A humourous xmas

Good Morning!  Its silly o clock here and  have FLU!  I havent had a proper flu for years and I'm suffering, also flaring the fibro up so popping painkillers and cant sleep.  Thought I'd tell you as I dont get no sympathies from my OH *sniff*
Seeing as I cannae sleep I thought I'd blog this one which is a 2 in one.  I saw the old lady image on Meesh's facebook and she told me it was by Just Inklined and I thought it would go soooo well with one of the Kenny K images.  We were trying to think of funny quips about beer goggles but my OH didn't want to appear to insult his friends partner lol!

On the front is Maude Merry Christmas coloured with promarkers.  I've given her tortishell glasses and glazed them and some coral lipstick as when I was a kid old ladies all wore coral lippy :)

Onto the inside which is Christmas Hottie by Kenny K again coloured with promarkers using cool grey 4 for the shadows and distressing around the edge with red ink.  All papers are from Bearly Mine Designs Xmas Frolics

Would like to enter into...

Kenny K Krafty Girlz - Distressing
Sparkles Forum Challenge - Christmas
Gingerloft - Distressing
Some Odd Girl - Bling x 2 (glamour dust, glittered flower and the little blingy sticky thing on the insde lol!)
Crafty Purple Frog - Christmas
Pennys - Christmas
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes xmas
Crafty Emmas - Anything goes
I love promarkers - Santa

I was kinda hoping to watch a bit of the lunar eclipse which is just starting but typical british weather its cloudy and I cant even see the moon so off back to bed x

Any Christmas babies?

I just thought I'd mention this (pass me my soapbox please Meesh!) I've noticed a couple of challenges running recently on "December birthdays" and the DT creations are beautiful, they really are *but* theyre essentially christmas cards with happy birthday on...

I'm a christmas baby as is my fwend Meesh and as Christmas babies I'd like to mention that we always get forgotten about.  We've lived our lives with comments such as "I got you this for xmas and your birthday" and birthday presents wrapped in spare christmas paper, tins of roses and leftover bottles of wine (I dont drink wine!)  Our birthday presents being left under the christmas tree (wrapped in xmas paper and the only way you know the dfference is if happy birthday is written on the label!)  We're slap bang in the middle of christmas and new year and WE WANT A BIRTHDAY like July people have!

So please spare a thought for us Christmas Babies and our forgotten birthdays and send a december baby a nice bright cheeful completely non christmas card and make their day!

PS.... I like cherry lambrini and archers :)

And a couple of cards!

Last one before bed - sorry for the mega posts I'm catching up again inbetween dying of Ma'am flu!
I've had a reshuffle at home so am now in the lounge which has never been the lounge its always been OH's office but with him working from home its not very appropriate when he's having a video conflab and the kids burst in shouting Daddy I've done a poo!  So he's now moved to a room we have above the garage!  We live in a bungalow but there's rooms everywhere, its like the tardis here!  He's given me the lounge as when we have visitors we tend to go in the conservatory so now I'm settling in and finding places for my regular stash I can actually sit down and make things yay!

This is one of the new images by Lemon Shortbread from Crafts & Me, this one is Christmas Melody who you can do in any colours you like!  I've added some grey shading to her dress then coloured it in with a clear sakura stardust pen so its super sparkly.  I've also added a tiny pearl to her hat and ribbon.
DP's are from Bearly Mine Designs (Christmas Wonderland & Christmas Frolics)  Swirl is one I've borrowed from Mrs Stampman and is Sir Tim's Elegant Flourishes.  Text circle stamp is from a set by HOTP cut out with a Nellie Snellen die.  Card is finished with a squirt or three of iridescent gold glimmer mist which Crafts & Me are now stocking yay! 

Would like to enter this into...

A Spoon Full of sugar - Xmas Card

The Artistic Stamper - Xmas

Freshly Brewed - Sparkle & Shine (Dress is sakura stardust & card finished with iridescent gold glimmer mist)

Allsorts - Last minute xmas

Pennys - Xmas

CRAFT - Colour challenge

Stamp with fun - xmas

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes xmas

Bunny Zoe's - Sparkle & Shine

Bizzy Becs - Xmas

I'll show my other card tommoz coz I need to go beddy byes!

Altered candle - Additional idea!

I wrote a little tutorial for altered candles using promarkers and aqua markers over on Letraset's new blog a couple of weeks back and I'll show you a further idea using the same technique.

If you pop over to the original tutorial HERE and scroll to the 5th picture of the text stamp.  I have used a stamp by Stampendous Z-M173 Wish you joy available HERE and Aqua markers in fern green and raspberry and the metallic gold promarker available here or at your regular stockist. (I used the metallic gold promarker as I don't have the gold aquamarker)

Simply use long white candles and candle holders (from Ikea) attach the wording and stars as shown in the original tutorial, add a couple of sticky gems and ribbon to the base and you've got a really quick gift set that won't set you back particularly if you live near Ikea!

Letraset new site launch & promarker giveaway!

Those good folk at Letraset HQ have revamped their site and given it a relaunch!

In Celebration of their new site they will also be running a ProMarker Giveaway!

For your chance to win a huge prize of 10 assorted ProMarker 5 sets (pictured above) all you have to do is follow these 2 simple rules.

 

1. Share a Link to their Blog (http://www.letrasetuk.blogspot.com/) and our New Website (http://www.letraset.com/), and briefly explain the competiton on your own Blog, Facebook or Twitter.

2. Leave a comment on their blog telling them where you shared the link.