL.  

This is a card I've made just for the fun of it and have been colouring up on and off over the past week!  I finally popped this adorable, sassy image onto card last night and am pretty pleased with my little version of the very beautiful Cat Girl digital stamp created by the extremely talented Mi Ran of Artbymiran.

Here she is in her glory .... hope you likey too :)

As some of you may already know, my fave colour is purple and I have a little obsession with purple hair!  However, for a change, I decided to colour this little minx' hair in shades of blue! What d'ya think?  I think she looks pretty cool (excuse the pun ... hehe! )  

Cat Girl is coloured with Copics in the following:

Skin Tones : E000, E00, E11, R11

Blue Tones:  B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Grey Tones:  Co, C1, C3, C5, C7

Her 'fur' collar has had a generous amount of glittering too!

The gorgeous papers are Petal Fresh from LOTV, which I matted onto blue plain pearl cardstock from my stash.  I added some faux stitching around the edges in white gelly roll pen.  I did add some gorgeous lace underneath my Cat Girl matting, although, you can't actually see it now as my flowers & bow at the bottom have practically covered the whole thing up .... doh! 

I used my new Bunting Signature Die from Joanna Sheen and added a couple of pearls at the top of each banner.  This is the first die I have bought from this range and definitely won't be the last - they are so beautiful and cut perfectly!  The flowers are from the Hobby House & Wild Orchid Crafts, the berries are from Live & Love Crafts and the gorgeous white ribbon (which I made into a bow) and the metal blossom spacer are also from the Hobby House.  

A little reminder whilst I'm here ..... our theme over at the Hobby House Challenge this month is ribbon! We love seeing what you create and hope you're able to join in the fun this time for a chance to win a fabulous prize!

I'd like to enter my card into the following:

613 Avenue Create - #55 - AG/Optional Twist - Shades of Blue
CMC Challenge - #85 - Texturize it
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - #105 - Monochromatic
Make It Monday - #175 - Linky Party
Milk Coffee Challenge - Monochromatic
My Sheri CRAFTS - #125 - Delightful Digis
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - #83 - Stitching Faux or Real

I hope you like my little make today and wish you all a fabulous Sunday!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Big Hugs xx

Hobby House DT Inspiration ~ Ribbons

A very good morning to you all ..... can you believe it's mid-week already?

It's my turn for a bit of inspiration at the Hobby House today and, for this month's Challenge our theme is RIBBON and we've been extremely lucky ladies to have been sent lots of gorgeous, lush ribbon to play with!

The challenge asks that you use ribbon on your project, however, there must be at least ONE HOBBY HOUSE item on your project also.  Whichever item/s you choose to use we just ask that you list what it is and link back to the website.

Here's my little card for today ...

I absolutely adore the colours of these ribbons - so fresh and clean!  The ribbons are an assortment of textures from grosgrain to satin with velvet in between.  I die-cut a plain circle card mat and worked my way from the outside in by cutting approx 2" ribbon strips, folding each one and attaching to form the layers.  I added the bling and centre piece to complete my little ribbon flower.

A little close up of those beautiful colours & all of the lovely textures.

Items used from the Hobby House :

Mixed Ribbons - Pink/Blue 1

Mixed Ribbons - Pink/Blue 2

Mixed Ribbons - Blue/White

Self Adhesive Clear Rhinestone Gems

Large Blossom Spacer

Rhinestone Sparkler

I do hope you like my little bit of inspiration today and hope that you'll be able to join us in our Challenge this month.  We cannot wait to see what you create using your Hobby House supplies.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Big hugs,

The Hobby House Ch #6 - Ribbons

Good Morning Everyone & a Happy New Year!  

It's time for our very first challenge of 2014 over at the Hobby House Challenge and, for this month, we are having a fab time with RIBBONS.  

As always, our winner will receive a fabulous prize of

To be in with a chance of winning, you can create anything you like using a Hobby House item.  We would ask that you mention which product you have used and link to the item on the Hobby House website, as well as linking to the Challenge page.

I had lots of fun making my very first ribbon topiary and here's a little pic ...

HH Products used:

16mm Double Satin Ribbon - Grappa

16mm Double Satin Ribbon - Tan

6mm Double Satin Ribbon - Ivory

White Organza Ribbon Roll 45mm

Large Blossom Spacer

If you haven't done so already, I'd love for you to pop over to the HH Challenge and see the fabulous array of designs, which my Teamies have created!  It's amazing the fun you can have creating with ribbon and I can honestly say, I am definitely looking on it in a new light now!

I hope you'll join us in our challenge this month and look forward to seeing what you create!

I'd like to enter my little creation into the following:
Brown Sugar Challenge - Ch# 75 - Use Ribbon or Twine
Totally Gorjuss - Ch# 217 - Ribbon

Big hugs,

The Hobby House 'Pearls' Inspiration

A very good Monday to you all - hope you're all keeping well and raring to go for the start of a new week!

Today I'm sharing with you my inspiration piece for the Hobby House.  I'm really loving the gorgeous array of die-cut toppers available in the store and these little love birds are no exception! How adorable are they?!

I cut the topper into an arch to fit underneath the Tim Holtz birdcage die, which I frantaged and adhered with 3D foam.  I pushed the cage forward and cut out an opening at the front so that we can all get to see the cute little guys inside!  The background paper is so beautiful to work with and compliments this little duo just perfectly!

My recipe for this little card is:

HH - Wee Stamp Die Cut Topper - Love Me Do

HH - Love Me Stripes Paper   HH - Spring Hearts Paper  HH - Mulberry Rose Flowers  

HH - Self Adhesive Hearts   HH - Pearl Corner Flourish  

HH - Beaded Heart Charm  HH - Round Flower Cameo  HH - Frantage (Shabby Pink)

HH - Pearl Hibiscus Flowers  HH - Pearl String

Tim Holtz Birdcage Die

I hope I've inspired you a little today and don't forget, you still have time to enter our Challenge this month which is showcasing pearls!  We'd love to see you over there!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

The Hobby House Challenge #6 - Pearls

Good Morning Everyone! Hope you're all healthy, happy & raring to go for our November challenge at the Hobby House!

This month we'd like to see PEARLS on your wonderful creations!  How awesome is this challenge!  The DT have had a ball with this one as I think we're all a bit partial to pearls - hey, who wouldn't be? 

There is a slight change to the RULES in that you must now use at least one item from the Hobby House and this needs to be mentioned in your post!

As always, our winner will receive a HUGE

(postage paid by winner)

My card today features a beautiful image from a Wee Stamps Topper Set called 'Love Me Do'.  I cut the topper into an arch and edged with Pearl String.  The Hobby House stock the most beautiful card and I used a mixture of Spring Hearts and Spring Damask to mat my topper onto! This card is 250gsm and is so beautiful to work with.

The die cut branches are randomly cut from a Marianne Designs die, which I then added little pearl adhesive hearts, which are available in 6mm and 8mm sizes.  I made my little floral arch using the gorgeous Mulberry Roses, which come in a variety of colours and sizes.

 For the bottom of my card I adhered the beautiful lace and added some gorgeous Self Adhesive Pearl Ornate Flourishes, with a few of the 5mm self adhesive pearls popped onto the bottom corners ... and there you have it! My pearlicious card has been well & truly pearlised LOL.   

I really hope you can join us in this month's challenge and cannot wait to see what you create!

I'd like to enter into the following:

Card Crafter's Circle - #99 Cute Cards

Creatalicious Challenges - #56 Wedding Day

Creative Card Crew - #48 Teddy Bear Picnic

Stampavie and more - #197 Bear

Thanks so much for popping by today & Happy Crafting to you all!