A Fab Day, Cute Card Thursday Challenge 32 & Papertake Weekly ~ Frightful but Delightful

Gosh I've had such a productive day today. Did those 4 cards for DH's brother this morning, then this afternoon I've managed to make Rylee's halloween cards to send to family and close friends, 16 in all! I'm also going to enter this into Cute Card Thursday's Challenge 32 ~ Autumn (Fall).

Edited to include the Halloween Challenge #22 at "A Spoon Full of Sugar" We would love you to create a card using the theme of Halloween. I think this one passes for that!

I like to add a photo to these card so that family and friends that dont live close can still see how he's growing. CS ~ stash, DP ~ Shabby Princess, holiday sampler, cobwebs ~ Magnolia Fall stamp, spider ~ Home Bargains (part of the glow in the dark spiders web with 12 spiders, only wanted the spiders! 59p). We ended up taking millions of photos before we got this one! The other generally looked like this.....

Also going to enter this card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Frightful but delightful.....

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #24 & SCSC #3

This weeks sketch at Friday Sketchers is courtesy of Heidi from Norway. I just love this sketch and know that I shall be using it again! Just noticed that the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is to make a blue card, so gonna enter this for that challenge too!

I decided it was about time I made myself some Christmas cards and have set my own challenge, to make at least 1 a week for the next few weeks! I just love how this one has turned out and might make a few of these with the images I have. CS ~ Crafts Central, DP ~ Pink Petticoat and freebie download from somewhere, ribbon ~ stash, snowflakes ~ cuttlebug die, image and sentiment ~ brought from ebay and coloured with Whisper markers and Sakura glaze pens, snowman blinged with Glitter Snow found in the back of my draw from last year! Sewing done on lil' machine.

I've made this card, which is actually a wallet lol, for my parents. They arrived back from Malta the early hours of this morning and haven't yet seen the photos that I took at their golden wedding celebratory meal. So, I've made this to put them in (the photo's not the parents). CS & DP's ~ Leftovers, image ~ RAK and, bling and blooms ~stash & RAK (sorry dont remember who, but thanks anyway!) coloured with Whisper Markers and a candle ....
... which has the best photo we've ever managed to get of Dad!

This card was one I did last weekend and wasn't going to put on my blog, but Rach said I should! The reason for not wanting to show it was because its based on one that Rach had made. When I saw it on her blog I just loved the colours she'd used and thought how well it all went together. I explained this to Rach and she said to put it on my blog anyway. So thanks honey mwah! CS ~ Papermill, DPs ~ Summer Driggs, buttons ~ stash, raffia ~ Poundland, Sentiment~ done on PC.
This I made a couple of weeks back but just haven't had time to blog. Another last minute card for Fae. CS ~ stash, DP ~ Derek M Designs, image ~ ebay, coloured with watercolour pencils, Whispers and Sakura pens, pearls ~ Crafts Central.

Wow!

Yesterday my postman bought me 2 nice envelopes each packed with the most amazing goodies! The first to be opened was one from Rach. I'd asked Rach if she would kindly stamp me one carpenter Steve, so that I could make a card for my best friend Vicki to give to her Dad. Well, she sent me more than I asked for along with some other gorgeous images too all inside the most beautiful card....

The next envelope I opened was from Becky, she'd also sent me a gorgeously cute card full of the most cutest images and a wonderful stamp with the most fab sentiment .... not sure if she chose it specifically with me in mind lol! Second thoughts she couldn't have, it didn't say nutter pmsl! .....

And then today OMG if all that wasn't enough i got this..............

off of Vicki!!!! Amazing or what? It's just perfect and I love it, but I've decided I'm not going to spoil it by writing in it .... oh no! I'm going to type everyone address that I have, print it out and stick it in... might even sparkle some of my special friends lmao!

So you 3 lovely ladies I want to say the hugest thank you and send you the biggest cyber hug and wettest, sloppiest kiss! You are truly angels!

After that I thought I ought to do my good deed of the day. My good friend Suzie is having a hard time at work (new manager, who's apparently evil), if it isn't bad enough being an account manager at a bank at the moment, she also having hassle from her new boss. Suzie is one of the most kindest, generous people I know and because she wont sell hard the boss has taken a dislike to her. She hates going to work and it has made her lose all interest in fat club too! When I called her for a chat last night she sounded so p***ed off that I decided to do something to make her smile. Off I went to Fran's blog cos I'd seen something on there a couple of weeks back that I wanted to give a go.....

I gave them to her tonight and it worked they made her smile.....! CS - printed with Summer Driggs ~ Energy, images ~ RAK from Kathy, coloured with Whisper Markers and Sakura Glaze, green CS, flowers, brad, ribbon and tissue paper ~ stash. Inside the bag I put a selection of one cup drink sachets and some weight watchers biscuits which are wrapped in pack of 2, I put the points value on a sticky label along with the flavour and stuck to the each pack. So thanks Fran for your fab idea!

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Katharina's Sketch #13, 2 Sketches 4 You ~ Kazan's Sketch 11, Mojo Monday week 56 and A Spoon Full of Sugar #21

Yesterday when I collected Rylee from nursery at lunchtime I also bought Fae home with me! As she bent to get him out of the car at nursery, he put his arms up and ended up poking her in the eye! During the morning her eye swelled, kept watering and was very painful making her feel dizzy. She phoned the GP and managed to get an appointment for yesterday afternoon. To cut a long story short, he's grazed her eyeball across her pupil and she now has antibiotic eye drops she has to administer 4 times a day! Anyway, when she got up this morning her eye was ok for the first 15 minutes but then gradually became more painful, its still swollen and keeps watering and she ends up with a headache because shes squinting. So on the Drs advice she stayed home today, which gave me an unexpected Rylee free day!

I was determined not to waste my day and have made 4 cards for Andy's brother's 40th birthday next month ....God I'm organised lol!

This card is for Rylee to give and is made using the sketch from Papertake Weekly by Katharina. CS ~ Papermill, DPs ~ leftovers, sentiment ~ done on PC, brads and peel-offs ~ stash, image ~ via google, coloured with Whisper Markers, Fluffy Stuff added to cloud.

This card is for Eloise to give and is made using the Sketch 11 by Kazan at 2 Sketches 4 You. CS & Dp's ~ leftovers, sentiment ~ done on PC, image ~ via google and coloured using watercolour pencils and Whisper markers, 40 ~ cut using my Bug.

This card is for Fae & Scott to give and is made using the sketch from Mojo Monday. CS & DP's ~ leftovers, stitching round circle done with machine, peel-offs ~ stash, image ~ via google and coloured with Whisper Markers. Sentiments says "I don't wanna be 40!" Thought that he was thinking that whilst in a major strop lol!

This is the card that Andy and I shall be giving and is made using the Lim's sketch at A Spoon Full of Sugar. Not really a sugary sweet picture I know pmsl! CS - Crafts Central, DP's ~ Pink Petticoat, buttons and peel-offs ~ stash, image ~ google again, coloured with watercolour pencils and Whisper Markers.

Phew!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge 31, Friday Sketchers #23 & WOJ Challenge 4.

I've done a 3 in 1 this week. I'm finding it increasingly hard to find the time to fit them all in, but I promise I'll do my best! So this weeks challenge at Cute Card Thursday is Buttons and Bows. Beatrix from Germany is hosting the sketch at Friday Sketchers she has created an easy sketch for us. With this sketch you can combine different geometric elements - round things, ovalness and rectangles and Whiff of Joy challenge 4 is "Autumn Colours"

I just adore this card and think I might need to stroke it a while before I hand it over to my bestest friend Vicki who wanted a card for her fast approaching 17 year old daughter Laura-Jayne (or as I loving call her Lolly-J). The photo really doesn't do it justice, its much prettier IRL. CS ~ Pearl card from Poundland, DP's ~ Java Time from here as a free download, image ~ RAK from Kathy (which I shall post about later) she's coloured with Whisper markers, swirls are cut in brown pearl card using my new flourish die that I got this week off Ebay and my trusty Cuttlebug, coffee mug is also a die cut run through the CB, Flower ~ RAK from my gorgeous blog buddy, Jill (will show those later too), gems and ribbon from stash.

Help!!!! Please!

I really, really need your help! You know the card I made for my Auntie ... the pink card for Suzanne's blog candy! Well, can I think of anything to put inside it .... NO! Tried looking for verses but none that I've seen seem appropriate. I've looked at breast cancer awareness quotes but do you think there suitable ... does she want to be reminded... oh I just dont know! At this rate gonna leave it blank and just do the "with much love Jill, Andy and Ellie" business. I did find this though ....

May brooks and trees and singing hills

Join in the chorus too,

And every gentle wind that blows

Send happiness to you.

~Irish Blessing

I did think that was nice but is it apt? Any ideas or thoughts would be really appreciated!

A Few Makes For Nursery.

As you probably know I make cards for the nursery that Fae, Beth and Vicki work at for the children's birthdays. Above are the latest batch of cards that I've made. All cards have been made with scrap paper and card leftover from previous projects and images are from RAK's or PIF's ... thought I would get some of those used up too! All images have been coloured with either watercolour pencils or Whisper Markers. Everything else used on cards is from stash.

Think Pink "Breast Cancer Awareness" Blog Candy & Tilda & Co Challenge 40

Suzanne is giving away some gorgeous pink blog candy. She wants to do something special for her blogoversary and 30,000 hits BLOG CANDY. The October "Think Pink" campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness is very close to her heart and I am sure it is the same for many of you too. So when the new "Tilda Think Pink" stamps were released on Saturday she was straight on the site to order 2 Tilda's and a couple of sentiments. She has decided as us girls have been so kind and supportive over the past year that she is going give one of each... a BCA Tilda and sentiment along with lots of pink goodies to make our cards with. No picture at the moment but as soon as the stamps arrive she will post one. She is to keep this open for the whole month of October and she will get her Mum to choose a winner on Friday 31st October at 20.00 hrs. Here is what she would like us to do.. "if you have time can you make a pink card and send it to someone who could do with a little tender loving care. It would be lovely if it was someone who's life has been touched by this terrible disease but it can be anyone who could do with a kind word and a beautiful card to cheer them up. I am sure we all know someone."

Well I definitely do! My Auntie was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and has had surgery and spent the whole summer having Chemotherapy and is now having Radiotherapy. Hopefully things will begin to look up for soon. 2008 most definitely hasn't been a good year for her and her family. So this is the card that I enter into Suzanne's blog candy competition and will be sending to my Auntie to let her know even though we live so many miles away, she's still very much in our thoughts!

I have based this card on the sketch at Tilda & Co Challenge . My first ever entry for this challenge blog. CS ~ pink pearl card, Papermill, DP's and sentiment which reads "faith hope strength" ~ Summer Driggs Awareness, blooms and pearls ~ stash, image ~ coloured with Whisper markers and paper pieced.

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch ~20

Another fab sketch at Sketch Saturday and another card made for Vicki my best friend. She's definately getting her monies worth out of me at the minute lol!

CS ~ Papermill, DP ~ Shabby Princess, image ~ RAK from Kathy, coloured with Whisper markers, Sakura stardust and glaze pens, hearts ~ cuttlebug die, pearls ~ Crafts Central, raffia ~ Poundland, Stickles added to wings.

Blogoversary Candy

It's my blogoversary in 9 days and to celebrate my first year in blogland I am giving you the chance to win this.....

• 2 brand new mermaid stamps
• 12 watercolour pencils
• 1 pair of pink scissors
• 1 mini glue gun
• 1 pack of 10 glue sticks
• 1 pack 6 plain A5 cards and envelopes
• 32 sheets of holographic card (8 each of silver, gold, red and purple)

I wanted to offer something different to everyone else's offer of blog candy at the moment so I've gone for the more practical side of crafting...i think lol!

Anyway, for you chance to win this all you have to do is to leave a comment below this reply and tell everyone about it. The more comments I get the more I shall add to it!

Please join in!

Entry closes October 22nd at 12 noon and a winner will be announced later that evening!

A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 20 & Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #2

This weeks Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge is to use the colour scheme of pink and green, any shades of these colours are fine.( you can also use face and hair colours). There is the chance of winning a fab stamp of an Alota Bugs By the Fire Stamp which has been very kindly donated by Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts.

This week's Saturday sketch is from Sue. Use the sketch anyway you like as long as we can still recognise it! No theme or technique again this week so lets see what you create!

This is another card for Laura-Jayne made for Daniel and Aimee to give her (hi Aimee! lol) CS ~ stash, DP's ~Raspberry Road, Annie papers, image ~ Kerry-Jo stamp, coloured with Whisper Markers and blinged with Glamour Dust and Sakura Glaze pens, gems & ribbon ~ stash.

I'm a lucky girl!

Earlier this week I had some lovely things through the post from 2 lovely, generous people! The first envelope to be opened was from Kathy who kindly sent me some WOJ stamped images, as I've not been able to afford any as yet! These gorgeous images came in an adorable card, which has the cutest little girl on.

My next parcel was from my one of my bestest blog buddies, Jill. It contained fab images, every sort of image you could think of, ribbon, blooms (how did she know I need some desperately?) a cute little stamp that reminds me of Rylee, some champagne bottles... not real ones of course lol and a little romper suit sort of thingy topper! All in a gorgeous folder. I have to admit I was really touched.

The photo just doesn't really do the stash justice! Anyway, Jill a few days earlier had sent me all these image too....

So, how lucky am I? Thank you girls, I really appreciate your generousity!

Secret Crafter ~ Challenge #1

Each week Secret Crafter will set a challenge. It may be a sketch, theme, techique or a mixture of anything. At the end of each month all names of people taking part will go into a "hat" and a winner drawn - the more times you play the more chances you have.

Loved this sketch, the hardest part was deciding which image I was gonna use for it! In the end I chose one of my new stamps from Panduro. CS and DP's ~ leftovers from other projects, snowflakes ~ mirri card using Cuttlebug die, sentiment ~ RAK from Jo, image ~ Panduro coloured with Whisper markers and Sakura pens.

Sketch Saturday ~ Sketch #19

This is the first DT week at sketch Saturday and Gill is the first member to host the sketch challenge and to celebrate her upcoming birthday and her first ever DT post, there is a super prize up for grabs this week. One lucky entrant will receive a fabulous stamp from Whiff of Joy which was kindly given to Gill as a gift for her birthday by Katharina.

Using more leftovers I made this card for Fae, Scott and Rylee to give to my neice's husband. CS and DP ~ leftovers, image ~ RAK from Vicki and coloured with watercolour pencils and Whisper markers, leaves ~ Magnolia fall collection coloured with Whispers, sentiment ~ studio G and raffia ~ stash.

Friday Sketchers ~ Sketch #22

Carole from England is hosting this weeks sketch. It's a really easy one for you to try and is excellent for using up bits of ribbon or even strips of paper. There's plenty of room for all your embellishments and your sentiment is sure to fit just about anywhere on the card! Here's the sketch....

and my card...

Wow! I managed a fab boys card! I was panicking a bit about this one. I find boys cards exceptionally hard to make and especially ones with a space theme! So this is my first card for my friends little boy....only 2 more to go! CS ~ leftover from another card, DP ~ another leftover, image ~ another google search and sentiment ~ freebie download from Dottie's world, peel-off ~ stash and stitching courtesy of my little machine. Love this sketch and the way this has turned out and will definately be using it again... thanks Carole!