1st Birthday Card

This is a card I made for one of the babies at the nursery I work at.



The papers are by Dovecraft (I think) and the wording is done using Go Kreate Dies in my Cuttlebug.

Laurence's Card

I made this card for my friend Laurence. It was also supposed to be for the Less is More Challenge which was to use a bit of red on your card but the challenge was weeks ago and I've only just put the card on so it's a bit late to enter it now! The embossing across the bottom is an embossing folder by Cuttlebug used in my Bug.
The lady is a stamp by Art Impression and is paper pieced with red card.
I added red self adhesive gems to the centre of the embossed flowers to tie in with the red dress.

8th Birthday

It's my daughter's friend's 8th birthday in a couple of weeks so I thought I'd use the sketch on the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge Blog to make her card. The cow stamp is by Nellie Snellen which I've paper pieced.
The papers are by K&Co
The flowers are a mixture of paper punches and Marrianne Designs Die cuts which I used in my cuttlebug. The ribbon threading border is also from the same range.
I finished off with a few gems and a butterfly charm.
Oh and the sentiment was done on the computer... I think that's covered everything but if you have any questions please ask.

I do love the little Nellie Snellen calf, she's so cute don't you think?

Girlie Card

I made this card for one of my daughter's friends at school who was 8 last week. The papers are my Hot off the Press, the stamped images are by Kanban coloured with a mixture of paper piecing and Twinkling H2Os. The flowers were made using a die by Marrianne Designs.

Happy Birthday Mum

It was my mum's birthday on Friday. I thought I'd make her a card that was a bit different from the norm this year. My mum loves hot chocolate and chocolate in general so I thought I'd make this mug shaped card in to a frothy hot chocolate card. The papers are by Hot Off the Press. The flowers I made using a die cut by Marrianne Designs

in my Cuttlebug.

The stamp on the tag says "All you need in life is a friend who has chocolate" which is from a set by Inkadoo.

Inside the card I put "or a daughter who has Gooey Chocolate Brownie Cake!" We'd made my mum a birthday cake using a Gooey Chocolate Brownie recipe. Then we spread chocolate icing over the top and decorated it with mini eggs and chocolate buttons. Very squidgy but delicious! Mmmmmm.

Thank You Card

Since I split up with my husband back in October my family have been absolutely brilliant in particular my Auntie and Uncle have really been there for me and so I made this card for them to say thank you and let them know I appreciate everything they've done and continue to do. They are fab!

As the "Less is More" Challenge this week is One layer card with a flower or tree I thought I'd enter this as it ties in quite nicely, don't you think? The card blanks I've had for ages and the pattern is already on there. I used a Cuttlebug embossing border to make the flowers and added adhesive pearls to the centre of each flower. The sentiment stamp is by Stamping Up which I just stamped in black ink on the other side to the flower.

Clean and Simple

I have a blogging friend who makes the most stunning cards but has a very clean and simple style. The trend at the moment is to have many layers and embellishments and I do love that style too but I've set myself the challenge to make some more cards in the clean and simple style as I do love that style too. So here is my clean and simple Christmas card.

The embossed background I made using an embossing folder in my Cuttlebug. The Robin is a stamp from a set by Papermania which I coloured using Twinkling H2Os. The Merry Christmas is from a die cut tag from a set of papers also by Papermania.

1st Birthday Card

I made this card for one of the babies I look after at work. It was his first birthday last week. The papers are by Dovecraft (I think). The sentiment is all done with Die Cuts by Go Kreate which I used in my Cuttlebug.

Christmas Card. Already?!

I would like to say this is the first Christmas card I've made this year but it's not, it's about my 9th. My excuse for starting so early is that my mum bought me a set of adorable Christmas stamps for Christmas and it seems a shame to have to wait until later in the year to start using them.

I actually made this card for a sketch challenge over on Trimmies. I've not taken part in any challenges for a while so I thought it would be a nice start to the New Year to do one.
The sheep stamp is part of a set by Papermania and is coloured with Twinkling H2Os, the sentiment is by Stamping Up. The papers are by Kars. The oval and scalloped oval are Nestabilities dies.

Cat in a Bra

This is one of my favourite Penny Black Stamps. It started life as my Mums' but somehow found its way to my house and decided to stay!
The papers are by K&Co. The cat in the bra stamp is coloured partly with Twinkling H2Os and partly by paper piecing. The "Hello Friend" is a Cuttlebug Die.

Birthday Boy

I recently started working at a day nursery and I offered to make the birthday cards for the children in the room I work in.

This is the one I made for Joe who turned two. The dinosaur in a Whipper Snapper stamp coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The papers are by K&Co. The sentiment is a combination of Go Kreate Dies used in my Cuttlebug.

Bad Blogger!

A big hello to anyone who is still checking in on my blog. Sorry I've not up-dated in what seems like years! So much has been happening.

Where to begin. Well, my husband and I split up in February and I finally managed to move out the 1st October. So lots of changes there and a lot of packing and un-packing although luckily we didn't have to shift it all too far as we've only moved to the house next door. It's great for the kids though as they haven't had to change schools or anything and our morning routines have managed to stay the same so it's all good in that respect.

The other big change is that I've now gone back to work so not so much time for crafting and up-loading. I've started working at the Day Nursery that is on the grounds of my daughter's school which is lovely because I get to wave to her at play times and lunch times when they are all out in the playground.

Ok so enough about my life and onto the more important crafting. :0)

I know I'm very late but these are the invitations I made for the Halloween Party that we had.

The stamp is a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The embossing is done using a Cuttlebug embossing folder in my Cuttlebug, the wording is Peel Off stickers.

ABC Christmas Challenge

The ABC Christmas challenge is Presents. I have so many stamps I could use for this one but my favourite is this lovely snowman one by Stampavie which I've coloured with Twinkling H2Os and added dome stickles to give the snow some sparkle.


The second card isn't for the challenge but I made it last week so I thought I'd just tag it on with this one. Hope no one minds and if you do tough. :-)






This one is a bear image that my mum gave me that came on an A4 sheet. It's so cute! The papers are by Cricut.

Cream Challenge Card

I must admit I don't work with cream very often so when I saw a colour challenge on the Trimmies forum and everyone moaning about how difficult working with cream was, well I just had to have a go and see what I could come up with.

The image is a Sugar Nellie which I coloured with Twinkling H2Os and Distress Inks and a bit of paper piecing. The papers are a mixture of K&Co and something else which I've had so long I have no idea where is came from. The flowers are Primas and the fern leaves are a punch.

Duck Day

Thought I'd start with another two Christmas cards.

This one is made from free papers and images from a magazine. I have decoupaged the Christmas tree and some of the circles although it doesn't show up well on the photo.

This one is quite a simple one. The stamp is by Stampavie and coloured with Twinkling H2Os. I've then mounted it on to some paper by Blonde Moments and then embossed a border across the bottom.

And now onto the Duck Day!

My friend Charlotte has been trying to take us for a picnic at this lake she found near Siddington where there are loads of ducks you can feed. Anyway we've kept getting rained off but we decided today that even though it looked grim we'd take a chance and go anyway. We had a great time. We got there at lunch time so we went straight to the picnic area and had lunch then the kids explored and climbed trees for a bit and had a game of tig.

This is my friend Charlotte with her son and my two of course.

Then when they'd had enough of that we walked back down to the ducks to feed them. They were so tame they were taking the bread right out of your hand.

Ellie kept saying how she's never been this close to ducks before. She loved it and even Josh was enjoying himself.

I wasn't quite quick enough on this one but the duck did take the bread out of Ellie's hand which she thought was great fun.

I have to say I have never seen so many ducks, geese and swans all in one place before.

I counted 27 swans so goodness knows how many ducks there were, I would guess at least 300.

We finished off with ice creams and managed to get away just as it started to rain. A really lovely afternoon out.

More Christmas Cards

For this Christmas card I used one of my Cuttlebug embossing folders. Then I've used scraps of Blonde Moments papers and an image from Deanne that I got in a Christmas image swap over on Quirky Crafts.



For the second card I've used papers by Do Crafts from the Forever Friends pack. The image is a Whipper Snapper stamp which has been coloured with Twinkling H2Os.



The snowflakes are done with a paper punch and I've added gems to the centre for extra sparkle.

New Home

My friend Denise has been moving house today so I thought I'd make her a card to wish her good luck in her new home.
I used papers and lettering by K&Co and a mixture of Nestability Dies and punches to make the house.



For the inside I added a couple of peel off stickers on the left hand side and on the right I used some more K&Co paper and a Go Kreate Die.

Just wish we could find somewhere to move to now.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This weeks Penny Black Challenge is "Paper Patch" which is where you use paper squares to make a patchwork quilt effect. I must say I do love the way it looks and it's a great way to use up those little paper scraps you get left with from other projects.

For this card I used papers by Blonde Moments. The image is of course a Penny Black coloured with Twinkling H2Os. The Happy Birthday is a Go Kreate Die. It's been a beautiful day again here today. I even got the paddling pool out when we got back from school - the one I bought 3 years ago and this is the first time it's been out of the box. Good old British Summer eh?! Hope this beautiful weather is going stick around for the 6 weeks holidays and we can actually get some use out of it rather than it go back in the box. Fingers crossed eh?!

Craft Challenge

I think this is the first time I've ever done the Craft Challenge. This week its a colour challenge and the colours you have to use are black, lime green and lilac.



Black and lilac I have in abundance but lime green?! Hmmm. Well this is the nearest I could get without having to go out and buy some which I can't do as I'm on a stash starvation diet. So I hope it still qualifies, if not well at least I had a go eh?

The metallic card is by DCWV which I've embossed using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The Happy Birthday is a Go Kreate die cut. The little bird is by Imaginisce. The ribbon is recycled from something but I can't remember what exactly.

Happy Birthday Josh and Happy Father's Day

Today is my son's 12th Birthday. Doesn't time fly? I can't believe he'll be a teenager next year... Ooooh scary thought.

This is the card I made for him. I used some green metallic card that Josh bought me for my birthday last year, plus papers from a set by Hot Off the Press. The image is from a set of Forever Friends papers. The Happy Birthday and Josh are made using Go Kreate dies in my Cuttlebug. I added a couple of small buttons just to finish off.

Josh opened his DSi before his birthday - long story but he got lots of great games for it for his birthday. I'm sure we won't be able to drag him away from it today.

Of course it's also Father's Day today. This card I made for my dad who's away on his holidays right now. Hope he's having a good time.

and this one I made for my friend Charlotte to give her Dad.

and the inside.
Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday.