...and then two come along at once, lol!

Morning All!

And how is everyone today?  Hope you all have something lovely planned for the weekend?  Daemo and I had  yesterday off and went to Leeds Castle.  It's only down the road from us but we've never been in the castle before, only to see the fireworks on bonfire night!  Anyway, we had a fabby day and it was lovely to do something different  :o)

Onto my card and this is my Mum's Mother's Day card.  Probably not the usual stamp you'd expect to see on a Mother's Day card but as my Mum loves card making too I thought it was perfect!  Oh, and yes it's another Tilda.....just like buses ay, lol!  Here's my card...

A close up of 'Tilda Stamping'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

I used this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch which was sooooo much fun to play with!!  Don't be scared peeps...

And this week we're sponsored by Bunny Zoe's who have a Weekend Offer on this weekend with 10% OFF EVERYTHING until Midnight tomorrow (18th March), wahoo!!

Have a lovely weekend all,

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Card Ingredients:

Card / DP's ~ Hero Arts Kraft Card, MME Miss Caroline 'Howdy Doody'

Stamps / Images ~ Magnolia 'Tilda Stamping', Elzybells 'Happy Mother's Day'

Dies / Punches ~ Nesties Lacey Squares, Woodware Corner Rounder

Embellishments ~ Ribbon & Lace from The Ribbon Girl, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Pearls from The Glitter Pot

Other ~ Sizzix Big Shot, Bow Maker, Stapler, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E51, E50;  Clothes ~ R02, R01, R11, R00, RV0000;  Other ~ E40, E27, E25, E23, E33, E31, C1, C0, 0;  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Pale Brown, Steel Grey, Rose

Sketch Saturday...on a Saturday wahoo!!

Morning All!

Yes I'm actually here on a Saturday can you believe it?!!  See, I told you I was getting organised...although I still need to catch up with you all, but that's what weekends are for right?!  Hope everyone is well?  My week has been pretty manic as per!  Working all week and I've been out three nights too - ooooo get me, no wonder I'm knackered poor old bird lol!  Daemo is home this weekend (wahoo!) so we're out visiting today and tonight but tomorrow will hopefully be a quiet one and we can get some jobs done.  Nothing exciting, just sorting out the kitchen cupboards (boring!) but you feel so much better when it's done don't you?!  See, I'm definitely getting old (am old!) lol!!  

Onto my card and this one I made for my Nephew Henry who was 15 last Sunday.  His birthday is the same day as his Mum's (my Sister-In-Law) so we went out for lunch, v nice!  Teenage boys cards.....have to be the hardest ones to make don't you think?!!  Here's my effort...

A close up of Tickled Pink's 'Lil Lad Eric'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

The sentiment was from a MME Paper pad, as soon as I saw it I had to use it for Henners as it's soooo true for him.  He really is a such a gorgeous kid, in looks and personality, love him!  This card is my Sketch Saturday DT Card, I did panic when I saw the sketch but I'm actually pretty pleased with how the card turned out  :o)  Here's this week's sketch...

And we're sponsored by...

Our regular generous sponsors Simon Says Stamp!  :o)

Right, time to get busy!  I'll be catching up with you all over the weekend so I'll see you soon,

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss ~ Challenge 122 ~ Anything Goes with a button!

Card Ingredients:

Back later to do that!...

I'm baaaaack!!.....

Coo-ee, Did you miss me??  

My Internet has been down for well over a week now, man it's hard to live without it!  You just don't realise how much you rely on it until it's not there anymore.....shopping, food shopping, banking and of course catching up with you talented ladies!  But not having any Internet meant some of the mundane jobs got done, like the ironing so I guess it wasn't all bad?!.....oooooo, it's so good to have it back!!

I hope you've all been well over the last couple of weeks?  Typically my Internet went down just as I had caught up with you all...and now I'm behind again lol!!  I'd love to go back over the last fortnight but I think I'd still be catching up in a week's time so I'm going to start from today instead!  

Onto my card and this is my Sketch Saturday DT Card.  I made this for our friends daughter who was 13 on Monday...

A close up of Saturated Canary's 'Belle'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Such a gorgeous image and I thought she was perfect for a teenagers card!  This week we're sponsored by Saturated Canary so head over to Sketch Saturday for more gorgeous inspiration from my talented teamies using these gorgeous images!

And here's this weeks fabulous sketch designed this time by my teamie Tracey...

Fun huh?  I had loads of fun with it!!  :o))

 Ok, I'm off to get a lemsip  :o(  I woke up with a sore throat today and I'm feeling pretty rubbish!  Hope you're all well?

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp! Challenge Blog ~ Anything Goes

ABC Challenge ~ K for Kraft
The Ribbon Girl Blog ~ Colour Challenge No 16 ~ Pink, Brown & Cream

Card Ingredients:

Card / DP's ~ Hero Arts Kraft Card, MME Miss Caroline 'Fiddlesticks'

Stamps / Images ~ Saturated Canary 'Belle', Penny Black 'Birthday Girl'

Dies / Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles and Lacey Circles

Embellishments ~ Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Pearls from The Hobby House

Other ~ 'Brushed Corduroy' and 'Milled Lavendar' Distress Inks, Letraset Rub-Ons, Doodling and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E11, E00, E000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E27, E25, E23;  Clothes ~ B26, B24, B23, B21, V91, V00;  Other ~ C5, C3, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Indigo and Pink Lavendar

I actually made it on a Saturday, wahooo!

I know, I know, please don't faint.....I may be about 12 hours late but at least I made it on a Saturday wahoo!!  The first time I've actually posted my card on a Saturday for ages, but this is the start of things to come as I get myself more organised, right?.....well let's hope so lol!

So how are you all?  I'm quite behind with catching up with you all (well I can't have it all, lol!) but I'm going to have a mammoth session tonight and try and get up to date.  I do miss not being able to catch up daily but slowly and surely I'll get back into the routine!  It's soooo good earning again, but the compromise is the lack of 'free' time.....oh to win the lottery lol!!  My job is going well though, the people are really nice and the commute is perfect so all in all it's happy days  :o))

Anyway, enough of the waffle and onto my card which today is my Sketch Saturday DT card.  This week we're sponsored by Stamp Fairy and I've used one of their images, Linda Fairy.  

She's such a cutie!!  I've made this card for our friends daughter who is turning 3, here it is...

A close up of Linda Fairy...

And a side view...

Here's this week's sketch, a simpler one than last week, phew!...

Fancy playing along too?.....see you over at Sketch Saturday  :o))

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp! Challenge Blog ~ Tag it!
Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge 204 ~ Flower Power

Card Ingredients:

Card / DP's ~ Hero Arts Kraft Card, Wild Rose Studio 'Gorgeous Ginghams', MME 'Quite Contrary'
Stamps / Images ~ Stamp Fairy 'Fairy Linda' & Sentiment, Stampendous 'So Birthday'
Dies / Punches ~ Go Kreate 'Concentric Tags #1', X-Cut Retro Flower punch
Embellishments ~ Lace & Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Rub-Ons from Doodlebug, Buttons from Papermania Capsule Collection
Other ~ Sizzix Big Shot, 'Walnut Stain' and 'Victorian Velvet' Distress Inks, Glamour Dust
Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Bear ~ E35, E34, E33, E31, E30, R20, R00;  Clothes ~ R85, R83, R81, RV00, RV000;  Other ~ Y17, W5, W3, W1, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Brown Earth, Pale Brown, Deep Fuchsia, Blush Pink

A Double Whammy!

Evening All!

I hope you're all well?  I'm catching up with you all tonight and I can't wait to see what you've all been up too?  As for me it's busy, busy, busy as always (hence my tardiness!) so tonight I'm giving myself the night off everything except blogging!  So without further a do, here's my first card I'm sharing tonight, my Sketch Saturday DT Card and Daemo's Valentines card...

A close up of 'Tilda with Heart Balloons'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Here's this weeks sketch...

And the fabulous Simon Says Stamp are sponsoring us this week...

Onto card number 2 and this is my Pollycraft DT Card and my netball team mates birthday card.  This week our theme is...

RED, PINK AND CREAM

...and here's my card...

A close up of the uber cool Sonny Honeycloud...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Over at Pollycraft we're sponsored by Sew Sweet...

So there you have it, 2 fabulous challenges for you to enter!!  :o)

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my Sketch Saturday card in:

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp ~ Love is in the Air
Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge 203 ~ Pink Valentine

Challenges I'm entering my Pollycraft card in:

The Sketchy Challenges ~ Sketch #16 ~ Sandra's Sketch
CES Challenges ~ Challenge #72 ~ Lots of Layers
Allsorts Challenge Blog ~ Week 141 ~ Free and Easy February

Card Ingredients (Sketch Saturday):

Card / DP's ~ Bazzill Bling, MME 'Love Me'

Stamps / Images ~ Magnolia 'Tilda with Heart Balloons' & 'You are my Heart', LOTV Postcard Sentiments

Dies / Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles & Big Scalloped Circles, Cricut 'George & Basic Shapes' cartridge, Woodware Circle punch

Embellishments ~ Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Hobby House, Doily from eBay

Other ~ Circut Create, Sizzix Big Shot, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E11, E00, E000, E0000, R29, R00;  Hair & Shoes ~ E49, E47, E44, E43;  Clothes ~ R85, R83, R81, RV00, E40;  Other ~ R37, R35, W3, W1, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft's blended with Sansodor ~ Black, Dark Brown, Deep Fucshia

Card Ingredients (Pollycraft):

Card / DP's ~ Hero Arts Kraft Card, MME Lost &Found 'Madison Avenue'

Stamps / Images ~ Pollycraft Sonny Honeycloud, Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Dies / Punches ~ Nesties Standard Lacey Circles & Labels Fourteen

Embellishments ~ Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Ribbon and Lace from The Ribbon Girl, Pearls from The Hobby House

Other ~ Sizzix Big Shot, Walnut Stain / Brushed Corduroy / Victorian Velvet Distress Inks, Doodling, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E11, E00, E000, E0000, R29, R00;  Hair & Boots ~ E29, E27, E25, E23;  Clothes ~ R37, R35, R85, R83, R81, RV00, E42, E41, E40;  Other ~ BG01, E31, E30, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft's blended with Sansodor ~ Pale Brown, Deep Fucshia

A good 5 inches at least!!...

...That's how much snow we had in the night!  And I've spent a good 2 and a half hours today trying to clear it, just call me Mrs Snowplow lol!!  Hubby is away this weekend racing and will be home tonight in the van, so I cleared a walkway from the gate to the back door in the back garden, then the driveway so he could get his van on when he gets home, then the road out the back of our house (as some of the neighbours had cleared their parts of the road), and then our other drive so I can get my car out tomorrow!!  Man it was hard going, and hasn't really done my wrist any favours at all!!  But hopefully it'll make getting about tomorrow so much easier, as long as we don't have any more snow tonight of course!!  I did text hubby and tell him he owes  me BIG time, but he can make it up to me on my birthday on Friday with BIG presents!!.....he hasn't replied yet lol!

So onto my card.  The more organised I try and be the more unorganised I actually am, does that happen to you?!  I think it's because I start doing a job and so my brain goes into 'job' mode and then I think of all the other jobs that also need doing, so I get completely side tracked from the job in hand and try and do everything at once!!  So I'm late posting my Sketch Saturday DT card again as I was side tracked starting more jobs!!  But here it is, this is for my Nephew who's going to be 10 on Wednesday...

A close up of Whiff of Joy's 'Football Ben'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

This week it's my teamie Terry's turn to host, and here's her fabby sketch (I rotated it)...

And this week we're sponsored by...

Art Journey  :o)  You fancy playing along too?  Then head over to Sketch Saturday...

Right I'd better go and try and finish some of those jobs I half started!!

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Allsorts Challenge Blog ~ Week #140 ~ Free & Easy February (Part 1)

Card Ingredients:

I'll be back!...

Sketch Saturday (on a Sunday again, again!!)

Coo-ee!

Oh I'm so, so late again, for the third week running!!  I blame the new routine which I'm just getting myself into so fingers crossed I'll be back to 'normal' soon lol!  But I have managed to catch up with you all, wahooooo!!  So at least I'm definitely heading in the right direction!!  So far this weekend I've been into town to do a bit of shopping, filed and paid the VAT, filed hubby's Tax Self Assessment, done all the washing, done my big food shop and sorted out my new work bag (which was actually an old work bag that was full of rubbish!!).  Now to post my Sketch Saturday DT card from yesterday, a quick hoover up and then I can sit and make a card, wahoo!  Oooo it's tough fitting in what used to fill a whole week into just 2 days lol!  Buuuuut, it is such a nice feeling knowing I'm earning money again, and the first week went well too so happy days!  Hope next week is as good?...

Onto my card and this one I made for my cousin's wife who was 30 last week...

A close up of LOTV's 'Rosie with Cake'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Here's this week's fabby sketch (I rotated it!)...

And this week we're sponsored by...

The Craft Barn who are donating a very generous prize for the lucky winner.  Head over to the Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog for more info  :o))

Ok, time to get that hoovering done!  I've got a lovely Roast Beef to cook up this afternoon too, yum!  And then the ironing, I haven't done any ironing for ages, damn the work clothes lol!!  Oh well, at least we have Dancing on Ice on tonight.....and then The Only Way is Essex!!  My guilty pleasure, we all have them right?!

Have a fab rest of the weekend everyone and I'll see you soon,

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp! Challenge Blog ~ Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge 201 ~ You're a Gem

Card Ingredients:

Card / DP's ~ Core d'inations 'French Roast', MME Lost & Found 'Madison Avenue'

Stamps / Images ~ LOTV 'Rosie with Cake', LOTV Clear Sentiments, Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Dies / Punches ~ Nesties 'Labels Three', Cricut 'George & Basic Shapes' and 'Don Juan' cartridges, Woodware Circle punch

Embellishments ~ Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Pearls from The Hobby House

Other ~ Sizzix Big Shot, Cricut Create, Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E21, E00, E000, R20, R00;  Hair ~ E51, E50;  Clothes ~ E27, E25, E23, R85, R83, R81, E42, E41, E40;  Other ~ E31, E30, YR00, Y000, RV00, RV000, RV29, W1, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Pale Brown, Deep Fuchsia, Pink