Welcome to Scrappy Max's

Christening Card

2011-09-16T22:29:00.001+01:00

Hello everyone, I can't believe how quick the weeks are going at the moment not only is it just over 14 weeks until Christmas it is only 28 weeks until Benn and his friends have to sit their exams., how can that happen, I'm sure it was only a few weeks ago that he started school lol. Well that's how it feels anyway.

I also can't believe that in this day and age people can be held as slaves or that it could happen where I live. The whole town is shocked to think that this was happening right under our noses to these poor peole and why the police left it so long from when they were first made aware to finally raiding the place. All I can say is thank god they did though as it is absolutely shocking and so sad, I had never seen so many police around as there were last Sunday.

Well I know I haven't been blogging much lately but I haven't been very well, I have been suffering lots of migraines. Saying that I haven't been slacking either as I have still had to get a few customer orders done but haven't had the time or indeed the enthusiasm to download them from my camera yet but I thought it was about time I updated my blog as I hadn't realised how long I have neglected it.

Here is a christening card that I was asked to do a couple of months ago but haven't had a chance to show you (see I told you I was pretty bad at downloading my photos didn't I).

I am going to enter this into the following challenges.

Crafty Ribbon - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - For the Girls
Fab n Funky Challenge - Bingo (Embellishment, Ribbon & Diecut)
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Monocromatic
Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes

Well that's it from me today but I promise I won't leave it as long next time. Hope you all have a good weekend.

White Wedding

2011-08-20T09:51:00.000+01:00

Good morning crafters, hope you have a great day planned. We are off to my step-son's 30th birthday celebrations today (gosh I can't believe he is 30 now, I can still see him him the day he started school when he looked so tiny) Well whatever you have planned I hope you enjoy it especially as the sun is shinning, its amazine how much better you can feel when the sun is out isn't it.

Well onto my card today. I was asked to make a wedding card and as I have been seeing a lot of these near white ones I thought I would have a go. I must admit I am really plesased with how it came out, what do you think?

Hope you like it. Have a great weekend and I will see you again very very soon.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

hAnglar &amp; sTranglar - Sentiments
Cuddly Buddly - Swirl and Bling
Cute Card Thursday - Weddings
Freshly Brewed - White/White + 1
Craft Room - White on White
Tuesday Throwdowns - Non Stamped Sentiment (Mine's computer generated)
Marianne's Designs - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Bring on the Bling (Glitter on Roses and hair)
Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Flowers

18th Exploding Box Card

2011-08-14T00:19:00.003+01:00

Hi crafters

Just a quickie as I am off to bed now as I am off to Stamperama in Stevenage tomorrow so need to be up early. I didn't get to the April one or the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking show what with Brian having had his stroke at the end of the year, so am really looking forward to it.

I did this exploding box for a friends daughter for her 18th and have since had 3 more commisions for them. I used the same papers that I used a few weeks back for my Mum's birthday card as I really love them (Nitwits Collection). I added a musical candle to the birthday cake that plays the tune of Happy Birthday which went down a storm.

Well nighty night but thanks for stopping by and I hope to be back soon. In the meantime I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Pixie Cottage - Say it with Flowers
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Gifts
Allsorts Challenge - Anything but a Card
Crafts and Me - Make it Count
Sir Stampalot - Whatever you fancy

Birthday Cake Box Card

2011-07-31T21:56:00.002+01:00

Hi everyone, another gorgeous weekend it's been, hope you have all had time to enjoy it. Unfortunately I have spent most of it in bed with a migraine but thankfully it has now eased, just in time for work tomorrow lol so I won't spend too long on here as it won't help.

Today I thought I would share with you another birthday box that I had to do recently for a 30th Birthday, but this time I added a birthday cake complete with candles.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Diecut Divas - Sweet Treats
Ladybugs Craft Ink - Summer Birthdays
I love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Little Darlings - Girly
Scrapbook Sisters - Happy Birthday
Colour Create - Pink Green & White plus Cooking Option
Cardmakin Mamas - Food & Drink

Thanks for stopping by and I will catch up with you again real soon.

Play Time at Last

2011-07-24T16:36:00.001+01:00

Hello everyone I hope you are having a lovely day, hopefully enjoying this gorgeous sunshine.

I have had a couple of days of work this week and I also have tomorrow off too so Friday my mum and I went spent the day at Coombe Abbey and enjoyed afternoon tea there courtesy of my lovely lovely daddy. It was a really lovely day and such a gorgeous place with so much history so if you get the chance to go it is well worth a visit. The kids are now on holiday which will be nice as I will also get to spend some time with Benn before he starts his final year at school (gosh I can't believe how time goes so fast as it seems just yesterday that I was stood at the gates of his infant school waving him off with tears in my eyes wondering where his baby years had gone. Now it won't be long before I am waving him off to college and then Uni - boo hoo,

So onto my card. After spending so much time recently doing commisions for people I have finally had a bit of time to just play so decided to do a birthday card (as they always come in handy for those last minutes ones don't they lol) so followed the sketch/theme over at Wild Orchid Crafts. I wanted to keep this pretty clean so didn't do any inking on my image. My Marianne Die mat had been cut out twice, once in White and once in red then cut and rejoined together.

Hope you like it, well gotta go now and enjoy the rest of this lovely weather.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Sir Stampalot - Anything Goes
Wild Orchid Crafts - Birthday
Allsorts - Free n Easy
Totally Gorgeous - Punch or Diecut
If the Shoe Fits Scrap It - Ruby
Southern Girls - Birthday

Thank you so much for visiting, it really means a lot.

Birthday Box - Just for a Change

2011-07-09T22:39:00.002+01:00

Duh! stupid me, I only went and forgot to link my card to the challenges I was wanting to enter. Oh well I have done it now lol. See you soon x

Hi everyone

Hope you are all having a good weekend, I certainly am as I have spent the whole day scrapbooking with some great friends and boy did I need it. It was lovely and relaxing and just what I needed, I even got 2 layouts completed.

As you know I have had real problems with my PC and so haven't had a chance to put on some cards that I had made previously so I thought I would try and show you on now, and yes another Box Card. This was made for a lady who had seen one of my box cards that I had been commissioned to make for a friend of hers and she asked me to make one for her to give to her Sister.

Sorry about the photo, I didn't realise it was so dark when I took it and as I have only just managed to download them I have only just seen how dark they were.

Hope you like it, she certainly did. I am entering this into the following challenges.

Crafts and Me - Favourite Stamp/Image
Belles n Whistles - Flowers & Pearls
The Paper Shelter - Lots of Dots
C.R.A.F.T. - Box
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Sentiments with at least 2 Words
Prairie Fairy Fridays - Swirls & Pearls
Wags 'n Whiskers - Birthdays

Thanks for stopping by and visiting, it means a lot.

Birthday Card

2011-07-03T23:13:00.001+01:00

Gosh I didn't realise how long I had been away. It started with my laptop dying on me and when I finally got it back I have had a real time of it with blogger then on top of that my mojo had gone walkabout.

I am really getting frustrated with Internet Explorer and blogger as there are so many lovely blogs that I love to visit and am not able to, a couple being Juls at The Glitter Chick and Pinky at Pinky's World. Every time I visit my computer goes so slow but if I try and leave a comment my computer jams up. So if you are both reading this I just want you to know that even though I can't comment I still love to see all you fabulous creations.

Even though my mojo has been missing I have still had to get some commissions done and will post them as soon as the events have passed but in the meantime I thought I would share one with you that I made for my mum for her birthday tomorrow. I used this digi image from Crafts & Me which I think is absolutely gorgeous and is so reasonable at £2.00.

And now I am off to bed as I am shattered tonight, it has been a looooonnnnng week but hey a new one starts tomorrow lol.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts & Me - Birthday
Allsorts - Free and Easy
I Love Promarkers - Include Flowers
Birthday Sundaes - Birthday Sentiment
By the Cute & Girly - With Wings
Crafty Purple Frog - Swirls & Pearls

Kenny K Challenge - Retro

2011-05-09T18:33:00.000+01:00

I know nothing for ages and then 2 in a row. I can't stop but I thought I would show you a card I have done for the Kenny K's challenge this week which is retro and as I have had this paper by Fancy Pants for ages and thought it would be perfect for this theme,

I had a little time yesterday to do some crafting before going to some friends for a bbq as Benn's football season has now finished (yippee some lay-ins) and this was the result.

Hope you like it and I will be back soon with some more creations that I haven't had the time before to post.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good week.

GDT - One Stitch at a Time

2011-05-08T21:21:00.001+01:00

Happy Sunday everyone, I have been so busy the last couple of weeks and haven't had any time for crafting but I have at least enjoyed the gorgeous weather we have been having.

Did you all enjoy the Royal Wedding, it was lovely wasn't it. I so love William and Kate and really look forward to the day that they become King and Queen as I think they will both do a fantastic job and even though his Mum isn't here any more I know that she would have been so proud of William, in fact both of her boys. I also think she would have definitely approved of his choice of bride and I wish them both a lifetime of happiness.

Well onto the only card I have managed this week. I recently won over at One Stitch at a Time and they very kindly invited me to be a Guest Designer for their challenge this week which was fancy folds. I almost went with an Easel card as this is my favourite type at the moment (not that you can tell, can you?) lol, but decided in the end to do a Side Step card instead (I think that is what it is called). The cute little image is one of the images from Gillus Gallery over at OSAAT and can be found here, isn't he cute. I decided to use him to do a Father's Day card so that I didn't end up making them at the last minute which is what always seems to happen.

The Bench and Table was one of the images that I won from The Stamping Boutique.

Well have a good week and I hope to be back again very soon with some more creations as I am hoping to get some time to play this week but alas we shall have to wait and see.

Thanks for stopping by.

GDT Card for Raise the Bar

2011-04-22T11:33:00.002+01:00

Good morning everyone, yippee Easter has arrived and I have a lovely long weekend off work, and to top it off ,the gorgeous weather we have been having is here to stay (at least for the duration of Easter).

Now then back to my card, and before you say anything, it is not an Easel Card Box or and Easel Card lol. I recently won a challenge over at Raise the Bar (March 18th) and they very kindly asked me if I would join them as a Guest for their Nautical/Blue/White or Stripe challenge. Well after realising that I don't possess anything remotely Nautical I decided to go with the Blue, White and Stripe version using a couple of the gorgeous little mini Tilda and background stamps along with the Alota camera. I decided that if I didn't have the sea the next best thing was imagining a holiday (I know you normally see the sea on holiday but try to imagine a nice walking one lol), and what do we do on holiday, yes we take piccys or at least I do as the men in my life will be quick to tell you. It drives them mad but we have to have those scrapbook piccys dont we.

Anyhow, this is the card I made for the challenge, I hope you like it. Be sure to pop across to the challenge blog to check out all the other fabulous Bar-Tenders creations and feel free to join in the challenge too.
I am entering this into the following challenges

Wild Orchids - Wings
The Pixie Cottage - Birthday
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Images - Camera (Alota), Tilda & Background (Magnolia)
Papers - Manolia
Flowers - Wild Orchids
Ribbon - Wild Orchids
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Base Card & Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you again very soon.

A New Grandson

2011-04-13T08:41:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone

I hope you have all been enjoying the gorgeous sunshine that we have been having over the last week, I know I certainly have, there is nothing like sun to make everything seems so much better and on that subject I thought I would let you know that Brian is doing so much better. This last week we have seen such a difference in him not only with his energy levels and what he can do but mentally in himself. He is even talking about getting back to work which is a very positive step.

On top of this Brian's Son and Daughter-in-Law have become proud parents to their second little boy, a baby brother for Luke and we have been blessed with another little Grandchild. He came into the world a little early due to Amy having pre-eclampsia weighing 5lb 11oz but Amy is doing very well now and Ryan is absolutely gorgeous, I am enjoying having lots of cuddles lol.

This brings me onto my card, and yes another Easel Card Box, have I told you that I am doing so many of these at the moment, I actually have another 3 to show you but I will leave those for another day.I hope you enjoy looking at it, the box is just perfect to fit 2 newborn vests wrapped in tissue (onsie's for our US friends), but I forgot to photograph that bit, lol.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Fussy & Fancy Friday - Card for a Child
Papertake Weekly - Truly Dimensional
One Stitch at a Time - New Baby
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - One for the Boys
I Love Promarkers - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp - Card for a Child

Thanks for dropping by and I will catch up with you again soon, in the meantime enjoy the beautiful weather I know I will.

I'm Back - Guest Designer for 7Kidsforcollegefund - Seeing Spots

2011-03-31T00:03:00.007+01:00

Yes it is true, I am back and it feels like it has been forever. I tell you, you forget how much you rely on your computer don't you. Well I am pleased to say it appears to be working again now so keep your fingers crossed.

I haven't been slacking though, I have actually made a few creations but haven't been able to download them yet due to time restraints but I have got this one that I had downloaded before my computer went down ready for my Guest Designer spot on the 7 Kids for College Fund Challenge Blog. The girls over there would like to see your creations using Spots.

This was for a gentleman that was celebrating his 30th Wedding Anniversary and was taking his wife away to the Bahamas. He had supplied me with the message which was rather long and because it was so personal I didn't think it would be right to have it on show (as I had made an easel card) so I incorporated a secret flap on the front but you can't really see it in the photos but it is where you see the white mat on top of the green. I then made the box to fit the card.

Well I hope that you all pop over and give all the girls some love as their creations are gorgeous, and we would love it if you would join in the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back again soon with some more.

I am entering this into the following challenges

House of Gilli - Ribbons & Pearls

Allsorts - A Special Lady

Crafts 4 Eternity - Theme (Something Hidden)

Lili of the Valley - Spring

Thanks for looking

PC Problems

2011-03-17T15:21:00.000Z

Hi everyone

I Just wanted to let you all know I have problems with my PC at the moment so am unable to show you anything new or more importantly get round to visit you all. I have luckily been able to add this message via my iPhone but it is very time consuming so if you could bear with me hopefully it won't be long before I am back with you all.

Card for a Baby Boy

2011-03-13T13:42:00.001Z

Hi everyone just another quickie as per usual I am running behind time. It has been a very very long week but I had a lovely day yesterday as I went with a friend to London, had a meal and then saw Westlife in concert (we have gone to see them for the last 10 years). It was a great evening as usual and a nice break. Benn goes to his first concert next week up in Manchester to see Chase and Status who he thinks are brilliant, he doesn't think much to my addiction to Westlife though. It will be lovely for him as his Brother is taking him which Benn thinks will be awesome as being in his late 20's and attending Glastonbury and numerous other festivals every year, makes him a cool dude. So to be attending his first concert with him is going to be very special.

Well I have been very busy recently with making these great easel boxes as everyone and his mother seems to want them but I must admit I do love this one as there is nothing nicer than creating something special for a new baby is there.

Well must be off as I have to get off to football now as Benn will be wondering where I have got to.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

I love Promarkers - Babies
Raise the Bar - G (Gift/Glitter) R (Rose) E (Easel Card) E (Embellishment Ribbon) N (New Baby)
Crafty Creations - Baby Blue
Digital Tuesday - Welcome Little One
Whoopsi Daisy - Ribbons & Charm
Creative Inspirations - Easel Cards
Moving Along with the Times - Card for a Male

DP - Pink Petticoat
Ribbon/Flowers - WOC
Image - Sugar Nellie Adorable
Charm - My Stash

Thanks for looking.

A Little Wee Birthday

2011-03-07T19:49:00.002Z

Evening everyone

You know recently that I told you that Sylvia Zet was going to be releasing her own digistamps and was giving this little cutie away as a thank you for spreading the word, well I thought I would show you an easel card I made using Wee Suzie. Isn't she just the cutest little lady you have seen. Well if you pop over to Sylvia's shop Wee Stamps now you will get to mee Wee Suzie's little brother Sam (he is just as cute lol). She has also released some others too which I know you will love too.

For this card I I have used some Co-ordinations card for my base which I cut out with my spellbinder dies and then embossed with my Victoriana folder. The background paper is from Me and My Big Ideas that I have had in my stash for ages along with the little dew drops and ribbon, the flower is a WOC one with some leaves that I have punch with my MS Frond Punch.

I have coloured her mainly with Promarkers but I have started to introduce my lovely new Copics in as well but (oh dear) I think I am in need of a few more lol.

Hope you like it and I will see you again soon.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Southern Girls Challenge - Dewdrops
Craft your Passion - Anything Goes
This Pixie Cottage - Spring
By the Cute & Girly - Springtime
Wild Orchid Crafts - Anything Goes
If the Shoe Fits - Spring
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Embossing

Summer Breeze Birthday Card

2011-03-06T11:42:00.001Z

Morning everyone, a nice bright day today so at least it will be better standing on the edge of the football pitch, so I must hurry up and get ready as I still have sooooo much still to do before I get out of the door.

It has been a busy week this week as I have been busy trying to get orders done so haven't had much time for crafting for myself plus Brian hasn't been very good. His speech has deteriorated significantly and he has been quite dizzy and sick so we are back off to the doctors tomorrow as I am concerned that his blood pressure may now be too low with all the medication and may need adjusting. Anyway, I will feel better once he has been checked over.

So onto my card. where I have used the fabulous image Summer Breeze by Barbara at Forgotten Scraps, isn't she just adorable. I have used the sketch from Sketch Saturday and my DP's are a mix of Basic Grey and Stampin Up. The flowers have been cut out using Marianne Dies which I have added a Craftwork Card Candi to them and a rose from my stash (not at all as lovely as the gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, but it was the right size). The sentiment is a Bizzy Becs one.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Passion for Promarkers - Sugar Rush
Polkadoodles - Flower Power
Allsorts Challenge - Card for a Teenager
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Little Miss Muffet - Designer Papers

Well thanks for popping over, have a great day and I will see you later on in the week.

Enfys and Letraset

2011-03-03T07:57:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, just a quickie as I don't have a card to show you today as I have been so busy and just haven't had time to photograph them yet.

Anyway I just wanted to let you know that I am soooo excited as I was one of the five winners of the Letraset competition that Enfys held on their behalf. I have won 2 packs of their new blending pairs which means 24 pens- yippee. I have been using these fabulous pens for over a year now and love them so if you haven't tried them you really must. Not only have I won the pens but I have to send my card to them as it will be used by them to show at exhibitions and such, ooh fancy that I shall just have to find out where and stalk it to see it proudly on show he! he!.

Well that's it, I just wanted to let you all know but have to go now and finish getting ready for work - roll on retirement lol.

See you all again very soon.

Another Letraset Card

2011-02-26T09:13:00.000Z

Good morning everyone, what a dismal day after yesterdays nice bright spring day. I took a couple of days off this week being half term but what with sleep-overs and such I ended up with a day to myself yesterday (heaven every now and then) so decided what better way to spend it other than crafting. I was very pleased to be able to get a couple of commissions done but unfortunately I cannot share them with you yet but I did manage to get one made just for the fun of it and so decided that I would enter it into the Letraset competition that can be found on Enfys blog here.

For this card I used the following promarkers (I think I am going through my Apricot stage at the moment):

Girls Hair: Sandstone, Vanilla and Ivory
Boys Hair: Cinnamon, Sandstone and Ivory
Girls Dress: Ginger and Apricot
Boys Jumper: Kahki and Ivory
Girls Shoes: Apricot and Cool Grey 1
Bench: Cinnamon and Shale
Rope: Sandstone
Boys Shoes: Shale and Cool Grey 1

I have used a mixture of Bazzill, White Pearl card and a Nitwit download (Tippytoes) finished off with some of my new Craftwork Cards Candi and Wild Orchid Crafts flowers. The sweet little image is by Lily of the Valley and is so adorable. The gorgeous new Martha Stewart punch is called Cherish (and I think it is my new all time favourite, at least until they bring the next lot out lol).

Well have a nice day everyone, I will as I am off out for the day with my lovely Mum.

Thanks for visiting.

Birthday Box

2011-02-20T12:09:00.002Z

Happy Sunday everyone, at least the weather is a bit better today than it was yesterday especially as I will be off in a little while to stand on the sidelines of a football match, lucky me lol.

Well who was a lucky girl then, yes you guessed it ME - OMG I was so amazed to find that I only went and won the Copic Marker giveaway that Donna from Bearly Mine Creations had been given from Cult Pens. I only found out on Friday afternoon that I had won, sent my address to Donna and couldn't believe that they arrived first thing Saturday morning. How was that for Customer Service. I can't thank Donna or Cult Pens enough and will be having a play over the next few days so watch this space.

So onto my card.

Well this one is for a lady who saw my other box and asked me to do one for her daughters birthday, she didn't mind what I did but lilac had to appear too. Hope she likes it.

I am going to enter this into the following challenges.

Creative Cottage - Fabulous Florals
Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Belles n Whistles - Favourite things with a Heart
Totally Gorjuss - Check it Out
Stamp Something - Fun & Funky
If the Shoe Fits - Happy Birthday
7Kids College Fund - Calling all Squares
Crafts for Eternity - Recipe (Hearts - Charm, Glitter - Flowers & Candy, Pins - Behind Rose)
Gem of a Challenge - Buttons, Brads, Beads or Bows
Forgotten Scraps - Spring/Flowers
Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes

Materials Used
BP - Basic Grey Euphoria Frenzy, DCWV Baby Girl Stack, Red card from stash
Image - WOJ City Girl
Flowers - Wild Orchids
Charm/Pins - Hobby House

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back later with another card.

Letraset Promarker Challenge

2011-02-16T09:45:00.001Z

Morning everyone, last one for the week I promise.

This is my challenge card for the Letraset Promarker challenge on Enfy's blog. Letraset have come out with some new Blending sets that look really great, especially for newbies to these fabulous pens. It takes all the guesswork out of trying to work out with colours pair and blend together.

Letraset are also holding a competition on their site too and they want to see what PAIRS do we think go together, there are loads but here are 3 that I use a fair bit.

I have used the following colours for this creation.

Neck, Arms and Feet - Blush and Vanilla
Hair - Cinnamon and Sandstone
Hat - Pastel Pink
Flowers - Lime Green
Jeans - Cool Aqua and Pastel Blue

Hope you enjoyed looking and that Letraset will too. Have a fun day.

Wee Digi Stamps ...... and a Freebie

2011-02-15T23:09:00.000Z

Isn't she adorable, well the very talented Sylvia Zet is releasing her very own digi stamps over at Wee Stamps ~ her new digital stamp shop! and this is the little cutie up for grabs

If you would like her, go and have a look at Sylivia's other releases, leave a comment and give her a mention on your blog and she will very kindly let you have this super image as a little thank you ..... but you only have untll 16th Feb 12 o'clock midday.

Valentine Sweet Box

2011-02-15T21:52:00.000Z

Hi everyone

Yes I know twice in one week but this was something I have really been wanting to share with you. I have seen lots of these boxes around the blogs and have wanted to make one for ages so when it came to do my Dad's card to give to my Mum for Valentine's Day I thought it would be ideal. It became even better when Donna from Bearly Mine brought out her lovely Floral Fantasies download as I wanted this to be very special for my Mum as they have been married now for 52 years and as she loves roses, I wanted to reflect this.

My Dad then filled the box with her favourite Lindt and Raffaelo chocolates, so as you can see I couldn't share it with you until she had received it.

Sorry but there is a few pictures (you can't tell that I am really proud of it can you lol).

I am going to enter this into the following challenges.

Bearly Mine Challenge- Ribbons and Pearls
Digital Tuesday - Use a Diecut (Marianne Die)
Spoonful of Sugar - Anything but a card (I know this is a card but it is also a sweet box, so hope this counts)
Papertake Weekly - Putting on the Glitz
Ooh La La - For Someone Special
Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Love Themed Gift
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Romance
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers
One Stitch at a Time - Pretty
One Stop Craft Challenge - Love
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge - Sweet Treats

Well that is it so I will now say goodnight but I will be back later to show you a card that I have made for a one off challenge that can't be combined with anything else.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you visit again soon.

Valentines - Again

2011-02-13T10:29:00.005Z

Hi everyone, just a quick post as I am about to dash off to Benn's football match. Hope you are all having a great weekend.

My card this week was another Valentines card I was asked to make. I have used another Kenny K's great image as these are just the best for valentines aren't they. I have only used plain papers too as I wanted a simple look, I then just added a heart doily, ribbon as some fabby Craftwork Cards Card Candi - oh cos I forgot to say that I was one of the lucky winners on their blog to name the Celebrity House photographs taken from their trip to CHA. Well lucky old me only went and won and for my prize I am now the proud owner of every new card candi that they have just launched with these little beauties being one of them (yes you heard right, over £40 worth of Card Candi whoopi).

And while I am on the subject of winning, I was also lucky to win on the Totally Papercrafts blog hop this week, a fabulous collection of Alota Rubber Stamps.

So aren't I the lucky one.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Digital Tuesday - Valentines Day Theme
Spoonful of Sugar - Lets See Love
Passion for Promarkers - Let there be Love
Papertake Weekly - Have a heart
C.R.A.F.T - Valentines
Totally Papercrafts - Clean and Simple
Craftycatz - Valentines/Love
Polkadoodles - That's Amore - Inspired by "Pretty Woman"
Totally Gorguss - Love
Crafts and Me - Red

Well see you soon and thanks for stopping by.

Another Birthday Card

2011-02-08T21:55:00.002Z

Evening everyone, hope you are all having a good week.

Well I had a lovely crafting time Saturday night and Sunday with my little niece, we made some cards including a valentines one for her Mummy and Daddy (silly Auntie forgot to take a photo of it to show you all but take my word, she is a smashing little cardmaker).

Now onto my card to show you this week. My friends Son will be 10 at the end of the month so I thought I would get ahead and make his card now (especially as it will enable me to enter this fortnights challenge over at Bearly Mine Challenges).

So hope you like it.

BP - Bearly Mine for the Boys
Image - Don't know from my stash from about 5 years ago.
Medium - Promarkers

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine - For the Men or Boys
Charisma Cardz - What no Embellishments
Claudia & Company - Blues, Pinks and Browns (No pink so hopefully this won't matter)
Cupcake Craft - Seeing Red

Thanks for looking.

Birthday Card

2011-02-05T19:04:00.002Z

Morning all

Are you having a good weekend, mind you not too sure about this weather though with this wind. It could be worse though as our poor friends and relations in Australia are certainly having a time of it.

I am just about to spend a little time crafting in a mo as I have my neice staying with us tonight as her Mum and Dad are out for the evening and as she is just like her Auntie and loves her crafting, well that is just the excuse I need.

This card is for someone who wanted a birthday card for a friend.

All the papers come from Craftwork cards along with the Card Candy. I have coloured the lovely Willow in using my promarkers and then coloured the white grosgrain ribbon using the same pen.

I am entering this card into the following challenges.

Paperplay - Stamp it Out (Image)
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes but must use Promarkers
Tip Top Tuesday - Girlie
Polkadoodles - Hearts (I.ve used a Heart Charm)
Scrap Creations - Friendship
Stamptacular Sunday - Whatever/Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T - In a Roll of the Die
Totally Papercrafts - Friendship

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.

Baby Card

2011-02-01T07:48:00.000Z

Morning everyone

Phew, nearly didn't keep to my resolution but finally had a bit of time last night to have a play.

We have been back to the hospital for Brian to have some tests done to see if it would be viable to operate. We now just have to wait until we see his specialist again to find out the results. Doesn't do much for his blood pressure I must say but as I told Brian, we will cross that bridge when we come to it.

Anyhow onto my card. This time I have had to make a baby card for a little girl and came across a new download from Pink Gems. How good is that as everything comes for you to just print, cut and then layer and design - heaven for when you have had a week like mine.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Paperplay - Layer it Up (Week 4)
Totally Papercrafts - One for the Kiddies (Challenge 51)
Pink Gems - Ribbon & Lace (Challenge 13)
Crafty Calendar Challenge - New Beginnings (Challenge 16)

Oh well better get a move on and get ready for work. Have a good day.

Birthday Card

2011-01-23T18:32:00.001Z

Hi all

Hope you are having a great weekend so far cos I am. I had a lovely relaxing day yesterday as I went out shopping with my Mum which we haven't done for ages, or at least since Brian became ill and today I have had a whole day crafting and going to my Scrapbooking club which was wonderful.

This is a birthday card that I have had to make which I hope you like. All the background papers are the leftovers from my previous card which are Basic Grey (except I can't remember what collection). The gorgous image is from Whiff of Joy and one of the City Girls Collection. The flowers as usual are from Wild Orchids and all other items are from my stash.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Basic Grey - Flowers

Sketch Saturday - Sketch 139
By the Cute & Girly - Bling
Let's Ink it Up - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Forgotten or not used for a while Stamp
Simply Create - Punches
Alphabet Challenge - L for Ladies (Ladies on your Card)
Meljens Challenge - Pink & Red

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week but come back next week as I will have another card to share with you.

Be Mine

2011-01-19T13:43:00.001Z

Morning all

Is it really Wednesday again? Where do the weeks go.
I had some good news yesterday, My card featuring the adorable JOY was picked as one of the Top 3 over at Bearly Mine Challenges for their very first challenge, how good is that. I am a very lucky girl as I have won a great cupcake stamp which will be really useful for those everyday girly cards. So after such a fabulous start I couldn't not enter again this week, could I?

After rifling through my card box, a friend of mine spotted the Valentine card I made to give to Brian and said could I make her one using one of those raunchy Kenny K images as she knew that the images would be just up her husbands street, so here it is. I have used Basic Grey papers from my stash along with the gorgeous heart charm and pearls, the flowers and ribbon are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine - (Challenge 2) - Tis a Recipe, 3 Flowers, 2 Papers and 1 Image
Wild Orchid Crafts - (Challenge 15) Lets Get Sentimental
Passion for Promarkers - (Challenge 83) All you need is Love
Papertake Weekly - Ribbons & Pearls
Tuesday Morning Sketches - (Challenge 77) Use Metal on you Creation
Cards for Men - (Challenge 2) Let's Party
Sketch Saturday - (Challenge 138) Sketch
The Pixie Cottage - (Challenge 53) Who Do You Love

Thanks for visiting and all your comments and will be back with you again soon.

Thank You

2011-01-12T19:29:00.000Z

Hi everyone

Hope you are having a good week so far. Well I am really pleased with myself as I have been making sure to spend a little time each week crafting and am so happy as it really helps me relax.

Have you seen the gorgeous new images both digital and rubber from Funky Kits. This little beauty is called JOY and can be found here, and as that is my Mum's name I couldn't resist - well could you just look at that adorable face. I was asked to make a card for a lady who wanted a thank you card, she said she wanted it pink and girly. I think this fits the bill don't you.

I have used my new Marianne Die again. All the background papers are from Bearly Mine Crafts but I can't rememeber which sets they they are all lovely anyway I have followed Donna's fabulous sketch so that I could join in their very first challenge. I have added some card candy from Craftwork Cards and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and that is about it.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Bearly Mine - Sketch
Creative Inspirations - Something New (Digi Image)
I love Promarkers - Punches (Butterfly)
Spoonful of Sugar - Thank You
Polkadoodles - A wish for the New Year - My wish is to live life to the fullest as Life is too short and you never really know when the unexpected is going to happen - don't I know it.
Cupcake Craft - Something New

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon.

Valentine's Card

2011-01-09T12:26:00.001Z

Good morning to you all.

Well I have stuck to my resolution so far this year lol. but what a long week it has been. Don't you find that the first week after Christmas seems to be sooooo long.

Well onto my card today. I downloaded this fabulous Kenny K image with a card in mind for my hubby for valentines and isn't it just fab. Mind you I am a bit concerned as I don't want his blood pressure going up anymore than it is at the moment (well you have to try and laugh don't you). All the papers are a download from Pink Petticoat, the doily is new as well as my new Marianne die (I just loooove this). I have coloured my image with my trusty promarkers and added some card candy from Craftwork cards. The ribbon was one that I recycled from a wedding invitation last year (I knew I would use it sometime he! he!).

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Kenny K's - Love You
I Love Promarkers - Recycle (Ribbon from a wedding Invitation)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with option of fabric or paper lace
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and Easy
Creative Cottage - Something New (Marianne Die)
Little Red Wagon - Use a Doily
Moving along the Times - Ring out the Old, Ring in the New (Old Papers & New Marianne Die)

Happy New Year

2011-01-02T12:57:00.002Z

I would like to wish each and everyone of my lovely followers a Happy New Year for 2011. 2010 was not the best of years but as we know a new one has now started and I would like to take the time to thank you all for the lovely comments and emails received with best wishes for my wonderful hubby Brian. He is starting to feel a bit better but we still have a long way to go. It is amazing how something can happen that can change your whole perspective on life, it is far too short to worry about silly things, take each day as it comes and live life to the fullest.

With the New Year about to be upon us I have made a decision to try and post at least one card a week on my blog as I have to say that I have missed my crafting but I am hoping that my mojo will return now that mentally I am in a better place.

So without further ado, here is my creation to celebrate the 1st day of a new year.

This card was done for a young lady who was turning 13 and as easel cards are my favourite at the moment I opted for this. All the papers used are the "With this Ring" collection by Nitwits - they are just a dream to work with and the image from is from Kenny K's was just perfect I thought.

Thanks again for all your support and I look forward to being back with you all in blogland.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Totally Gorgeous - Someone Special
Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes

A quick catch up

2010-11-28T22:06:00.000Z

Hi followers

I am so sorry that I haven't been around lately but as you know this year hasn't been the best. I finally thought things were looking up and I would be able to join you all again when my fabulous husband suffered two strokes, one he didn't even realise he had had, so as you can imagine it has been a really bad time. I had just spent the day at the NEC with my Mum at the Cake Show when it happened. He is on the road to recovery but it is going to be a while before things are back to normal. The worst thing for him is that it has affected his speech which he's finding really frustrating as it wears him out, not only with getting the words out but for his brain to form them in the first place. It has been such a rollercoaster ride with his emotions especially as he didn't realise it had already happened once without knowing, now he is so scared it will happen again, he is also so tired all the time. Mind you it still could have been so so much worse but at 54 you don't expect it to happen at all.

I have a couple of cards that I had made before to share with you but will try and join you all again as soon as possible.

Ruby Wedding

2010-10-18T19:34:00.000+01:00

Some friends of my parents celebrated their Ruby Wedding recently and asked me if I would make their invitations. I decided to use my Cricut and cut out 2 hearts for each invite. Once cut I embossed the fronts with a cuttlebug folder (I think it was the Victoriana one). In Photoshop I merged a photo of their wedding with a picture of them both now, reduced the opacity printed them out and then cut them into hearts with the cricut too. All the layers were then joined using some Ruby ribbon. I added a small layered mat and a rose to each front.

They loved them I am pleased to say.

Thanks for stopping by.

Benn's Birthday Card

2010-09-20T18:36:00.000+01:00

As you know I haven't been around much recently and certainly haven't had any time for crafting. When I have had, the mojo has been missing so I thought I would show you a couple of things over the next few days that I have had sitting on my computer from a while ago. This is the card I did for Benn for his 14th Birthday back in May. It is using one of Linnie's Whoopsi Daisy great boy images and definitely a must for anyone who has a teenage son. I have decided to step down from all my DT now as I was really struggling to find the time to participate and not feeling great with everything was putting more pressure on myself.

My headache has eased enough now that I am at least starting to get the itch to start playing but we shall have to just wait and see. The doctor has decided to send me to a Neurologist to try and get to the bottom of it which will be good as at least I will find out what is causing it.

Well have a good week but I promise I will be back in the next few days to show you a couple more.

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge

2010-09-01T08:31:00.001+01:00

Good Morning everyone

Gosh I didn't realise how long I had been away. It has been so busy over here what with one thing and another but hopefully you will see a bit more of me in the weeks to come.

This month over at Whoopsi Daisy Linnie wanted to see "Pile on the flowers". This is an easel card I did for a very good friend's birthday and when I saw the flower theme I knew it would be just perfect for this card. I used my Gypsy to make the heart easel card as I thought it couldn't be that hard to do with different shapes just as long as I could weld them together and ta ra, it worked.

The beautiful little Daisy can be found here and was coloured in using my promarkers. I added some adorable roses that I got from Wild Orchid Crafts which are so much prettier in the fresh.

Another Birthday

2010-05-18T18:41:00.001+01:00

Well I told you that I would be using some more of that paper as I thought it was perfect for these stamps. I made this one for another friend of mine who celebrated her birthday last week. I used my Martha Steward Scoreboard on this one and scored a cross hatch onto some beautiful pearlescent card. I then added some swaroski crystals to finish it off.

Well I had better get a move on as I still haven't made Benn's card and his birthday is on Saturday. Do you find that you always end up doing the family's at the last minute, I know I do.

See you again soon.

Birthday Card

2010-05-16T15:49:00.002+01:00

Well I am sad to say that the sun didn't stay out for very long last week and has made only a few fleeting visits since. It has been a really busy week starting with seeing Westlife in concert at the O2 area. Benn thinks it is hilarious and that I am really sad. He is probably right but my friend and I have been going for the last 12 years ever since they first started and really enjoy their shows.

Anyhow, onto my card. I made this for a friend of mine who celebrated her birthday last week. The gorgeous stamp is from the Whiff of Joy City Girls collection. I got the background paper when I was up at Ally Pally, it is called Perfectly Posh, Chic Speak by Imaginisce. Goes so well with this image don't you think. I used my white grosgrain riibbon and coloured it magenta to match the promarker that I used to colour the image. I still have a bit more of this left so watch this space as I am sure I will be back with some more using it.

Retirement Card

2010-05-11T13:18:00.000+01:00

Well the sun has finally decided to make an appearance in here Bedfordshire (gosh, I am so in need of some sun), I hope it has your way too. I am really hoping that this summer will be glorious especially as I feel a lot of people of going to be staying in England this year due to the volcanic ash disruptions.

Well here is a quick card I did for a lady at my husband's work who was retiring.

The papers are by Bo Bunny and Bazzill. I welded all the words together using my Gypsy. The font is a mixture of Basecamp and Gypsy Font.

Thank you for visiting, I can't tell you how much it means when people leave me comments.

1st Birthday

2010-05-03T09:59:00.001+01:00

I know, I know, 3 posts in a week you are saying. Well to tell the truth I have had this one for a little while but just haven't had the time to post it.

This little card was made for my husbands Grandson Luke who celebrated his first birthday on St. Georges Day. I can't believe a year has passed already. Here he is with his Uncle Benn, he so loves being an uncle (he has 3 nephews and 1 neice) and is so good at it.

Well you know I told you that I had finally got my Expression and also my lovely, lovely new Gypsy but hadn't even had time to play with them yet, unfortunately I still haven't on my Expression except for cutting out this little card, but the Gypsy certainly made light work of creating something unusual. First of all I welded all the numbers and letters together using the shadow feature on Basecamp and baloon from Celebrations, duplicated and flipped it and then welded a rectangle (George) to the bottom and a scalloped circle (Mini-Monograms). I then cut them all out again using patterned paper, stamped the lovely whiff of Joy "Henry" stamp holding his cake with a candle on top, coloured Henry with my Promarkers and there you have it.

Quite effective don't you think, I just can't wait now until I get a chance to cut out some more things that I have now managed to make using the Gypsy while I have been sitting at football practice and things. This is the good thing about it, I may not have time to cut them out when I am home but while sitting hanging around waiting for Benn I can at least get some playtime on the Gypsy.

Hope you like it, now all I need is some time to play with my Expression and find out how to use the centre point (this is one of the main reasons for wanting it apart from the bigger size) and then I will be doing the happy dance.

I am entering this into the following challenge.

Spoonful of Sugar - 3D (Little Henry is 3D'd)
Papertake Weekly - Do Something Different
Your Next Stamp - Going Dotty
Crafty Catz - Spots
Allsorts - Animals (I know a mouse is technically a rodent)

Thanks for stopping by.

First Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - As you Like It

2010-05-01T12:28:00.001+01:00

Well today is the first challenge day for Whoopsi Daisy where the challenge is nice and simple "As you Like It". This challenge blog will run for a whole month which gives you plenty of time to get those challenge cards in. I have used one of Linnie's lovely little Daisy images that can be found here. It would be great if you could join us as we love looking at all your lovey creations.

I am going to nter this in the following challenges

Sweet Stampin - Summer
Creative Craft - Bloomin Marvelous
One Stitch at a Time - Flowers
Sir Stampalot - Butterflies & Blossoms

Well off now to go to my local craft shop to pick up a few more supplies.

Lily-Boo May Challenge - Shaped Card

2010-05-01T10:59:00.000+01:00

Morning all

What a super sunny Saturday it is today which is nice after all the horrible weather we have had this week. On to nicer things though, it is a new month and a new challenge over at Lily-Boos Too where we are asking to see Shaped Cards. I decided to go with one of these (not sure what the name of it is) as I think they look really cool and I hadn't done one before. I have used a Nitwits download for my backing papers along with
one of the really cool new images that Sam has drawn from the Dog collection that can be found here. Isn't he just the cutest.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft - Don't be Square
Craft - Shaped Card
Melijen's Designs - Show us your shape
Penny's Challenges - Shapes

I have had a very busy week with Brian being away on business. I have had Parents evenings, exam information evenings and football practice too and on top of that one of the worst migraine's I have had for a long time, so no crafting which I really needed to be doing as I have so many still to do, but I am sure I will catch up soon.

Well off to finish some more but come back later as I have my challenge card for the very new Whoopsi Daisy Challenge card.

Wedding Card

2010-04-13T19:04:00.002+01:00

Good morning everyone, it is another beautiful day, and no before you say it, I haven't managed to get my blog layout fixed. I have been all through blogger and it seems to think there are funny symbols in my HTML. Well I have tried looking at my HTML and it is a mine field so I have finally given up. If my silly sidebar wants to stay down the bottom then it jolly well can.

Today I have a card I made for my brother in Australia. He wanted a wedding card made and sent over for some very good friends of his. I found some lovely teal papers by American Crafts to match some card by Papermania I had in my stash. The gorgeous image is by Mo Manning and the monogram letters are from my new cartridge Tie the Knot which I managed to get from the US for $23 plus $9 shipping. It is gorgeous and I know I will be using it a lot. I used my Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch added a coulple of ribbons and pearls and voila.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Polkadoodles - Wedding

Crafty Angels - Favourite things (mine is Weddings)

Practical Scrappers - Glitter & Bling

By the Cute & Girly - Fairytales

Allsorts - Petals & Pearls

Thanks for looking.

Aaagh

2010-04-12T08:35:00.000+01:00

I am sitting here getting more and more frustrated by the day. I noticed on Saturday that when I go into my blog, whether it be on my laptop or main computer all the information other than my post (my profile, list of challenges, followers etc) has moved to the bottom of the page after all the posts yet if I click onto where it says how many comments have been left I can view it all in the correct place. I have tried changing templates, logging in but nothing is working. I have tried looking in my settings, layout but everything seems normal.
If anyone has any idea as to what I mean and can help me fix the problem I would greatly appreciate it, if not you may find me here going slowly mad (I know, but I am a virgo and I hate it when things are not right lol).

Mother's Day Card

2010-04-10T07:32:00.009+01:00

What a fabulous week we are having with the weather, I was so in need of a bit of sun after the long winter we have had. All the daffodils are out now and Summer is starting to edge closer.
Today I have the Mother's Day card I made for my Mum to show you (yes I know, I should have shown it a while ago). I am unsure of the backing papers as they were in my stash but the lovely little box of chocolates that Tilda is sitting on is an Alota one that I picked up in a sale, isn't it adorable and so versatile. I have also used the Deep Edge Daisy by Martha Stewart (another punch I love but unfortunately don't yet own - thanks Sue).I am a bit down today as my parent are off on their regular 3 months abroad trip and I really hate it when they are not here. I am very close to my parents and brothers and already hate the fact that my 2 older brothers live in Australia. But unfortunately this is life and they have to live the way it suits them best (just wish it was a bit closer). Anyway, they will all be back the week before my baby brother gets married at the end of July and I will be very busy with wedding preparations which will hopefully make the time go quickly.
Hope you all enjoy the beautiful weekend we are in for and will be back soon.

Designer Bag

2010-04-06T07:54:00.004+01:00

A few days ago while blog hopping I came across this very talented lady called Adela Rossol who creates the most adorable templates.
I fell in love with this one immediately as for my 40th birthday my lovely hubby bought me a Mulberry bag in exactly the same shape as this. As soon as I saw this the possibilities that came to me where endless and I had to have a go straight away. I have got to say that it is just so easy to make up and it is just so cute.
The one I have made here was to give to my stepdaughter to hold her birthday present. I can certainly feel a lot more of these coming on.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving such lovely comments, it really means a lot to me.

I'm Back

2010-04-02T16:35:00.005+01:00

Hi everyone, things seemed to have settled down now (well for a while at least) so I thought I would share with you a card that I made for this month's Lily-Boo Too challenge which was to make a spring card using Yellow and Green.

This lovely image is one from the Easter collection as I thought what better image to use being as it is Easter. The background papers are Bazzill and DCWV.

I am off first thing in the morning to go to a Hotel and Spa for a pampering weekend with my Mum. It is a present from my lovely Daddy as a thank you for making my Mum and his 50th Wedding invitations etc last year but I have only just had time to use it. Isn't he lovel. Well I hope you all have a lovely weekend and don't eat too many eggs.

Christening Card

2010-03-21T09:18:00.003Z

I know I havent been around a lot recently but I do have a couple of things to share with you over the next couple of days.
We are having a lovely sunny day here today which is good as we are off in a about 30minutes to our Grandson Luke's christening. He is a really cute little thing and such a good baby.
Here is the card I have made for him.

I cut the mat layer with his name on with my Cricut after welding the letters, using Base Camp to a square from George. The scallop circles are from Mini Monograms. All the background papers are either Bazzill or DCWV. The Praying Hands is a Sizzlit die and the Cross is a Quickutz one.

Thanks for visiting but come back soon as I have a few more things to show you.

Cute Daisy May

2010-03-08T18:09:00.004Z

Phew, finally got a chance to show you my card for this week's challenge over at Cute Daisy May. This week the theme is Mother's Day and was set by yours truly. I love how this card came out using little Daisy enjoying a well earned soak in the bath and can be found here on sheet 182. All the papers come from a Nitwits Collection called The Bunnyhops collection.

We had some fantastic entries last week and we hope that you will come and play again this week as we love looking at all your wonderful creations and also it will give you a chance to get your Mother's Day cards made if you haven't already.

See you again soon.

60th Birthday

2010-03-03T08:19:00.006Z

Morning everyone, just a quickie before I pop off to work and wow is my first week going fast. I am loving it but feel as if my head is so woolly at the moment with everything to take in. Never mind, things will start to make sense soon I am sure.

Back to my card, this was made for a lady that is celebrating her 60th birthday and I have used gorgeous Tilda , coloured with Promarkers and surrounded by Lillies. The papers were from my stash and the flowers were from Hobbycraft. I have also used my new Martha Stewart "Flower Beds" punch. My sentiment has been cut out using my Cricut and the Base Camp cartridge.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Passion for Promarkers - Back to Nature

Just Magnolia - Birthdays

Get Funky Challenge - Girls, Girls, Girls
Clearly I Stamp - It's Hip to be Square

March Challenge -Lily-Boo Too

2010-03-01T22:08:00.004Z

Yes, it is that time again. This month over at Lily-Boo the theme is Mother's Day so for this card I have used one of the fabulous new images from Lily-Boo's new Mothers image sheet and can be found HERE. They are really cute but they can also be used for other occasions too.

If you haven't seen already, we are also looking for some new DT members to join us, so if you fancy joining us and having a great time being able to use all of Sam's great images then pop on over to the Boutique to get all the information, and you never know, you could be joining us next month. Even if you don't fancy becoming a DT member it would be great if you fancied joining us with this months challenge. You don't have to use a LB image to join in but obviously it would be lovely if you did.

2010-03-01T07:18:00.002Z

This week over at Cute Daisy May it was Pinky's turn to choose the theme and she chose to use a sketch, wasn't it a good sketch. The beautiful image is one of the new ones and can be found here on Sheet 192. The papers are from an old Hot of the Press pad that I have had in my stash for ages along with some Bazzill. I have coloured little Daisy with Promarkers and also used my new Martha Stewart punch.

Why don't you hop on over and join in with us this week, we would love to see how you interpret the sketch.

Baby Girl

2010-02-26T23:28:00.002Z

Had a little bit of time this week to craft which was lovely and also because I needed to make a new baby card for a friend thats brother and sister-in-law had just had a baby. This little image is one of Linnie's new images from Sheet 186 and can be found here, isn't it just too cute.

Well I have had my last day at my old job and am ready to start my new one on Monday. It was a lovely day and I found it very emotional. My boss took us out to lunch and bought me a lovely bouquet of flowers. I am really going to miss them but know that at the end of the day I have made the best decision for our family, doesn't make it any easier though.

Well I hope you all have a lovely weekend, I am hoping for a bit of crafting time and a good read of Tim Holz's new book (yes, it arrived and looks fabulous).

Lily-Boo Creations and Design Team Call

2010-02-23T17:50:00.005Z

I am entering this card into the Friday Sketchers challenge.

Well, the sun didn't stay out for long, did it? It is snowing again here and has been on and off for the last two days.

Have you all been watching the fantastic Tim Holz on QVC, isn't he lovely. I have ordered my TSV and am hoping that it is going to give me the hints and tips to enable me to get better at this distressing lark (we'll just have to wait and see won't we - watch this space).

Have you been over to Lily-Boo's recently. If not, pop on over there are we are looking for some new Design Team members to join us. It is a lovely team to be part of and you will thoroughly enjoy working with Sam's images as they are just adorable. If I have wet your apetite then go to the boutique where you will find all the information you need. Can't wait to see all your lovely creations.

Here are a couple of cards I have made using the gorgeous Easter designs. Sam has also added some gorgeous new designs just ready for those Mother's Day cards.

Thanks for visiting, it really means a lot. I would also like to thank everyone who is followng me and for all the lovely comments you leave me.

Flower Power - Cute Daisy May

2010-02-22T07:45:00.002Z

This week over at Cute Daisy May the theme is Flower Power. Isn't Daisy cute, this little beauty can be found HERE on Sheet 182 . I decided to use some My Minds Eye papers that came free with one of the magazine, and aren't they lovely. The sentiment is a Quickutz rub on that I have had for ages and never seem to use.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Polkadoodles - Wanted a sketch plus a bird so I can't now enter it as I forgot the birdie lol.

Allsorts Challenge - Tag or Label

Totally Gorjuss - Flower Power

Digital Tuesday - All things Girly

Spoonful of Sugar - Touch of Spring

Well I had better get off to work especially as I have looked out of the window only to find the snow has started again. Roll on Spring.

Birthday Magnolia

2010-02-21T19:02:00.003Z

Well another weekend nearly over so I thought it would be nice to show you a card I have been working on for a friend who celebrates her birthday next week.

Little Tilda is sitting on a lovely box of chocolates from Allota stamps and the background chocolate paper is from a company called Daisie Company. I have also used card candy from Craftwork Cards.

Well off now to watch Dancing on Ice now but don't forget to pop back tomorrow to see my Cute Daisy May challenge card.

Digital Delights

2010-02-20T19:20:00.003Z

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far, at least it has been lovely and sunny today and not snowing like it was yesterday and the day before. I haven't had a lot of time recently for crafting as I have been having a lovely time going out looking at wedding and bridesmaids dresses with my Sister-in-Law to be. I can't believe where the time has gone since Dom proposed to Magda at my parents 50th and it won't be long now before the wedding will be here. All the wedding invitations are now done, just the Order of Service, Bomboniere, menus and placecards now.

Well as I said, not much time for crafting recently so I thought I would show you a card I made recently for someone that had just been diagnosed with cancer. This sweet little image was a freebie from Digital Delights, my background papers were another freebie from Pink Petticoat.

Thanks for looking and I hope to be back showing you a few more cards soon.

Sir Stampalot Challenge & Cute Daisy May

2010-02-12T08:10:00.004Z

I know I am a little early for my Cute Daisy May DT card this week, but the reason I wanted to show it now was because I wanted to enter it into my blogging buddy's Brenda's (Floral Fantasies) One off Blog Hop and Challenge on behalf of Sir Stampalot that ends tomorrow. If you haven't entered yet there is still time and you never know, you could be the proud owner of a fantastic Big Shot plus lots of other items too.

The reason for this challenge is that Sir Stampalot have just moved premises and wanted to celebrate. The theme for the challenge is "MOVING. Your project can be a card, box, scrapbook l/o, whatever you choose, and can be open to interpretation, moving home, kinetic card, vehicle or as simple as a dangling charm as long as it represents movement.

For my project I have made a spinner card as I thought this would be good for movement (shame you can't see it move in the photo).

The cute little Daisy May image that I have used can be found HERE and isn't she just adorable. I was asked by a lady to make this card for her daughter's 10th Birthday and I thought that this image really fitted the bill as she is just so "Cool", just like the little girls today.

The challenge at Cute Daisy May will go up on Monday so don't forget to pop along then and join in with the fun, we would love to see all your creations. Linnie has been busy drawing so the winner is going to be in for a real treat trying to decide what delightful images to choose.

Happy weekend.

PS. I had already photographed it before I realised I had left the 'r' out of birthday but this has now been changed, good job.

Cute Daisy May - Lavender and Lace

2010-02-08T07:20:00.008Z

This week over at Cute Daisy May the theme was Lavender & Lace. Well with a beautiful theme like that I had to use this gorgeous image of Daisy sitting by the wishing well, I really fell in love with this image as soon as I saw it, and if you have too and wish to have it you can find it HERE.

I used some backing papers from my stash along with my trusty Promarkers to colour my image, the Lace I picked up at Hobbycraft. I cut out my hearts using the George cartridge from my Cricut machine and the buttons using a Quickutz die. The border was made using my Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch.

If you fancy playing along, we'd love to see you. I am entering this into the following challenges.

Digital Tuesday - Try a Different Fold
Spoonful of Sugar - Sketch
Stamping for the Weekend - Valentines
Allsorts - Distressed, Buttons and Bow

Dare U to Digi Stamp - Hearts & Valentine

Crazy 4 Challenges - Be MyValentine

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love & Friendship

Raise the Bar - Heart to Heart Talk

Thanks for looking.

Lily-Boo & By The Cute & Girly February Challenges

2010-02-01T17:42:00.004Z

Well it is that time again, the 1st of the month. So for all you lovely people that like their challenges this means that there are new ones out there for you in blogland the first being Lily-Boo. This month we were asked to use a recipe of 1 Tag an 1 Ribbon and with this in mind I set about doing a new baby card using one of Sam's new image sheets that can be found here. You have until 28th February to get your entries in, and don't forget, you can win 2 Lily-Boo sets of your choice. You are not limited to using Lily-Boo images but we would love it if you did as it is always nice to see how others find inspiration when using them, but equally it doesn't matter if you don't.

My second card is for the By the Cute & Girly where this month's challenge is LOVE. I made this card using the new Deco Folies CD from My Craft Studio. This is one of the pre-made cards on the CD which is great when those all too busy times get in your way of crafting. It really is a lovely CD and has some fantastic images that remind me of those very expensive cards that you can buy in the card shops, and also my Mum's favourites. I added some stickles on her hat and added a sentiment.

I hope you will all join us again this month as we love to see what you all come up with. The great thing about this challenge blog is that you can produce any creation you like and are not limited to just cards. It's a good job the rest of the DT girls are so talented as, if it was left to me you would be very dissapointed. I am hopeless at anything other than cards lol. I can't go round corners so knitting is out and my needlework is horrendous (my mum had to finish my exam project for school but I never told her it was my exam, mind you she got 10/10 so I think this helped her to not kill me when she found out).

Hope you have enjoyed looking and I will hopefully be back soon with some more creations.

Cute Daisy May - Vintage

2010-01-26T17:39:00.003Z

Sorry everyone, I am a bit late posting my Cute Daisy May challenge card this week but here it is now.
This week the theme was chosen by Becky where she wanted to see vintage. Well I don't normally do vintage, I love to look but never know where to start so this really was a challenge for me. I hope that you think I have captured it right.

Magnolia Ink

2010-01-24T22:21:00.007Z

Hi bloggers, hope you have had a good week. Mine was a bit eventful with Benn going and breaking his foot. Apparently he hurt it first on Monday during PE but didn't tell me so I took him as normal to football training on Wednesday only to have him injure it again. By this time his foot was nice and swollen with a lovely big lump on the side of his foot. He thinks it is great though as he now has a plaster cast on it and crutches which apparently is really "COOL". I thought it best not to mention that it will be itching him like mad in a couple of days and let him enjoy the novelty while it lasts. The worst thing for him I think was Mum having to take that all important photo to scrapbook of him having his plaster fitted - well you have to record these moments don't you, at least the nurse thought it was fun.

Has anyone got hold of the 2nd Issue of the Magnolia Ink magazine yet? I have and it is fabulous again. I am loving seeing what all the fabulous designers have come up with to inspire us.

In the first issue they had a competition to use a sketch and this is what I came up with, unfortunately it win, not that I expected to with so many talented designers out there, but it was fun entering.

This image was from the Winter 2008 collection called "Waiting Tilda". Isn't she just adorable.

Thanks for stopping by but come back again tomorrow as I will have my Cute Daisy May card to show you ready for this weeks challenge.

Back to Nature - Polkadoodles.

2010-01-19T17:50:00.003Z

Do you remember me telling you that I had been extremely lucky by winning the Christmas Polkadoodle challenge. Well my fabulous prize came last week of the Daisy Doodle rubber stamps and the fabulous Back to Nature CD, and I can honestly say, it truly is fabulous.

There is so much on this CD it is hard to know where to start. I am even startin to stroke the computer now to try and touch these lovely papers lol (oh no, I really think I am ready for the crafty nuthouse now).

Anyway, I had to make a very quick get well card for a lady who is mad on dogs and thought that this CD would be great. That is the beauty with this CD, you can be as creative as you like but if you are pressed for time, like I was, then there is everything there for you to just print out and add to your base. Hope you like it.

New Baby

2010-01-17T15:50:00.007Z

Has all the snow melted near you, it has here and we have been blessed with brilliant sunshine today, you'd never know that we were all snowed in last week.

I have a couple of cards to share with you today, a couple that I made for By the Cute and Girly where this month the them was something NEW. I decided to try my hand at doing a little decoupage as I haven't done any for a long time now. These images are so sweet, I got them a couple of years ago so am not able to share with you where I purchased them from but I think they are dutch origin. Have you entered the challenge yet as there is still time and we would love to see what NEW creations you all come up with.

Thanks for dropping by.

One off Challenge and Blog Hop

2010-01-11T16:23:00.002Z

Hi everyone, I have some exciting news to share with you today. My DT buddy Brenda from Floral Fantasies is hosting a fabulous One-off Challenge and Blog Hop starting on the 1st February, with a rather special candy as the main prize and no ordinary candy, but a really serious piece of equipment that we would all love to have in our craft rooms. Apart from the main piece of candy there will also be other prizes to be won too.

But to be in with a chance to win Brenda needs all your help to spread the word and make this as much fun as possible and there will also be a prize for doing this. So what you need to do now is

Give the challenge a plug on your own blog

Add the above logo on your side bar with a link back to Brenda

Leave Brenda a comment on her special challenge and blog hop post to let her know that you have entered where the prize for this will be drawn on 31st January.

So what are you waiting for, go and enter.

Hubby's Valentines Card

2010-01-10T18:24:00.008Z

Are you all having a lovely time with the snow. I know I am as I love playing in it but don't enjoy driving I think it is enough now. The kids are certainly enjoying it though and it is nice for them to see what it used to be like when we were kids.
Well onto this weeks challenge at Cute Daisy May. DT member Katie chose the challenge this week of flowers and ribbon and I mut say, what a fabulous one. I decided to use Sassy Daisy blowing kisses to whoever it is she loves (in my case my ever patient hubby). I am entering this into the following challenges.

Digital Tuesday: Valentines

A Spoonful of Sugar: Hearts

Crafty Creations: Black, White and a Splash of Colour

Polkadoodles: Song Title (Loving You by Minnie Riperton)

Friday Sketchers: Sketch

Why don't you pop over and see what the rest of the DT have come up with as you are in for a treat, they are fantastic, and while you are there why don't you play along. Don't forget, you don't even have to use a CDM image.

Materials Used:

Image: Cute Daisy May

Base card: Craftwork Card 8x8 Back to Basics

Papers: Pink Petticoat & Shabby

Embellishments: Flowers & Ribbon from my stash

Sentiment: Funky Fairys

Thanks for stopping by

Snow, snow and snow

2010-01-06T13:06:00.003Z

Hope everyone is enjoying the snow, the kids are for sure but it certainly is treacherous out there. I started out for work (20 miles away) when my boss rang and told me to turn round and go back home. I have had some fun with Benn who has now gone out with his friends and am wrapped up warmly with a nice hot cup of coffee.

I don't have a card today but thought you make like to see my little furball (Coton du Tulear) in the snow this morning. He absolutely loves it and goes bananas running around in it. The only problem is the snow sticks to his fur which is just like cotton wool (hence his breed name) and makes huge ice balls making it impossible for him to move his legs in the end but that still doesn't deter him, I just end up having to put him in the bath to desfrost him lol

Well whatever you are doing, do it safely.

Lily Boo - Valentines

2010-01-01T21:56:00.004Z

This month over at Lily-Boo Too the theme is Valentines and I must say the DT have really pushed the boat out this month, why don't you pop on over and take a look . This gorgeous little image is one from the Wedding Collection that can be found here, and the others are adorable too. Sam is going to be adding some more collections in the next week and I have to say, you will not be dissapointed, they are adorable. Just think, if you enter the challenge you could even win a couple of these downloads too, hope to see you there.

By The Cute and Girly - New

2010-01-01T21:36:00.004Z

Our first challenge of the New Year over at By The Cute & Girly is NEW . This is a great theme as it can cover so many options from Weddings, New Home, New Baby, New Beginnings, in fact anything NEW. It would be lovely if you would come and play along as we have some fantastic sponsors along with some great prizes. The challenge is open for a whole month which gives you plenty of time and you never know, you could be one of this months winners.

I made this card ready for a wedding I have in a couple of weeks. I welded 2 hearts together with Design Studio using my wedding cartridge, increasing in size for each layer. The little cake and bell diecuts were also cut out from this cartridge. I finished it off by making a matching box with an acetate front to fit.

Hope the bride and groom like it as I must admit to being very pleased with how it came out.

Cute Daisy May - Love

2010-01-01T09:56:00.008Z

Happy 2010 everyone, I hope you all had a good one and are not feeling the after effects too badly. Ok, I shall speak very quietly then.

The first challenge of the year at CDM is to create a card based on Love. I have used one of Linnie's brand new images and aren't they just so cute.

Base Card: Craftwork Cards Back to Basics
Image: CDM
BP: Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme Volume III
Tools: Martha Stewart Valentine Heart Punch

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy New Year

2009-12-31T18:57:00.004Z

Have you all had a lovely Chrismas, we certainly did but I've definitely eaten far too much and had the odd few too many glasses of wine, so the diet has really got to start the day after tomorrow.

I am really missing crafting and can't wait until the tree is taken down next week and I can get my little craft area back but thought I would show you a couple of my Christmas cards that I didn't get a chance to put on before, so here they are.

I was running behind the last week before Christmas and still had family and friends cards to do so decided to do a digital design which I was really pleased with. The second one I made for Benn (don't you just love this cute little image).

Well the next post I put on will be the first one of the new year so I just want to take the time to say have a great, healthy, and happy New Year, and whatever you are up to tonight, take care.

Max x

Fabulous blog candy & A big thank you

2009-12-23T17:19:00.004Z

I have been seeing a few boxes made recently using the Sizzix XL dies and they look really good. Well Paul over at Crafty Blogocks, a blog I regularly follow, has invested in some and has very kindly put some die cuts up as blog candy. If you fancy being in with a chance to win some then pop on over there, add a comment and put a link back to the candy on your blog and you never know, your name could be picked as the lucky winner. Even if you don't fancy some candy, pop over to Paul's anyway as he really does some lovely stuff and will give you lots of inspiration.

While we are on the subject of blog candy, I was very lucky to find I had been lucky enough to win the Beyond Birthdays Cricut cartridge over at Christmas with the Cricut last week during their Christmas Ustream giveaway. I was so excited when I found out as I am not very lucky when it comes to winning, so thank you girls for picking my name and well done to you for making it a fabulous place for inspiration when using your Cricut machine.

I won't be back now until after Christmas but I just want to say a big thank you to all my followers and people who have been kind enough to leave comments on my blog, it really means a lot that you take the time out of your own busy schedules to comment. I also want to thank everyone whose blogs that I also follow as you also give me such inspiration. I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year and I look forward to visiting you all again in 2010.

By The Cute and Girly

2009-12-22T22:45:00.002Z

This is my last make for this month over at By The Cute and Girly titled "At the Movies" for which I decided on the name Skippy. This photo brings back a lot of memories as it was taken last year when Benn and I went out to Australia with my parents to see my brother who has lived there for the last 20 years. It was our first time and I loved it. We had gone to a place called Featherdale Wildlife Park just outside Sydney when this little joey decided to jump out its mothers pouch to follow Benn who had food to feed the animals with, its mother kept following it trying to nudge it back into her pouch but it wasn't going to be put off. It was such a beautiful sight and we were priviledged to be able to touch this lovely little creature who felt so velvety and soft. It will be a memory that will stay with me forever. The reason my layout is called the 2 Joeys is because Benn is actually Joseph Benn but we call him Benn.

By The Cute and Girly

2009-12-16T19:20:00.004Z

This month over at By The Cute & Girly the theme is "At The Movies" so I thought I would share with you a couple of my DT creations.
My first one is a card using an image from Digisparkle who is one of our lovely sponsors this month. My scrapbook page "Dreamer" is of Benn during one of his horse riding lessons. Do you have loads of photos that you haven't had time to scrapbook yet, I never seem to catch up but I do love my scrapbooking.
If you fancy playing along there is still time, just create something relating to movies and you will be in with a chance of winning and there are 4 prizes up for grabs this month. You can also enter more than once, but remember, you can only enter once in each category.

Cute Daisy May - Green & Gold

2009-12-14T07:27:00.004Z

Morning everyone, happy Monday.

This week over at Cute Daisy May the challenge was to make a Green and Gold card. I decided to do one using Linnie's cute little Baby images as I thought it would be lovely for Luke's First Christmas card.

I brought the image into photoshop and added a circular sentiment and border, printed it out and coloured with promarkers. I then matted it on to a nestie cutout. All the papers I have used are again from the new collection by Bearly Mine Designs called Christmas Frolics.

It would be lovely to see you play along with the challenge as we love to see what you create, and don't forget, you don't even have to use a CDM image, and you never know, you could be the winner this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Polkadoodle Challenge

2009-12-13T16:32:00.003Z

This week over at Polkadoodles the challenge is to make a card with an envelope format, and after seeing this cute little image over at Digital Delights thought how perfect it would be for this challenge. I coloured the image with my promarkers and then scaled my background paper from Bearly Mine using the computer to add an insert to my envelope. The lovely ticket sentiment was another freebie from Bizzy Becs.

Hope you have a good week .

Few Challenges

2009-12-12T10:42:00.006Z

Morning everyone, isn't it great that the weekend is here again.

Here is a card that I made for my lovely husband finally getting to use this adorable Gillian Roberts stamp. I bought this with Brian and Benn's cards in mind as the image is just too cute. My background spotty paper is from a DCWV pad and I think it was actually the Pet stack but I can't be too sure now. I coloured the little image in with my promarkers and then distressed it with my Tim Holtz ink pads then cut out using my nestibilities. I then cuttlebugged a strip of green using my Snowflake embossing folder. The gorgeous little ticket stub has come from a new Digi store called Bizzy Becks that I came across while visiting my daily blogs. These are wonderful as there are ones for everyday, occasions and even blank ones for you to add your own text and at only $2.65 AUD for 21 stubs it is a real bargain, all I did was adapt one to fit a saying for my hubby's card. I can tell I will be using these so much as I am always stuck for sentiments.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Whimsy Stamps - Die Cuts

Digital Tuesday - Christmas Song (Mistletoe and Wine, Cliff Richard)

I Love Promarkers - Dots and Stripes

Hope you enjoyed looking.

Birthday Card for Dad

2009-12-09T07:50:00.004Z

Today I have a card to show you that I made for my wonderful Dad who celebrated his 75th Birthday recently, and just in case he is reading this, hi Dad.
For this card I used the adorable Magnolia Lion that was included in the Pet collection a while back. I really love this image and can find lots of uses for it, including some fab sentiments to go with it. It also gave me a good chance to use up some of my scrap papers.
I used an 8x8 Craftwork Cards base, that was mat and layered some Bazzill and Precious Metal paper from Memory Keepers. I then decoupaged my image twice after colouring in with Promarkers and popped it on to a nesties base, added a computer generated sentiment and then distressed all the white card to give it an aged look.
Hope you enjoyed looking.

Twinkle Twinkle

2009-12-07T07:41:00.003Z

Well another week begins and another week nearer Christmas. Are you all ready yet? No neither am I so I really need to be getting myself into gear.

This week over at Cute Daisy May's the theme is Twinkle Twinkle and as you can see from my card I made it twinkle with all that glitter. All papers were from my stash with the light blue being cuttlebugged using my snowflake folder, unfortunately I can't tell you who makes the patterned paper. The lovely image can be found here on Sheet 67 and you never know, if you enter you could even win yourself this download or any other that takes your fancy. If you are stuck for a bit of inspiration have a look at the DT crds as they are all fabulous again this week, so come on over as we'd love to have you join in.

2009-12-04T18:48:00.004Z

Thank God it is Friday again. I really don't know where the time is going at the moment with Christmas jut around the corner. Are you all ready? I'm not, I only have 1 present so far so am really going to have to get a move on. At least the good thing thing is I know what I am wanting to get for everyone which helps.

Well on to my card, I decided to do another Easel card as I really love this shape. I have once again used papers from Bearly Mine Designs as these are just so pretty along with some co-ordinating Pink Petticoat ones too. I stamped a lovely Tilda image and coloured her in using my Promarkers mounted her onto pop dots, added a computer generated sentiment and there you have it.

Have a great weekend everyone and look forward to sharing some more with you soon.

Lily Boo - December Challenge & New Image Sheets

2009-12-03T18:20:00.004Z

This month over at Lily Boo Too the challenge is "Paper Piecing" and as you will recently remember, I gave you a sneaky peak of a new collection called Gingerbreads that Sam was going to be adding to the boutique. Well while I was away these were added and they are just fantastic at £1.99 for 6. So with these in mind I decided to use another one of them for my challenge card, Isn't he just adorable and so cheeky looking. I have paper pieced the cute little ginger along with the pot base and ribbon using papers from Donna's (Bearly Mine Crafts), new collection called Christmas Frolics, they are really great.

The second card is the full reveal of my sneaky peak, hope it has given you some inspiration.

I'm Back

2009-12-01T21:54:00.005Z

I can't believe it is now December, where has the time gone. I had a lovely time in Malta, it was lovely and warm and so relaxing. I really miss the boys when I am away but I do think it makes me appreciate them even more when I come home.

If you remember, Benn was on an activity weekend in Cumbria just before I went and thoroughly enjoyed himself caving, rock climbing and all that type of stuff. I was starting to get a bit nervous as I hadn't been able to contact him. I kept thinking though, if anything had happened the school would contact us and they had warned us that there was only one network that ever seemed to be able to get a signal but it still doesn't make you feel any better. Anyway, I finally received a call from him just as I was leaving for the airport only for him to say that where he was staying was 5 minutes or so away from where the policeman lost his life. You can imagine how I felt. I feel so sorry for all the people who were affected by that shocking weather and especially for the family of that poor policeman.

Right, this month over at By the Cute and Girly the theme is "Lets go to the Movies" which gives you so much choice. So come on over, make a card, scrapbook page or anything else crafty, but don't forget, you can only enter once for each category. If you are stuck for inspiration then the DT have come up with some fabulous projects to get your juices flowing. Here's one of my projects.

I have a couple more to share with you over the next few weeks so keep popping back.

Easel Wedding Card

2009-11-17T07:42:00.006Z

Haven't had much time for crafting this week what with getting Benn ready and off for his school trip. He has gone on a rock climbing, caving, canoeing, team building trip to a place called Longrigg up near Kendal. He was really excited about it and I know he will have a great time, even though the weather has been so awful. I am not sure if he will be able to do all the activities as they do seem to be having flood alerts but I am sure it will be great fun still. As all Mums know though, I am missing him like crazy especially as he arrives home on Friday evening as I leave for Malta Friday lunchtime.

I apologise now if I go awol for a while as I have so much still to do getting my packing done along with making sure the boys are set up for while I am away as I can picture it now when it gets to Monday morning and a school tie is missing or something, and I haven't for the life of me any idea on this scheduling lark that other bloggers seem to be good at.

I was asked to make a wedding card so I thought I would use this gorgeous Cute Daisy May image and make an easel card as they are just so cute and really easy to make. The gorgeous image can be found on sheet 74 here. The next card was for a friend who has just had her first baby, and as you can see I have used another Daisy May image which is here.

I do hope that this weather improves for you all while I am away.

Lily Boo Sneak Peak

2009-11-12T07:24:00.002Z

Morning everyone. Just a quickie today to let you know that Sam over at Lily-Boo's has been at it again. She has come up with another fabulous set of digital downloads that you are just going to love. I can't show you the whole card but here is a little sneaky peak to wet your appetite's.

Keep checking back for the full reveal and remember, you still have time to enter this month's challenge where we would like to see your PURPLE cards, any image, any theme just make sure it is PURPLE.

2009-11-11T07:23:00.003Z

Lily-Boo were proud to be last week's sponsors for the Papertake Weekly challenge where the winners would win a gorgeous set of Christmas Rectangle downloads that can be found here . These are fantastic images that Sam has drawn and really make beautiful cards for Christmas. They are such good value too at only £1.99 for six. So if you haven't already, pop on over and have a browse through all the other great images, and there are lots to choose from.
Also, don't forget that the challenge this month over at Lily-boo Too is PURPLE. You are not even tied to using a Lily-Boo image. So just to recap, it can be any occasion card, any image, any design just as long as it is PURPLE. See you there.

Cute Daisy May - Wild Thing

2009-11-08T23:21:00.007Z

This week over at Cute Daisy May Linnie wanted us to go wild and use a cute animal image. Here is my card which I think fitted the bill even though she is more tame I feel than wild which made me think she would look so sweet on a baby card, she can be found on Sheet 61

I am also entering this card into Crafty Catz challenge where they wanted to see dots on your card.

The papers I have used are all from DCWV Nana's Nursery, ribbon from my stash and I have also used my Martha Stewart Valentine Heart.

We would love to see you come and play along this week, and don't forget, you dont have to use a CDM image Hope to see you again soon.

Winter Wonderland for By the Cute & Girly

2009-11-08T18:47:00.003Z

Just thought I would share with you my scrapbook page that I did for Winter Wonderland over at By the Cute and Girly. This photo was Benn when he was 5 and first saw snow. He was so funny that day, he woke up and wanted to go out in it straight away. I had trouble getting him even to have breakfast and by the time I got him in again it was gone 5 oclock that night. He wouldn't come in for lunch or anything and I was only able to pop back into the kitchen (it looks out into the close) to make the odd cup of coffee to take out but that was all.

It certainly brought back lots of happy memories.

Cute Daisy May - Blue Christmas

2009-10-31T22:53:00.006Z

Didn't we have a lousy weekend. I spend all morning yesterday on the sidelines of Benn's football match in the torrential rain. The only good thing was his team won but the boys were absolutely drenched, muddy and cold. This is the only time I don't enjoy being there so don't tend to go quite so much then but as Brian was having to work it was down to me. Never mind the sun is shinning today and it is the start of another new challenge over at Cute Daisy May
Here is my card made for this week's challenge with the theme being Blue Christmas and I have used a cute little boy image for a change and can be found on Sheet 46. The background paper is from a Christmas speciality pack from Kars. I have coloured my image using my faithful Promarkers.

Hope you can join us this week as we would love to see your creations,

Thanks for stopping by.

By the Cute & Girly - Challenge 2

2009-10-31T22:40:00.009Z

This month over at By the Cute and Girly we decided on a theme of Winter Wonderland. I had an idea that I would try and make something other than a card but couldn't think of what to do. In the end I came up with a wacky idea of making a little gift bag using laminating pouches. I matted and layered my papers before laminating them and then punched holes and tied it all together with coordinating ribbons. I added a bit of the offcuts of the laminated sheet to make a handle, once again punching holes and threading ribbon through, and then added my gorgeous tilda image after colouring her in with my promarkers.

I then went on to make a matching card but using my new Woodware ribbon punch (see I just have trouble not making a card!!!)

I hope you like it and I hope that you will once again join us as we love seeing your creatons.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Daring Cardmakers - Get Punchy

Just Magnolia - Monocrome

Lily Boo November Challenge

2009-10-31T22:15:00.004Z

Can you believe another month has gone by and we are only a couple of weeks away now from Christmas. I just don't know where the time is going at the moment and I haven't even started doing my Christmas shopping. This is going to be a very busy month for me as I have my MIL and Dad's birthdays plus I am off to Malta for a week and Benn is off on a school trip too so I need to get a bit of a move on I feel.

Onto this month's Lily-Boo Too challenge. This month we decided on a colour challenge and decided on PURPLE. So don't be shy, pop on over to the Lily-Boo Too Challenge blog and play along as we would love to see your creations.

Here is my one using one of Sam's fabulous Christmas Scenes which is on collection 23. The background papers I have used are from a talented lady called Donna from Bearly Mine Designs. These are all from the Designer Extreme Volume III CD and what I love is that it also includes inserts. This was such a simple card to do by using these backing papers, I just manipulated my snowman image straight onto the backing paper, added a sentiment and then printed it out, coloured the image with promarkers and matted it onto a card base and it was done. A great CD for when time is short.

Well hope you like it and thanks again for visiting as it really means a lot that you take the time to pop over and especially the lovely comments you leave me.

An Award

2009-10-27T07:24:00.005Z

I have woken up today to a lovely surprise. I didn't get home until late last night so didn't get a chance to check my blog but after looking this morning I have found out that I had been left an award by the very talented Paul from Crafty Blogocks, so thank you so much Paul you have made my day. If you haven't seen Paul's work yet then you really should stop by and take a look.

So before I pass it on to 5 more people I have to write 5 things about myself.

1. Some would say I am quite scatty.
2. I adore my Cricut machine but am desperate for an Expression
3. Growing up with 3 brothers I am a real tomboy but finding I am now going through my pink stage.
4. I am extremely lucky to have been blessed with a great husband and fantastic son.
5. I have an addiction - paper, stamps, craft spending, basically anything to do with crafting!!!

and the 5 people I am passing this onto are for their friendship and inspiration that they always give me.

Jane
Lou
Pinky
Beryl
Craftymum

Cute Daisy May - Halloween

2009-10-26T07:48:00.004Z

Another week begins and it is time for another challenge over at Cute Daisy May this time with a Halloween theme. So come on, get those broomsticks out, dust them off and come and play. Don't forget, the winner will get a digi sheet of their choice along with a "cutest card" blinkie to display with pride on their blog.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Polkadoodles - Halloween

Crafty Creations - All Hallow's Eve

2009-10-21T21:18:00.002+01:00

Katharina of Whiff of Joy stamps has some fabulous blog candy to give away, but you had better get over there quick as this it ends tomorrow. Have you checked out the Winter Stamp Kit yet? It is certainly a great way of adding to your collection as for 27 Euros you get 10 stamps which consists of about 6 figures plus sentiments and accessory stamps.

Lily-Boo Too

2009-10-21T07:48:00.002+01:00

Morning everyone, no card today but I just thought I would let you know that you still have a few days left to enter this month's Lily-Boo Too challenge. Sam designs some wonderful images that you can see here and if you are the lucky winner you get to pick 2 sheets of your own choice and we would love to see your creations.
This month there is a sketch to follow, designed by our lovely Jane and don't worry if you don't have an image to use because Sam has very kindly donated a wonderful little fairy for you to download free, and even if you have an image you can still download her.
So why don't you pop on over, we'd love to see you.

2009-10-18T22:39:00.004+01:00

Over at Cute Daisy May this week we were challenged to come up with an I Love You type of card, so having a wedding to go to, I thought this would be the perfect image and can be found on Sheet 74. The card shape is called an Easel. I came across the challenge to make one of these cards while bloghopping when I landed on Magnolia-licious Highlites. This month they are challenging everyone to make one of these adorable cards and Suzanne has very kindly added a great tutorial. I found this so easy to make and really enjoyable, so you had better watch out as I feel a few more of these coming on.

Papers: Basic Grey Sugared

Sentiment: Computer generated

Tools: Martha Stewart Flourish & Woodware Flower Punch

Have a good Monday

Birthday Card

2009-10-16T08:09:00.007+01:00

Whoa ho, it is Friday and I should be getting ready to go out as it is my friends birthday today and we are going for a drink. I don't know about you but doesn't time seem to be just flying at the moment, "almost Christmas" is all I keep hearing but I can't even think about that until I get back from Malta in November. Well I had to take a break from all the Christmas cards I have been making lately and get a birthday card done for Kezia who will be 7 next week. The little image I have used is another Daisy May and can be found on Sheet 83 here and all the papers are from Shabby Princess. She is a real girly girly and is so into Pink and Lilac (aren't we all) so this card will suit her to a tee. I am also entering this into the challenge going on over at Polkadoodles where you had to follow a sketch.
Well must run or I will never make it.

Birthday Card

2009-10-16T08:08:00.007+01:00

I haven't played with my magnolias for a little while which is a shame as they are just so cute. Anyway, I had to make a birthday card for a friend and couldn't resist this image. The papers I have used are Basic Grey and Stampin Up. The flower I made myself using a woodware punch, added a Craftwork Cards sentiment and some Card Candy also by Craftwork Cards. I hope she likes it.

I am really pleased as I am actually in time for some challenges this week, which is unusual for me as by the time I managed to find any time to craft at the moment, the challenge has been and gone.

I Love Promakers - to follow a sketch
Crafty Creations - Blue
Charisma Cardz - Distressing
Whimsy Stamps - Get Punchy
BasicGrey Challenge - Colour Combo of Green, Red and Blue, the green is a bit hard to see but it has been used to colour the base of the rose before the stork of brown.

Have a great weekend.

Friday Sketchers & Lily-Boo's Boutique

2009-10-13T07:47:00.007+01:00

I do love this time of year, getting ready for the crisp frosty mornings and hopefully some snow (as I adore it), but the only thing I don't like is getting up when it is dark and it getting dark again by the time I get home from work, especially as it causes such a problem getting a good photo of your cards, so I do apologise for the poor lighting with this one.

I am entering this card into the Friday Sketchers challenge. I have used another one of the adorable bauble images from Lily-Boo's Boutique that are available from here, with a fab price of only £1.99 for a sheet of 6. Now you can't beat that can you, imagine how much it would cost for these as stamps rather than downloads, and the great thing is you can re-size them to whatever size you need. Have you popped over to the challenge blog yet and had a go. If not why don't you have a go and if you haven't got an image to use Sam has has also very kindly put a lovely little freebie on there for you to use too.

Cute Daisy May & Danni's Dreams Challenge Card

2009-10-11T18:50:00.007+01:00

This week over at Cute Daisy May the challenge is Fairy Nuff. Well I couldn't resist this little image as I think she is such a cute little fairy, but looks full of mischief too. She can be found on Sheet 33 over here. I am also entering this at Danni's Dreams where the challenge this week is to use a fairy.

The beautiful background paper was a free download from a very talented lady called Jak Heath over at Crafters Kitchen. I happened to come across Jak's blog while blog hopping and have been an avid follower ever since, so if you get the chance why don't you pop on over and see for yourselves. I coloured my little fairy using Promarkers and then cut her out with a nestibility along with another one using the background paper and voila, Fairy Nuff.

Birthday Card

2009-10-09T21:53:00.009+01:00

I hope you are all having a lovely evening, isn't it good that it is Friday. I have had such a busy week that I haven't even had a chance to do any crafting. I thought as kids grew up it would get easier but instead of having more time I seem to have less . Oh well, I won't have many more years to do it so I will make the most of it now while he does still need me to run him around everywhere. I can't believe how grown up he seems to be getting.

Tonight I finally found some time to get a birthday card done for our little Grandson who celebrates his 1st Birthday next week. I had to get it done tonight as I need to get it posted soon otherwise it will not arrive in time, especially if the strikes go ahead.

I have used papers from Nana's Nursery collection by DCWV, and yellow cardstock from my stash. I welded Oscar's name to the 1 using a friends Basecamp Cricut cartridge (thanks Sue). The beautiful image I have used can be found on Sheet 43 over here at Cute Daisy May which I have coloured with my Promarkers. Hope you like it.

Thank you for visiting and have a great weekend.

PS. I have also been playing around in Photoshop to try and show my cards off a bit better with a personalised signature.

Fabulous New Collection - Lily-Boo's Boutique

2009-10-05T22:11:00.006+01:00

Here is a card I made with the new collection called Christmas Baubles over at Lily-Boo's. It is a great collection, and at only £1.99 for a sheet of 6 will really help you make all those Christmas cards that you need to make. I tell you, everytime Sam comes up with a new collection I think to myself that she can't top the previous but then goes and does just that.

For more inspiration why don't you visit the other DT members as, as usual, they have created some fabulous cards to help you.

Sam has also added a couple more new collections for you, Weddings and Teen Girls. I will be making a couple of cards in the near future using these but in the meantime why don't you pop on over there and see how cute they are.