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Morning!

 

Happy Monday people, although generally speaking Monday's aren't normally happy are they!!  But today I have a HUUUUUGE big smile on my face, and do you know why??  Well as the title of this post says, check out my side bar.....can you see it??  Can you??  Yes that's right, the wonderful Faye and The Cupcakes asked me (yes little old me!!) to join the fabulous Cupcake team for a bit and of course, how could I say no!!  So here I am, coming at you from Cupcake today, wahooooo!!

 

Our challenge this week is nice and simples,

 

Lavender and Lace

 

Told you it was simples!  Here's my card...

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

This week we're sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who are offering our lucky winner 7 digi's of their choice  :o) 

 

 

See you at Cupcake!...

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Ribbon Girl - May Colour Challenge - Lilac & Lavender
The Tiny Blue Butterfly (Jen Nelson) - CAS Monday with LOTV #9

Seize The Birthday #17 - Sketch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - LOTV Daisy Chain

Card / DPs - Pink Petticoat Daisy Bouquet, Papermill Direct White Linen Cardstock

Embellishements - Lace & Pearls from The Ribbon Girl, Pearl Gems from The Glitter Pot

Colour Mediums - Copics and Derwent Coloursoft pencils:

     Skin / Hair - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000 and Medium Flesh pencil.  E51, 50, 41 and Pale Brown pencil

     Clothes - V25, 22, 20, 15, C0, Bright Lilac and Royal Purple

     Teddy Bear - R20, 00, E42, 41, 40 and Pale Brown pencil

     Grass - YG07, 05, 03, 01 and Green pencil

     Other - BG10, 00, 000

 

Kids, kids and more kids!!

Morning All,

 

You know I said on one of my other posts how card themes are like buses and you always seem to need to make loads of the same type at the same time - loads of male cards, then loads of female ones etc.  Well now for me I need kids cards.....and lots of 'em!  So, here we go with the first one on the list and this one is for one of my Little Woo's friends at Pre-School, she's going to her birthday party on Sunday.....the kids have a way better social life than me lol!!

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

Side view...

 

 

 

And you know what'll be up next after all the kids cards.....Fathers Day!!

 

Have a good day all,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

Jen Nelson - CAS Monday with LOTV #8

Sketch Saturday #258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images:  LOTV 'Butterfly Meadow' and 'Tags'

Card / DP's:  Doodlebug 'Fruit Stand', Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments:  Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Glitter Pot, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums:  Copics and Derwent Coloursoft Pencils

     Fur - R20, 00, E42, 41, 40, Medium Flesh and Pale Brown pencils

     Grass - YG07, 05, 03, 01 and Green pencil

     Flowers - V22, B21, R83, 81, 35 and Royal Purple, Indigo, Deep Fuchsia and Dark Red pencils

     Other - BG10, 000, 0000

 



It's a Girl!!

Morning All,

 

Ooooo the sun is shining today and we're off to my Mum & Dads for a roast dinner, I do love Sunday's like this!!  :o))

 

So I promised you a Girlie card this time and I aim to please!  Here's Saturated Canary 'Honey' that I've made for my friends daughter who's turning 12.  I think she looks girlie but with an edge in her big DM's!!...

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

Side view...

 

 

 

OMG, this was tough - CAS and girlie!!  But I managed to resist every urge to add loads of beautiful girlie DP's and embellies to this card and kept it CAS.  Not sure if it's a bit too simple?.....but I'm happy with it, you likey?  :o))

 

Have a spectacular Sunday and I'll see you all soon,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Saturated Canary #43 - Emerald (Photo Inspiration)

Totally Papercrafts #166 - CAS

 

Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Saturated Canary 'Honey', Lili of the Valley 'Tags', Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Card / DP's - Pink Petticoat 'Little Polka Dots' in Sage, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Work - Copics & Derwent Pencils:

     Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00, Medium Flesh pencil

     Hair - E27, 25, 23, 55, Dark Brown pencil

     Clothes - YG11, G00, 000, Grey Green pencil, BV31, 13, 04, 02, 00, Royal Purple pencil

                   C7, 5, 3, 1, Black pencil

     Other - W5, 3, 1, C1, 0, 00, Steel Grey pencil, G21

 

And another.....boy card!!

Morning All,

 

I'm back again with another.....Boy card!  Do your cards run in that order too, you need loads of boys and then you need loads of girls?!  I hope I'm not boring you all with all these boys lol!  I think it'll be a girl card next time, honest  ;o)

 

So here he is then.  I made this one for my Nephew who'll be 6 next month.  Yes, I'm super early but when I saw this image (another fab new release from Paula @ Pollycraft) I couldn't resist making him into a card now!  And my Little Man (who's also 6) loves drawing and making robots so I knew he'd be just perfect for my Nephew's card...

 

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

Inside of card...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

You can see why I HAD to print him out and colour him up can't you!

 

That's it from me for now, I'm off to Bluewater with my Little Lady to get some bits and pieces and no doubt spend an hour or so in the Disney Store.....not sure which one of us loves it more lol!  Hope you all have a Fabaroony Friday and I'll see you soon  :o)

 

Much love,

Cazza

x


P.S.  Paula over at Pollycraft is holding a DT Call until 24th May, this is my entry.....wish me luck!!

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
Pollycraft DT Call

The Ribbon Girl May Challenge - Add a Button

Sketch Saturday #257  (I rotated it)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images:  Pollycraft 'I.Am.A.Robot', Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Card / DP's:  Hero Art Kraft Card, Doodlebug Petit Prints 'Limeade Dot-Grid', Doodlebug Snips & Snails 'Monkey Business'

Embellishments:  Doodlebug 'Jack & Jill' Bon Bon Rub-Ons, Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Button by Woodware

Copics:

     Skin & Hair - E11, 00, 000, 41, 51, 50, R20, 00

     Clothes - B26, 24, 23, 21, YG09, 07, 05, 03, R27, 24, C3, 1, 0, 00

     Other - E33, 31, 30, W5, 3, 1

Derwent Pencils:  Medium Flesh, Pale Brown, Dark Brown, Indigo, Green, Black

 

Cheeky Monkey!

Hello!!

 

Well what happened to the sun?!!  It's raining here today, although it's still warm so one out of two aint bad I suppose lol!

 

Onto my card and I've made this one for my cousins son who turned 3.  He is a little cheeky monkey, so I thought this image was perfect!!  Here he is...

 

 

A close up...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

Yet more CAS!!

 

Hope you all have a fab day...despite the weather!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #60 - Pieced Off (Anything Goes for a Pollycraft image)

The Sketchy Challenges # 46 (I rotated it!)

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Image - Pollycraft 'Cheeky Monkey' available @ Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Card / DP's - Doodlebug Snips and Snails, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl

Copics - E31, E30, E27, E25, E23, E11, E00, E000, R20, R00, B24, B23, B21, B00, B000

Derwents - Medium Flesh, Iced Blue, Baby Blue, Black

 



Huge Heffalump Apologies!!

Morning All,

 

Happy Bank Holiday Monday to all of you living in the UK!  Hope you've all got something nice planned?  And to everyone not in the UK, hope you have a Happy Monday  :o)  I think we're going out in the garden today for a tidy up, and hopefully I'll have some crafting time later too!  It's amazing how quickly the bug has taken hold again lol!.....but I LOVE IT!!

 

Onto my card and today I'm sharing another brand spanking new image from Paula @ Pollycraft, this one is called 'Huge Thanks' and comes with a sentiment too.  I decided not to use the sentiment but instead made a belated birthday card - well how could you not accept an apology from this GORGEOUS Heffalump lol!!  Here he is...

 

A close up...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

Yep still sticking with CAS, get me!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful Monday and see you all soon,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Allsorts Challeng Blog # 205 - Add some sparkle

The ABC Challenge - M for Make it sparkle

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Pieced off (Anything Goes for a Pollycraft image)

 

Card Ingredients:

Image - 'Huge Thanks' from Pollycraft

Card / DP's - Core d'inations Stormy Grey, Pink Petticoat Little Polka Dots in Silver

Embellishments - Pearls from The Hobby House, Glamour Dust

Copics - C5, C3, C1, C0, C00, BG00, R83, R20, R00

Derwents - Medium Flesh, Deep Fuchsia, Electric Blue, Black

 



Back again.....and so is someone else!

Afternoon all!

 

Hope everyone is well and if you're in the UK, hope you're enjoying the bank holiday weekend?  We've had rain here today but hopefully that will pass and we'll have sunshine for the rest of the weekend, well here's hoping anyway!!

 

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my first card back last week, you certainly made me feel welcome  :o))  How I've missed the crafting love!  And since coming back, so has someone else...

 

 

 

Yes the amazingly talented Paula has re-opened the Pollycraft doors with some fantastic new digi's, have you seen them?  Well they certainly helped my mojo to return pretty sharpish lol!  So for my card today I'm sharing one of her brand spanking new images, here's

 

'Owl always love you' (and she comes with the sentiment too!)

 

 

 

Isn't she adorable!!  I've made this card for hubby as it's our Wedding Anniversary later on this month...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

Cute huh?!  Go check out the shop!

 

As you can see I'm still sticking with the CAS style at the moment.....desperately trying to resist the urge to 'stick something else on' lol!  I'm loving it though, sooooo good to be back!!  :o))

 

See you all soon chicks,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering in:

Cute Card Thursday - Come Fly With Me

Little Miss Muffet Challenges #60 - Pieced Off

 

Card Ingredients:

Image - Pollycraft 'Owl always love you'

Card / DP's - Hero Arts Kraft Card, Pink Petticoat Pretty Little Hearts

Embellishments - Twine from The Ribbon Girl

Copics - E31, E30, E51, E50, R29, R27, R24, R22, R20, R00

Derwents - Medium Flesh, Rose, Dark Brown, Pale Brown, Black

 



It's been a while.....

Hello, do you remember me?!!

 

How many months have passed since my last post?!.....Too many that's how many lol!  But I feel now is the right time to get back to a bit of the 'old me' - BC Cazza (which means Before Children lol!).  The kids have been home for 10 months now and that's plenty long enough to get back to a bit of normality, and I've been feeling the creative 'neeeeed' for a few months now so have given myself a well needed kick up the backside to get on with it.....and here I am, wahooooo!  (but please be gentle with me!!)

 

So as I said earlier the kids have been home for 10 months now and what a 10 months!  Loads of fun, loads of learning (understatement!) and some tough times too but all in all an amazing time!  Hard going and absolutely knackering but now we can start to relax more as most of the foundations have been laid and we're all building on them.  They really are amazing kids and so happy which is all every parent wants ay.  Happy days  :o))  (well most of the time lol!)

 

So that's enough waffle, onto the serious stuff!  I've been catching up with blogger this past week and wow, what amazing inspiration you all are, I couldn't actually wait to get all my gear out and start playing again!  But I've done something a bit different for me, and something I'd like to do again (now time is at a premium!).....I've made a CAS card!!!  Shock horror!!!  And I really enjoyed it!!  What do you think?...

 

 

I made this for my cousins little boy who turned 2.  Spooky really as the last time I had a break from card making (when I smashed my wrist up) his was the first card I made after my cast was removed.  That card was to celebrate his birth though!

 

A close up...

 

 

A side view...

 

 

So what do you think, something different right?!  It was lots of fun so there may be a few more of this style popping up :o))

 

I have been making the odd card during my break and I'll get around to posting them too, now I'm back ha!  So I'll see you all soon...

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes!

Less Is More - Week 117 - Sketch #9

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Image - Pollycraft Swings and Slides 'I'm not tired'

DP's - Doodlebug Snips and Snails, Hero Arts Kraft Card

Copics - E11, E00, E000, R20, R00, E51, E50, E33, E31, E30, B23, B21, B00, B000

Derwents - Medium Flesh, Pale Brown, Iced Blue, Baby Blue

Still Alive!...

Hello all!

Yes it's me Cazza, I am still alive honest!!  Apologies for just disappearing off the face of the earth back in.....March, gosh was it really that long ago since I posted?!  I hope I find you all well?  I'm also hoping that I'll be able to start getting back into crafting soon and at the very least I can catch up with you all here and see your gorgeous creations!  I need to get some inspiration and see what new purchases I need to buy from all the lovely goodies I've missed out on over the past 5 months!!  

And the reason for my disappearance.....well life here has changed dramatically for me and Hubby.  I'm not sure if any of you remember me talking about our plans to adopt but for the past x weeks we've been the proud new parents of 2 little ones!  Yes our new children moved in and our lives have been turned completely upside down.....but in a good way!  We found out at the beginning of April that the 'match' was 90% certain so then the mad re-decorating and creating of 2 new bedrooms (and de-commissioning of 1 craft room!) started, then the furniture / bed buying, clothes, toys etc etc and what with working full time too it was just mad busy!!  We then went to 'Matching Panel' and had the match confirmed, I left my job on the Friday, met the children and started an intense introduction period the following Monday and they moved in on the Thursday the week after.  It's not been long at all really but already it feels like they've always belonged here, well most days it feels like that anyway ha ha!!  So we have a brother and sister sibling group, one of each, lovely!  It's been a massive learning curve for all of us and it's been very tough at times but I really feel like we've turned a little corner over the past couple of weeks and things have much improved.  Not that they were ever that bad, just the odd day really, but I guess the more we're getting to know each other the better it's getting.  Our little lad went to his new school just before they broke for half term in July and that was really good for all of us, for him so come September he'll be more settled and for us to have a taste of the school run, gosh all the walking I'm going to be doing I'll be super fit lol!  The children have been amazing and have settled sooooo well , they're eating and sleeping well and even the naughty stuff isn't really that naughty.....not yet anyway and I hope I haven't just jinxed myself lol!  They're just testing us and pushing the boundaries as all children do.  It's so far so good, I'm absolutely shattered but in a really, really good way!  :o))

So as for crafting, well I decided to leave all my Design Teams as I didn't think it was fair to take such a long break without knowing if I'd ever be able to get back to crafting again!  I really hope I will be able to but with no pressure I can do it as and when I can...and with 2 little ones who knows when that will be?!  I'm hoping to make a start on Christmas cards at some point...but we'll see what happens!  I've missed out on loads of new stash so I'll be checking out your blogs to see what gorgeous goodies are out there.  I hope everyone in blog land is well?

I'm afraid I can't share any piccies or much information on our little ones as obviously there's no way of restricting / limiting visitors on blogger to friends only.  But suffice to say their ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS ha ha!  So I hope to be back soon to see you all and catch up with everything that's been happening with you all.  Until then, I'm off to bed for some much needed zzzzzz's!

Take care all,

Lots of love,

Ahoy matey!...

Morning all!

So how was your weekends?  Hope you all had a fantastic one?  But why oh why are they over with so quickly.....and I had an extra day too, lol!  Oh well, one good thing about Monday's is that it's a new challenge over at Pollycraft, and this week the theme is...

CHECK IT OUT

So we'd like to see Tartan or Gingham on your card.  Here's my take on the theme using one of the new releases, meet Barclay!...

Isn't he adorable?!...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

This week we're sponsored by...

Ourselves!  Yes one lucky person will win 10 images from Pollycraft  :o)  And remember, if you enter using a Pollycraft image and you're chosen as one of the Top 3 you also get a digi, wahoo!

Happy Monday's Peeps,

Much Love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Card Ingredients: