Bouncing Bubba!

Evening All,

Well you can tell I'm back at work (boooooooo!) I've had no time at all and I'm struggling to keep my eyes open at the moment, sooooo tired!!  Poor old bird, lol!!  It's always hard first week back after an extended break ay, mind you I did have netball last night and we haven't played for so long so I think it's probably a mixture of work and netball making me tired!!  But I did get Player of the Match so at least it was well worth the effort!!   Friday tomorrow so only one more day to go, wahoo!!

I have managed to squeeze in a cheeky little card this week, sorry the piccies are so bad but there's hardly any light when I leave in the morning and pitch black by the time I get home!  Roll on spring ay...

Close up of Penny Black's Baby Hammock - soooooo cute!!

Inside of card, sentiment from Elzybells...

Side view...

At least I've managed to fit one card in this week, I do miss my free time when I'm working but I guess we all do right?!  Once I get back into the swing of it I'll be able to fit more in I'm sure, lol!!

TTFN...

Challenges I'm entering my card in:
Sketch and Stash ~ Challenge 52 ~ New stash was my charm and LOTV Circle Sentiment
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp ~ New Beginnings

Card Ingredients:
Papers and Card ~ Bazzill Bling Blind Date, Craft Creations Blue Gingham and Craftwork Cards Vintage Rose Essentials
Stamps and Images ~ Penny Black Baby Hammock, LOTV Circle Sentiment, Elzybells Sentiment (inside of card)
Dies and Punches ~ Nestabilities Lacey Circles
Embellishments ~ Ribbon is by Urban Dekko, Charm from Bunny Zoes, Buttons by Woodware and Pins from The Card Studio
Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers
Other ~ Bow Maker, Cotton and Glamour Dust

My Favourite 5 of 2010...

Morning all,

I hope everyone had a good New Year's Eve whatever you were doing?  Good job I scheduled my Sketch Saturday post yesterday - man my head hurt lol!!  But a very fun evening  :o)

So as I'm feeling human again today I thought I'd join along with Debby's Favourite 5 of 2010.  You just need to choose your favourite 5 cards (or near to 5 if you can't choose 5!) and post them.  So here are mine in no particular order.....all 10 of them!  (sorry Debby!)


February 2010 - This is Hubby's Valentines Card.  I really like the layout of this one and of course the Penny Black stamp!!

March 2010 - I made this card for my God Mum's Hubby.  I love the Doodlebug papers, layout and colouring on this one, and it reminds me of spring!

April 2010 - I made this one for my friend's daughter.  Again I love the Penny Black stamp and the layout of this one.  It was the first time I put ribbon behind the buttons too and I was really happy with how that turned out.

June 2010 - I love the simplicity of this card and I think the colour scheme is really striking.

July 2010 - This was my first commissioned card for a friend of mine to give to her Sister-In-Law on her 50th birthday.  I was so nervous making it but really happy how it turned out and my friend loved it and asked for more cards!!  Charleston Tilda rocks  ;o)

July 2010 - This is my absolute favourite card of 210 that I made for my Dad for his 60th Birthday.  I used 3 8x8 inch cards to make it and decided on a 'This is Your Life' type card which illustrated some of the major (and silly minor!) events in Dad's life.  It took a whole weekend to make but I really love the result and so did Dad  :o)
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September 2010 - This was my 2nd card I made as a Sketch Saturday DT Member.  Sooooo chuffed to be on the Design Team!!  I made it for our best friends who celebrated their 1st Wedding Anniversary and love the layout, papers and Elzybells stamp on this one.

November 2010 - I made this card for another friend's daughter - I love the bunting and especially Pirate Tilda, oo-arrrrrr!

November 2010 - This one I made for my Brother-In-Law, it's a shaker card.  I love 'Fluffy' and was voted a Pollycraft Favourite with this one  :o)

December 2010 - A very recent card of mine and already a favourite!!  I think this stamp is wicked and love these papers (sorry if I've bored you by using them on so many cards - I've even bought more, lol!)

I hope you've enjoyed taking a walk down memory lane with me today.  Looking back at my cards has got me thinking about lighter evenings and warmer weather - roll on spring!  Normally at the start of the year I'm feeling quite down but this year I feel so alive and can't wait for the coming year - I do hope it's a good one...

Lots of love everyone, see you all soon.  I think I'm going to make my first card of 2011!!...

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to you all!!

Wow 2011 - can someone tell me what happened to 2010 as one minute it was here and then it was gone, lol!!  God I'm getting sooooooooo old, lol!!

I hope you all had a fab New Year's Eve, whatever you were doing?  We went to our best friend's for chinese take-away and drinks - suffice to say this is a scheduled post as I'm probably either a) still tucked up asleep or b) not able to move my pounding head yet, lol!!  I'm sure I'm not alone ;o)

Onto my card and our first Sketch Saturday challenge of the year, wahooooo!  This week it's Jilli's turn to host and we are sponsored by Create With TLC.  And here's my card...

Close up of Sugar Nellie's Chef Hamish...

Inside of card...

Side view...

Here's Jilli's sketch...

I made this card for one of our friends who's turning 40 tomorrow, the first one out of the group!!  Luckily I'm the youngest and have years to go yet  ;o)  Happy Birthday Pete!!

Have a fab day everyone or rather, hope the paracetamol's kick in soon, lol!!

Much love,



Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Simon Says Stamp ~ Time to Party / Celebrate

Card Ingredients:

Papers and Card ~ Bazzill Bling Sugar Daddy.  MME Fine and Dandy True Blue Snazzy and True Blue Shining

Stamps and Images ~ Sugar Nellie Chef Hamish.  Happy Birthday stamp inside the card is by Anita's

Dies and Punches ~ Woodware mini circle punch.  Cricut George and Basic Shapes Cartridge and Don Juan Cartridge

Embellishments ~ Pearl Gems are Opaline from Basic Grey, Happy Birthday sentiment is Craftwork Cards Oh My Words!

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers

Other ~ Glamour Dust

It's My Party!!

Afternoon All,

Well it's nearly here - New Year's Eve 2010!!  Can you believe another year has flown by!!  I really hope each and every one of you have a great 2011 filled with lots of happy times, good health and fun, fun, FUN - and of course lots of crafting!!  Happy New Year my lovely, fabulous followers  :o)

My card I'm sharing today is one I've made for my Cousin who doesn't really like her birthday as it's too close to Christmas.  I followed last weeks Friday Sketchers sketch but was too late to enter, whoops!  Never mind!...

Close up of LOTV 'It's My Party' - Loooooooove this stamp!!...

Inside of card...

Side view...

When I saw this stamp I knew I HAD to have it!!  And I think it's perfect for my Cousin as she doesn't really like her birthday, lol!!

Well that's it from me, I'll see you all in 2011 eeeekkkkkkk!!

Have a great New Years Eve, whatever you're doing have fun,

Lots of love, 



Challenges I'm entering my card in:

LOTV Challenge Blog ~ Challenge 78 ~ New Beginnings (New Stash and Stamp!)

Allsorts Challenge Blog ~ Week 83 ~ Free and Easy Anything Goes

Card Ingredients:

Papers and Card ~ Bazzill Bling Black Tie, Bo Bunny Petal Pushers - Posies, Petal Pushers - Doodles and Petal Pushers - Stripe

Stamps and Images ~ LOTV It's My Party and Sentiment Circle.  Inside stamp by Anita's

Dies and Punches ~ Nesties Lacey Circles, Cricut George and Basic Shapes Cartridge

Embellishments ~ Ribbon from The Glitter Pot, Gems from Doodlebug, Flowers created using the Cricut (sooooooo love my new Christmas Pressie!!)

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers

Other ~ Glamour Dust

Papertake Weekly GDT!!

Hiya Everyone!

I hope you're all having a fab Christmas?  I do love this time of year, although it can be very stressful in the run up to it it's so nice spending time with your loved ones.  And even though there were some sad moments thinking of those that are no longer with us, on the whole this year was a Happy Christmas  :o)  How nice it is now in the aftermath being able to fully chill out and make plans for the coming year too - all these plans with so little time lol!!

So, onto pressies - what did you get, what did you get??  I was completely spoiled and Hubby bought me a new super duper turbo power Hairdryer, bass boosting earphones for my iPhone and.....wait for it.....(so spoilt!).....a.....

CRICUT CREATE ELECTRONIC CUTTING MACHINE!!!!!

Wow, wow and wow again - how happy was I Christmas morning when I got to have a little play!!  I absolutely love it already and only have the one cartridge so far, lol!  Although I did get on eBay last night and order a couple more, shhhhhhh - can't wait for them to arrive so I can play some more!!  :o))  Very, very happy!!

Right, enough waffle and onto my card.  And yes, I think the title gave it away but I am, for this week, a GDT member for PAPERTAKE WEEKLY , wahooooooooo!!  See I told you I was having a Happy Christmas!!  I love this challenge blog, there's such a good mix of challenges - sketches, themes, colours, recipes etc.  I always try to play along when time allows me too so to be chosen as a GDT member was an absolute honour - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!  :o)) 

This week the challenge is Be Thankful - very apt at this time of year don't you think!  And here is my Thank You card...

Close up of Magnolia's Cherry Tilda...

Inside - a bit boring I know, can you believe I don't own a 'Thank You' stamp!!

Side view...

This week they are sponsored by the fantastic Simon Says Stamp and I'm sure you all have plenty of Thank You cards to make so why not come and play along too?

Right, I'm off now to sort out the craft room - I need to make some room for my new baby, lol!!

See you all soon,

Lots of love 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Just Magnolia ~ Week 86 ~ Mina's Sketch

Magnolia Down Under ~ Challenge #77 ~ A Gift For You (Tilda has baked a Thank You Cherry Muffin!)

CES Challenges ~ Challenge #17 ~ Anything Goes

Card Ingredients:

Papers and Card ~ Core d'inations Heartfelt, Craft Creations Red Gingham, Wild Rose Studio Polka Dot Paper Stack, Magnolia 50's Cherries

Stamps and Images ~ Magnolia Cherry Tilda and Muffin

Dies and Punches ~ Nesties Standard Ovals, X-Cut Retro Flowers

Embellishments ~ Ribbon and Pearl Gems from Hobbycraft, Sentiment is Craftwork Cards Oh My Words!, Charm and Bale from Bunny Zoes

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers

Other ~ Glamour Dust

All Done.....at last (part four!)

Hiya!

It's Christmas Eve!!!  Wow can you believe how quickly that has come around?  I hope all your Christmas plans are going well and you're not too stressed out!!

Today is my final post of the Christmas cards I've made this year.  They're all very simple cards and have been made using Craftwork Cards 5" x 5" scalloped card bases.  Using this size card you can actually make 4 cards out of one 12" x 12" paper and backing card which is great when you have several cards to make!  So without further a do, here's the Lili of the Valley cards.....all 5 of them!

I absolutely LOVE all these stamps - just soooooooo cute!!

Ok, I'd better get on, lots to do today!  So all that's left is to wish you all a great Christmas Eve and an even better Christmas Day!  Enjoy, eat lots and be merry, lol!!

Lots of Festive Love, 

Thought I'd done them all!

Coo-ee!!

Me again with my second post today - wow time off work really suits me, lol!  Here is another Christmas Card, this one is more of a special one though that I've made for my Mum, Dad and Bro.  What do you think?...

Close up of Penny Black's 'Ski Patrol' stamp...

Inside of card, sentiment stamp is also Penny Black...

Side view, I stamped the image twice and sticky fixed the mice and cats to give the image some dimension...

I chose this stamp for their card as it had 5 characters on it - Mum, Dad, Bro, Me and Daemo.....I'll let you decide who is who, lol!

See you soon peeps,

Much love, 

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ~ Week 132 ~ A Recipe; 3 x papers, 1 x ribbon, 1 x charm

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Stamps R Us ~ Challenge #11 ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes

Card Ingredients:

Papers and Card ~ Bazzill Bling Sparkle, MME Be Merry Sweet Sprinkles, Imaginisce Polar Expressions Pine and Peppermint, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses

Stamps and Images ~ Penny Black Ski Patrol and Special You, Lili of the Valley Christmas Sentiment

Dies and Punches ~ Nestabilities Lacey Circles, Martha Stewart Alpine Punch and Woodware Snowflake Punch

Embellishments ~ Ribbon by Dovecraft, Charm and Bale from Bunny Zoes, Pearl Gems by Hobbycraft, Snowmen from MME Be Merry paper stack

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers

Other ~ Glamour Dust!!!

All Done.....at last (part three!)

Morning All,

Here I am this morning with the Wild Rose Studio Christmas cards I've made.  As I said yesterday, by using the 5" x 5" Craftwork Cards scalloped card bases you can actually make 4 cards per 1 sheet of 12" x 12" paper and backing card - a bit repetitive but makes getting the job soooooo easy!!  They're all very simple Christmas Cards this year, but I think you can get away with simple cards at Christmas ay, and with the card bases not being so big there's not a lot of room for embellishments anyway!  Here they are...

Aren't they cute!!!  Especially Milton with the robin, love this stamp!!

Pop back tomorrow for the final installment - 5 different Lili of the Valley cards!!

Lots of love,