Fun in the Sun!!

Morning all you lovely, lovely bloggers!

 

Hope everyone is well?  I'm happy to report my Dad is doing ok and hopefully (fingers crossed) he'll be coming home from hospital today, yaaaaaay!  :o))

 

Coming at you from Pollycraft today and here we are with Challenge #4...

 

Fun in the Sun

 

This was the kiddie winks birthday card to Dad...

 

 

 

A close up of Lil Dumplings Curly and Shelby...

 

 

 

And a side view...

 

 

 

Not very CAS but oh so much fun to make!!  :o))  If you join us this fortnight you could win the £10 Pollycraft gift voucher up for grabs but remember, you've got to be in it to win it!!

 

I'm so behind on visiting you all, all that boring stuff is still getting in the way but I'm hoping to have a major catch up later.  Until then, laters!

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

hmmmm, later...

 

Card Ingredients:

hmmmmm later still!...

 

Happy Birthday Daddykins!

Afternoon lovely people!

 

Well so much for me popping back soon after my last post lol!  This past week has been manic, not only with the kiddies breaking up from school but I've had loads of stuff to sort out for hubby's company - getting all the accounts stuff sorted for the accountant, PAYE stuff, VAT stuff, blah, blah, blah stuff!!  BORING or what!!  Can't keep moaning about it though as that won't get it done any quicker will it and today my super duper Mum (thanks Mum!) has come to the rescue and taken the kids for me so I can get on.....so I best get moving!!  :o))

 

Onto my card and as you can see by the title of my post it's my Dads birthday today - Happy Birthday Pa!!  So why the Get Well Soon card??  Well poor Dad has had to go into hospital today to have an op to have his kidney stones removed, or in his words, have the quarry dug up!!  The hospital have cancelled on him twice now so even though it's his birthday, he's so pleased to be having the op!  We did have a Birthday Curry (yum!) on Saturday to celebrate his day so at least he still got some cake ay!!  Here's my card.....

 

 

 

Side view.....

 

 

 

As you can see, it was quite a quick make.....that'll be all the boring stuff ^ ^ getting in the way again then!!

 

Right, I'm off to carry on plugging the numbers but before I go I just wanted to say a massive Thank You to Faye over at Cupcake for having me on her DT.  As you may have already seen, Cupcake is having a break for the foreseeable (sob!).  I for one will miss it and I know I'm not alone but I completely understand why the break is needed, so Fluffster, Thank You for being such an awesome DT Mummy and for having me at Cupcake  :o)

 

Toodles!

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

I'll do it later...

 

Card Ingredients:

I'll do that later too!...



Last day as a Giraffe!

Hello All,

 

So today is Big Boys last day of term, wow I can't believe how quickly that school year went!!  He's been in Giraffes class this year so I made some Giraffe themed Thank You cards for his Teachers / Teaching Assistants. 

 

Here they are...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

I had 4 thank you cards to make so I wanted some quick wins!  I printed the image onto papermill direct white linen cardstock and coloured it with my pencils for a change.  I'm really happy with how they turned out so I hope the Teachers / Teaching Assistants like them too  :o)

 

See you soon with Little Woo's Bumblebee Thank You's!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Totally Gorjuss #193 - Furtastic!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pink Petticoat 'Socks'

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen card, Pink Petticoat Isabeline 'Lots of Dots', Core d'Inations 'Cookie'

Embellishments - Ric Rac ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

  Derwent Coloursoft pencils blended with Sansodor:

     Black, Dark Brown, Ochre

 

Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby.....

Ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh.....

 

Morning All,

 

Coming at you from Pollycraft today and onto Challenge #3 which, if you haven't already guessed, is.....

 

Ruby Red

 

.....nope, nothing to do with The Kaiser Chiefs but this song just popped into my head as I was typing my post.  Well it was either singing or a reference to do with slippers and there being 'No place like home' lol!!

 

Here's my card.....

 

 

 

A close up of Pollycrafts absolutely adorable Hogs and Kisses (which includes the sentiment!).....

 

 

 

And a side view.....

 

 

 

Cute or what!!  I've loved this image ever since Paula released it but this is the first time I've played with it, let me tell you, a dreeeeeaaaaam to colour!!

 

Our lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in store so what are you waiting for?!!

 

Got lots to do today, sadly none of it is fun or crafty :o(  Oh well, maybe after all my jobs ay!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

CAS-ual Fridays #109 - Polka Dots



 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Hogs And Kisses

Card / DP's - Papermill Direct White Linen, Pink Petticoat 'Little Dots' in Cranberry

Dies / Punches - MFT Die-Namics 'Fishtail Flags Stax'

Embellishments - Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Reds - R29, 85, 83, 81, RV10

      Blues - BG01, 000

      Greys - C1, 0, 00

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Deep Fuchsia and Electric Blue

 

Hear the aeroplane, nnnnn

Hear the aeroplane, nnnnn

Hear the aeroplane, nnnnn

Making lots of noise.....

 

Yes we've been learning 'Jolly Phonics' over the past couple of months in preparation for Little Woo starting school in September, ooooo it's so much fun lol!!  And every time I look at this card, I sing the letter n! 

 

I've made this for my cousin who's a pilot for BA - hence the aeroplane.  What do you think?.....

 

 

 

A side view.....

 

 

 

Hope you've all had a fab day today and I'll see you tomorrow with my Pollycraft DT card  :o))

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

CAS(E) This Sketch #36 - Absolutely LOVED this sketch!!

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Magnolia 'Airplane'

Card / DP's - MME Lime Twist Fly a Kite 'Genuine Sky Paper', Doodlebug Petit Prints Swimming Pool 'Dot - Grid', Papermill Direct White Linen

Dies / Punches - Nesties Circles

Embellishments - Bazzill Basics Paper 'Happy Birthday' Rub-ons, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Greys - C5, 3, 1, 0, 00

      Reds - R39, 37, 35

      Blues - B29, 26, 24, BG00, 000

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Steel Grey, Black, Indigo

 





Shades of Grey...

Evening lovely people!

 

Hope you all had a Fab Friday?!!  I had a great day as it was my Little Woo's Picnic and Sports Day at Pre-School today.  And she won the sprint race, yaaaaaaay, very proud Mummy moment!!  I didn't enter the Mum's race and good job too, it ended in absolute carnage with women falling over left, right and centre!  Luckily no-one was seriously injured but you can guarantee if I'd been running, no doubt I'd be typing this with another broken bone somewhere lol!

 

Anyway, onto my card!  A quick make for me last night and this is what I came up with.  This one is for Hubby's best pal.....

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

Off for a quick catch up with you all now and then an early night, I'm going to Eileen's Craft Workshop all day tomorrow and I really can't wait!!

 

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Less is More 127 - Shades of Grey

Freshly Made Sketches #94 - Fab Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pink Petticoat Mr Moustache

Card / DP's - Pink Petticoat Mr Moustache in Silver Cloud printed onto Papermill Direct White Linen card, Bazzill Bling Grey card

Dies / Punches - Nesties Rectangles

 

 



Little Miss Muffet Guest Designer!!

Morning Ladies & Gents!

 

Hope you're all good and enjoying the glorious weather?!  Wow, another busy week for me this week, I won't bore you with all the deets so onto the exciting news.....I won the Little Miss Muffet Challenge a fortnight ago and was given the chance to be a Guest Miss for this fortnight's challenge, wahooooooo!!  Of course I said yes!!  What an honour, thank you for having me ladies  :o))  And the theme is.....

 

Inspired by a Nursery Rhyme

 

.....Cool huh!  Here's my take: 'Sugar & Spice' and all things nice, that's what little girls are made of.....

 

 

 

A close up of 'Lollipop'...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

I need to make some thank you cards for the kids to give to their teachers at the end of term so this is one for my Little Woo  :o)  Hope to see you over at Little Miss Muffet Challenge!!

 

See you soon guys!

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Papertake Weekly - Old, New, Borrowed or Blue - The Woodware punches are so old!, The image is brand new to me, I 'borrowed' the sketch and Lollipop's dress, bow and the DP are blue :o)

Sketch Saturday #266 - Fab sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft 'Lollipop', Computer generated 'Thank You'

Card / DP's - MME 'My Girl' DP, Papermill Direct White Linen and Pink card stock

Dies / Punches - Woodware 'Daisy' punches

Embellishments - Button from Papermania, Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - R20, 00, E11, 00, 000
      Hair - E33, 31, Y26, 21
      Blues - BG02, 01, 00
      Pinks - R37, 85, 83, 81
      Greys - C3, 1, 0, 00
      Browns - E33, 31

   Derwent Coloursoft pencils blended with Sansodor:
      Medium Flesh, Electric Blue, Deep Fuchsia, Pale Brown
 

Stars and Stripes

Good morning lovely peeps!

 

Coming at you from Pollycraft as we have a new challenge for you today...

 

Stars And Stripes

 

Well I'm really into my stars at the moment (as you might've guessed!) and I've always loved a stripe or two so this should've been simples right?.....WRONG lol!  I've changed the layout and DP's about 3 times on this one and I'm still not sure I'm happy with it!!  Isn't it annoying when all the other things on your mind that you try and escape when crafting just won't let you have a few hours off to have a play!!  Oh well.....I loved colouring this Lil Dumpling and I'm happy with that  :o))

 

 

 

A close up of Brains!...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

I made this card for Big Boy to give to his teacher at the end of term, in his words 'You've done a good job Mummy!' lol!  :o)

 

See you soon lovelies,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Challenge #64 - Seeing Stars

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Pollycraft Lil Dumplings 'Brains', LOTV Tag Sentiments

Card / DP's - Doodlebug 'Fruit Stand', 'Snips and Snails' and 'Petit Prints'

Embellishments - Glamour Dust

Dies / Punches - Nesties 'Stars', Die-Namics 'Fishtail Flags'

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - E11, 00, 000, 0000, R20, 00

      Hair - E35, 33, Y26, 21

      Greys - C7, 5, 3, 1, 0, 00

      Yellows - Y15, 11, 08

      Reds - R39, 37, 56, 35

   Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Pale Brown, Deep Cadmium, Deep Red, Steel Grey, Black

 



Anything But Square...

Morning!

 

Hope everyone had a fabby weekend?  We had fantastic weather here, I even put sun cream on it was that hot!!  Not that we went anywhere, just chilled at home whilst the kids spent the weekend in the paddling pool (or swimming pool as they call it lol!).  Sometimes you just need weekends of nothingness don't you, bliss!

 

Onto my card and today I'm coming at you from Cupcake  :o)  This weeks (fortnight!) challenge is...

 

Anything But Square

 

...and if you check out my uber talented teamies creations you'll see a selection of projects in all shapes and sizes, a feast for your eyes!  For me, well, I wasn't that creative I'm afraid!  5x7 it is then!!...

 

 

 

A side view...

 

 

 

This week (fortnight!) we're sponsored by

 

 

My Crafty Heart who have very kindly offered a £10 gift voucher to our winner  :o))  And, as you may have gathered by now, this weeks (fortnight!) challenge will last for 2 Weeks so you have plenty of time to play along  :o))

 

See you soon lovelies,

Much love,

Cazza

x

 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Digistamp Boutique July Challenge

CAS(E) This Sketch #34 - Fab Sketch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps / Images - Digistamp Boutique 'Baby Henry', Elzybells 'Its a Boy'

Card / DP's - Doodlebug Snips & Snails 'Monkey Business', Papermill Direct White Linen card

Embellishments - Button from Woodware, Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Glamour Dust

Dies / Punches - Nesties Large Rectangles

Colour Mediums -

   Copics:

      Skin - E11, 00, 000, R20, 00

      Blues - B23, 12, 21

      Greys - C5, 3, 1

   Derwent Coloursoft pencils blended with Sansodor:

      Medium Flesh, Blue, Electric Blue