Things With Wings xx

Hello my pretty people

Oh what s this darn weather like??

One day sun then snow and now today rain, sleet and hail the size of maltesers!! Well it is Scotland I'm in can't expect anything less lol! Maybe this time next week the sun will be back, fingers crossed!

Its been busy wee week with me getting orders finished and things ready for others! Even managed a trip to the cinema with hubby and wee naughty food treat too! Yesterday we spent the day sorted the garden, first day to properly weed and de-winter it! The sun was lovely beating on me while weeded, just what I needed!

Today sadly its indoors day! Ok not really that bad, DVDs and crochet with some card making is just perfect lol!

Now I never got a chance to post this last week but as you still have under a week to enter the wee Challenge at Dream Valley Challenges, here it is now

The theme as you can tell is Things With Wings!

I sneaked into hubby's workshop, stole some MDF and his lil jigsaw to make the Butter fly shapes before turning into mini canvas/scrap pages!

I would like to enter the following Challenges

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Ribbon

Allsorts Challenge - Anything But a Card

Through The Craftroom - Anything Goes

Remember please follow the rules over at Dream Valley Challenges, add your name to the linky to be eligible to win our goody wee prize!

Here's a lil of what I've been working on with my hook this week

Well until next time

Huggles Mel xxx

Things With Wings xxx

Afternoon lovelies

Firstly I apologise for my lack of posts! My health hasn't been the greatest and my mojo went with it! I've step down from all my Dt's (well a break really) until I fell better and may not be around often! Sorry to all my regular blogger friends that I have't visited and all my teamies too!

But lets not dwell on it and more onto the fun craftyness lol!

This fortnight at Dream Valley Challenges we have another fab lil theme for you all

"THINGS WITH WINGS"

a nice easy peasy one for you all

Here's what I have created this time

I do adore my butterflies

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Diecut, Free, Glitter)

Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Creative Belli - Anything But a Card

Stampavie - Something With Wings

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes

I hope you will join us this fortnight and get crafty making something with wings!

Just pop over to DVC and add your name to the linky!

Speak to you all soon

Hugs Melly xx

Give us a laugh xxx

Morning my lovelies

Wow, is it hot again today! Just another wee scorcher and hopefully not too hectic lol!

I meant to get this posted yesterday but we ended up away out and then a nice BBQ at night, relaxing with a few chilled pear ciders until 9pm before falling asleep on the couch lol!! I hope your weekend was as nice as mine!

Now its time for another wee Challenge at Dream Valley Challenges and this fortnight we wanna LAUGH

HUMOUR

That's it!

You've gottta make a wee crafty creation that wee can get a good laugh from! Remember it can be anything at all not only a card! But as long as it follows our rules you could be one of our 2 lucky winners this time!

Here's what I've created

Yip its another Tillie layout!

She loved to steal your seat if you walk off to do something and then acts all innocent without looking at you! As if butter wouldn't melt lol

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

LMLC - Footprints (puppy paws)

Secret Crafter - Anything But a Card

The Happy Scrapper - Anything Goes

Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Elke Kaart - Kraft, White + BLUE

I hope you will join us this fortnight and make us laugh!

Check out the super talented Design Team for some great inspiration!

Back Later

Hugs Melly xxx

My treasures xxx

Happy 1st of the Month

Can you believe its May already my lovelies?

This year has just flown in so far and it won't be long till the summer holidays lol! With summer in mind, its time for the monthly challenge at The Craft Garden and this time wee have some picture inspiration for you

Just oozes summer doesn't it!!

Now you could make something with the ice lollies or just the colours, but what ever you make as long as it matches the picture you can enter The Craft Garden Challenge and play just for fun!

Here's what I made

What do you think?

I loved the colours and knew a fabby layout would be just right for them

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

4 Craft Chicks - No stamping zone

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

Come and Get it - Anything but a Card

LMLC - Treasure

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Remember you have a whole month to enter The Craft Garden Challenge and its just for fun this time!

See you all soon

Hugs Melly xxx

Back to nature xxx

Hi all

So so so Sorry but this wee post is a day late due to my Internet going up and down all last night! Plus I have no idea how to do it form my phone lol!!

Anyways this fortnight at Dream Valley Challenges we have another fab wee challenge for you all

EARTH TONES

That's it peeps!

All you gotta do is use naturally earthy colours on your project to enter the wee Challenge! You can make anything you like for the challenge, not just cards anything goes as long as it follows the theme! Now remember to follow our rules and you can win our prize!

Oh and what a prize it is!!!

One lucky winner will win an amazing £20 voucher for the fab Bead Crafty store!

Here's what I made this time

Ingredients:

12x12 - Tim Holtz Kraft Card

Brown paper - Kaiser Craft

Green paper - K&Company

circles - Spellbinder dies

Everything else from stash

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Ditzy Craftymess - Anything but a Card

Pixie Dust Studio - Ribbons

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft - 3 Circles = paper and 2 in gems

Check out the Design Teams creations for some uber amazing inspiration! Plus remember you have 2 weeks to enter our Challenges at Dream Valley

I'll be back later

Hugs Melly xxx

Blog Hop time xx

Good morning my lovely peoples

Now its a special wee time here and over at Sarah Hurley Challenges

The lovely Sarah has an uber fabulous New CD Release and as a special treat to all our lovely followers we're having a fun wee Blog Hop with some yummy prizes for 3 lucky winners!

Firstly if you arrived from Jaine's blog then your on the right track but if  you've just arrived at the hop, you have to pop back to Jaine! Now all the blogs of the Design Team have a lil letter that you have to collect!

Leave a comment here then take note of the letter on each blog, work out the word and leave the word in the comments section on Sarah's own blog! You have to collect the word to win one of the prizes

Here are the prizes:

1st - a download of the new CD, their choice of either a set of 24 Derwent Watercolour pencils or a set of 12 Pastel Promarkers and a 15% discount from my shop

2nd - a download of the new CD, a set of 5 'Summer' promarkers and a 10% discount from my shop

3rd - a download of the new CD and a 10% discount from my shop

If your word is correct you could be one of the lucky winners from one of our fabulous sponsors.

The blog hop will last until midnight on Sunday night. Along the way you’ll be able to capture sneak peeks of the New CD as well as gather some fabulous inspiration from the team.

Here's the Blog Hop list just in case you got lost along the way

Jaine

Melly - wee me and where you are

Clare

Elaine

Natalie-Jane

Emma

Claireliz

Lisa

Jess

Sarah - your last stop

Here's what I have made with the New CD

a wee maze book!

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Gingerloft - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi (everything is)
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
The Stamping Boutique - Distress
UnstampBelles - Use Country's Flag Colours
Prairie Fairy - Anything Goes
Wags'n'Whiskers - Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog - Distress
Delightful Challenges - Stitching
Southern Girls - Fancy Folds

My letter for you is ……  R

Here's a wee sneak of what you can find on the CD

Well thats me till tomorrow, pop over to Clares blog now to continue the hop and see what gorjuss creation she has come up with!

 Good luck and happy hopping.

Hugs Melly xxx

Gone full Circle xxx

Evening all

I hope you all are having a nice week and enjoying the last of the Easter Holidays?

We've been busy here in my wee house, hubby non-stop with work and me working on some last min Wedding Stationary! But we did fit in a lil shopping today and hubby got me some new clothes, lovely my hubby is to me!

Before I go on to the new Challenge at Sarah Hurley Challenges we have a surprise for you all starting tomorrow

so exciting!! I can't wait to sure with you all my new creations and see one of you lucky followers win some amazing and I mean AMAZING prizes lol!

now on to this weeks Challenge, the lovely Jess picked our theme

CIRCULAR

So we want to see all your round creation, no corners allowed!

Here's what I made

Ingredients:

Easter Tea Party kit

thats it!!

I would like to enter the following challenges

Bunny Zoe - Twine/Ribbon

Always Crafting - Anything But a Card

Cupcake Craft - Spring

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Easter

Aud Sentiments - Spring/Summer Colours

Paper Crafting Journey - 3 or more Patterned Papers

Fab'n'Funky Challenges - "on all 4s"

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Now remember you have till next Sunday to enter at Sarah Hurley Challenges and can make anything as long as its round! No square or rectangles lol

Check out our talented Design team for some inspiration!

Hugs Melly xx

POP BACK TOMORROW FOR THE HOP xx

Good auld cogs xxx

evening my lovelies

Hope you've been having a good wee day? I had a nice crafting day with my friend!

We both belong to a local craft club in may she's taking the class! Its going be a wee session about all types of marbling! So we tried out them all today with her 3 year old son! The Shaving foam technique was amazimg and we all got really messy doing it! The chalk wasn't the best but we had great results with the nail varnish one! A wee night of practise and we'll have cracked it lol, ok its just excuse to get messy!!

Challenge Day - 6

Can you believe its day 6 already! The days are just flying by and I'm enjoy keeping a wee active blog now!

So for todays Challenge I wanted to share some wee creations I made for the new release from Sarah Hurley's latest and most fabulous collection

Steampunk can be pre-ordered here or you can a download it you can't wait for the CD

The papers are so funky and I just loved them all! The wee digi stamps are perfect Steampunk themed and I can see me using this for all sorts of different creations!

Here's what I came up with

 How stunning are those papers! I so love the grid ones lol!

Everything I used is from the kit apart from my stickie letters, Kraft paper and distress ink

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Stampin' for the Weekend - Photo Inspiration

Dutch Dare - Distressing

Sassy Studio Designs - Kraft

Always Crafting - Anything Goes

Check out Sarah's blog for some more creations from the team!

Well I'm off to make my pancakes now, yummy blueberry and maple syrup for me and lemon with sugar for hubby mmmmmm yum!

Hugs Melly xxx