Water, water everywhere

 Morning all.  Firstly, I would like to say how impress I was by the 'Wildlife' entries in last week's Cardz4guyz Challenge.  I struggled to pick just three winners and changed my mind several times.  Let's hope that our new 'On the Water' challenge inspires you as well. 

I know I've used these papers before but I absolutely love them and they go so well with the images I bought from Le Petite Market on Etsy.  The sentiment is from Crafter's Companion and I just finished it off with a bit of bling.  Simples!

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Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Something Fishy Going On

 Morning all.  It's the 15th of the month so we have a new challenge for you at Sparkles Monthly Challenge.  We are looking for something 'for men only' this time.  Anyone who has followed my blog recently can't help but have noticed my obsession with a digital stamp company on Etsy.  Le Petite Market have become my go to shop just recently.  I've let you off for the last couple of posts so it's time to try another one of their sets. I bought a set of nautical clipart recently and it's perfect for this challenge.

There are so many different images in this set but I chose to go with three of the cutest fish.  They are perfect for yet another recent paper pad purchase.  There can't be many paper pads I haven't got by now.  I really must shop with blinkers on!  I've got tonnes more of the digi images printed out so it should keep me out of mischief for a bit.

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Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Safari So Goody

 Morning all.  How about something different for the Galz this week.  Over on the Cardz4galz Challenge we are looking for 'Zoo or Safari Animals'.  I bought this fabulous set from Le Petite Market (yes, them again - I'm obsessed) but I wanted it to look girly instead of boyish.  I used peach coloured background paper to try and achieve this.  I still think it could be unisex but I'm chuffed with the result.

My dark green colour was a little hard to blend out on the jeep but I think it gives a sort of camouflage look so I left it as it was (well, that's my excuse anyway). On a plus point all the papers were from my scrap stash and the tiny binoculars have been in my tin for about 15 years.

OK, over to you guys.  

Thanks for reading. 

Love Dawn x

Something very close to my heart

 Something very close to my heart is my stomach!  And today's theme at Make My Monday was always going to be a favourite of mine.  We want to see 'Food and/or Drink' on your makes this time please. I chose to go with food simply because I had bought yet another digital stamp set from Le Petite Market on Etsy .  This time it was a cute set of Sushi images.  Mmm, Sushi 💓💓

I coloured the images and paired them with some pretty oriental papers.  I used the computer to generate the sentiment and I'm pleased with how this all came together.

Please join in and show my your favourite food and drink suggestions.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Wingy Things

 Morning all.  Can you remember me mentioning a cute robin that I wanted to colour for my winter card but I ran out of time.  Well today over at Cardz4galz it gets to shine.  We are looking for 'Things with Wings'.  It's always a popular one this one.  I was just glad to find a reason to colour one of these cute images.  I am totally obsessed with Le Petite Market over on Etsy.  I've bought several digital stamp sets recently so you will be seeing more.

I'm still on a mission to clear out my scraps so the background is made of strips from some bits I had left over.  Once I had the panel I stuck it in an embossing folder for added interest.

I'm really pleased with how this one turned out.

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Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Winter - where ever you are

 I'm really sorry I'm late with today's post.  I'm struggling to keep on top of things at the moment.  It's gone crazy mad at work.  So many people have asked me for cards recently - which is lovely - but it's also the middle of winter and I just want to curl up with a good book under a blanket.  I realise that winter in some places isn't all cold weather and dark nights but to me it's all about staying cosy.  Over at Make My Monday today we would like your projects to reflect 'winter where you are'.  I am all about oversized jumpers and keeping warm.  Mum loves to crochet and I go to work with a different scarf on nearly every day of the week. My favourite at the moment is a long, wide one with pockets on the end.  As that is how I'm feeling at the moment I found a lovely new set of digital stamps that reflected it.

Not sure what's in the cup.  If it was me it would be either hot chocolate or earl grey tea.

The digi set is from Le Petite Market on Etsy.  I just love all the cosy girly images.  

Ok, let's see what winter is like in your neck of the woods.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x