Anything Goes Challenge x

Hiya, thanks for popping by to my site xx I hope you've all had an amazing Christmas break and that you had a lovely evening last night to see in the New Year :-). Mr Canning and I have been back down south for the last week visiting friends and family and we had an absolutely amazing time. We were fortunate enough to get to spend quality time with everyone and enjoyed lots of lovely food and drink :-D 

An added bonus to the week was meeting our little pig Doris who lives on one of our best friends farms in Devon - she's a cutie!! I've put a picture of her below for you to see :-)

Okay, onto challenge news - we've got an anything goes challenge this month over at Flatfriends and, as it's my Mummy Canning's birthday this week, I thought I'd make a card for her. We've got very similar tastes and she loves simple cards so I've gone for a CAS design. I used my 'Birthday Wishes' digi, coloured her with Copics, and mounted the image with foam pads. To finish off the design I punched along the side of the card with my Martha Stewart 'Daisy' edge punch to add a bit of decoration. That's about it - nice and simple :-) I hope you'll play along with us this month - we're really looking forward to seeing all of the different designs on this challenge :-D xxx

Colour Combo Challenge x

Hey guys, we're doing a colour combo challenge over at Flat Friends this month - I've been so nervous about this one as I'm finally joining the real world of colouring by hand instead of on my PC. It was my birthday this month so my family and friends gave me money so I could start my Copic collection :-) It's been a week of colouring and I'm already addicted - I can't believe how much I'm enjoying it!!

I have to say, mind you, that it has been a nerve wracking process getting this first colouring card out of the way - every time I would finish a section I was happy with I had to take a ten minute break to calm my nerves before starting the next bit as I was certain I was going to mess it up and have to start from scratch each time :-) This final copy took some getting to and I was a bag of nerves when I was cutting my digi out - it was like that feeling you get when you're by the edge of a cliff and start panicking you might accidentally jump off - I kept thinking I was going to cut an arm off or something! :-D

I look forward to continuing with this new hobby - I've had so many tips and guidance from lovely friends on the web and just had to mention 1 lady in particular as I'm pretty sure I've worn her Youtube videos out this week - her name is Alyce Keegan and you can find her tutorials HERE. I've found these tutorials hugely helpful - I had no idea what I was doing this time last week and now I feel like I'm on my way :-D

Hope you all have a lovely December - I'm off to get my Christmas decorations up and listen to some cheesy Christmas tunes :-) Lots of love, Em xxx

Christmas Card Challenge x

Hiya guys, anyone who knows me knows I LOVE Christmas so I was really excited to do a Christmas challenge this time round. I've had a lovely week - cozy nights in by the fire, drawing Christmas digi's and making my Christmas card - bliss :-D

This card was really simple to make - I started by sticking down the Christmas tree and simply added my digi and window with foam pads to give the card a bit of a 3D effect. 

I hope you'll pop by and join us on our challenge HERE - we've updated the rules so you don't have to us a Flat Friends digi to enter anymore which we're hoping will make it easier for people to play along. If however, the winning card (which is chosen using the Random Number Generator) does feature one of our digi's the winner will receive a 50% discount in my Esty store for 1 month on top of their 4 free digi's.

Have a lovely weekend, Em xx

Photo Inspiration Challenge x

Hiya, this is my card for our challenge blog x It's our first time using a photo for inspiration and I must admit I really enjoyed this theme. My card has a very basic design (as mine often do) but I'm happy with it and it was a super cheap one to make lol :-) 

I simply printed my digi out onto white card, folded it into a card shape using my scoring board, and cut the front back on the right hand side to highlight Paige's pom pom and give a peek at the stripes below. I had originally intended to add some red embellishments to my card too but decided, in the end, to quit whilst I was ahead :-) 

I’ve put the inspiration pic, card, and links to the products used below – hope you’ll come and join us this month, Em x x

The Inspiration photo:

My Card:

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