Meet GORGEOUS!!

Morning All!

I can't believe I've not posted anything since Monday, so naughty!!  But today you're in for a real treat as I introduce you to 'GORGEOUS'...

Isn't he just totally, well, gorgeous!  He's new over at Pollycraft and he's free, yes that's right FREE until 29th July!  So head over and grab him while you can, he's a pleasure to colour and a real treat for the eyes!!  I've used him on my card today which I made for Hubby's best mate who's 40 next Friday.  'Gorgeous' is having a 'Monster Party' to celebrate this special event.....I'll warn you, you may need your sunglasses, lol!...

A close up of 'Gorgeous' and Critters and Cogs 'Zoom'...

A close up of 'Gorgeous' and (from l-r) Critters and Cogs 'Beer Monster', 'Thumbs Up', 'Fluffy', 'Cosmic', 'Surprise' and 'Spike'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

This is a Craftwork Cards 8 x 8 card base so all the monsters are quite big IRL.  There's also loads of glamour dust on it too, but it doesn't show up very well in the piccie does it!

I've been busy making cards behind the scenes which I'll share over the coming week.  I also got a call about the job that I had the telephone interview for.....I've got a proper interview and test on Monday YIKES!!  I'm sooooo nervous already and can't stop thinking about it, it's only a job interview and I need to get it into perspective I know.....but I'm totally bricking it!!  It's in Tunbridge Wells which is just under 20 miles from me so I popped over there on Wednesday with my Sister-In-Law to do a reccy and find the office, it didn't really help my nerves but at least I know where I'm going now lol!  It's crazy getting so nervous I know, as Hubby said, you're interviewing them too!  I mean, the worst that can happen is I don't get the job right?  :o(  GET OVER IT CAZZA lol!!

See you soon peeps!

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Sir Stampalot ~ July Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling, Echo Park Little Boy Paper Stack ~ 'Rock Star', 'Rad Plaid', 'Journaling Cards' and 'Buttons', MME Lil' Robots 'Nuts and Bolts'

Stamps & Images ~ Pollycraft 'Gorgeous', Critters and Cogs 'Zoom', 'Beer Monster', 'Thumbs Up', 'Fluffy', 'Cosmic', 'Surprise' and 'Spike'.  Woodware 'Little Monsters' (sentiment outside), Stampendous 'So Birthday' (sentiment inside)

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles, Cricut George & Basic Shapes and Don Juan Cartridges

Embellishments ~ Doodling

Other ~ Cricut Create, Glossy Accents (on his glasses), Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Blues ~ B04, B02, B00, B0000, BG01, BG000, BG0000;  Greens ~ YG06, YG03, YG23, YG11;  Yellows ~ Y02, Y00, Y000;  Oranges ~ YR04, YR02, YR61;  Other ~ R29, R20, R00, E42, E41, E40, C5, C3, C1, C0, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Electric Blue, Blue, Green, Deep Cadmium, Burnt Orange, Pale Brown

Pollycraft's 100th Challenge - soooooo many chances to WIN!!

Morning all,

Wahooooooo it's our 100th Challenge over at Pollycraft today and do we have some treats in store for you!!  

Firstly, the challenge this week is Celebrations with an optional theme of Stars and Stripes.  Anyone who enters a project using both these themes can enter twice (add a second link with inklinkz), oh yes two chances of winning!!  And the prize this week is (and you most definitely WILL want to win it!!).....

PLUS a CD containing 100 Pollycraft Digi's, yes that's 100 Pollycraft digi's!!  Wowzerrrrrrrrrsssss!!  Is that cool or what?!  AND (that's not all folks!!) if you leave me a comment on this post you'll also be in with a chance to win the image I've used today which is from the brand spanking new Little Stars Collection, Moon Lullaby!!  And here she is (well I've made her a bubba girl but of course you can make her a bubba boy!)...

Close up of Moon Lullaby, isn't she tooooo cute for words!!...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

So I know that you're itching to get creating and join us this week, the Little Stars Collection is soooo super cute (I love them all!!).  Remember to leave me a comment too, my digi candy is open until 8pm (UK time) next Sunday (10th July).  I'll announce the winner in next week's post.  The rest of my talented Pollycraft teamies are also giving you the chance to win the images they've used this week too, soooooo many chances to win and join in the fun as we Celebrate our 100th challenge, whoop whoooooop!!  :o))  Oh, and we have four new teamies joining us this week too *waving hiya girlies!* so check out all the fabulous gorgeous inspiration, you won't be disappointed!!

Hope to see you over at Pollycraft  :o))
Have a great day all!

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Stamps R Us ~ Challenge 24 ~ 'There was a Little Girl' Theme
Allsorts Challenge Blog ~ Week 110 ~ Free and Easy (Entry #2)

Card Ingredients:

Papers and Card ~ Kraft Card from Papermania, Magnolia Once Upon a Time 'Pink Starlit' and Apples & Cherries '50s Ice Cream'

Stamps and Images ~ Pollycraft Little Stars Collection Moon Lullaby, Elzybells 'Little One' and 'Pitter Patter', LOTV Clear Sentiment Stamps

Dies & Punches ~ Go Kreate Concentric Tags #1

Embellishments ~ Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Buttons from Doodlebug, Ribbon from Hobbycraft, Charm from stash

Other ~ Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E21, E00, E000, R20, R00;  Bear ~ E51, E50;  Clothes and Blanket ~ R83, R81, RV00, RV000, RV0000;  Moon & Stars ~ Y11, Y00, Y000;  Other ~ C0, C00, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Deep Fuchsia, Pink Lavender, Pale Brown, Dove Grey, Lemon Yellow

Pollycraft Sneak Peak!!...

Morning All!

Hope you all had a fabby Saturday, lovely weather wasn't it!  I didn't make it out in the garden in the end.....but I did watch Bond, lol!!  Thanks to everyone who left 'Good Luck' comments on my job search, I'll keep you posted!!

Today we've got my Father-In-Law coming over and we're going out for some dinner, yummy!    I think I've told you before but in his retirement he's bought a lap top, never used a lap top before and was a bus driver by trade so never needed to use one.  Suffice to say there's normally a few hours of IT training going on whenever he comes over, but he is getting it, slowly but surely!!  Should be fun, lol  :o))

As the title suggests, I have a card to share with you from the brand spanking new Little Stars Collection over at Pollycraft, wahoooooo!  This collection will be available to buy tomorrow, but here's one of the gorgeous Little Stars to get your mouth watering, this one is called 'Superstar'...

Close up of Superstar!...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Isn't he adorable!!  Of course when you buy him he could be a girl, the choice is yours!!  Do head over to my Pollycraft teamies blogs as they'll be previewing the Little Stars Collection too, it's tooooooo cute for words!!  And tomorrow I'll show you another one, aren't I good to you, lol!!  It's our 100th Challenge over at Pollycraft tomorrow too so there's lots of amazing goodies up for grabs that I know you won't want to miss out on!! Has that whetted your appetite, lol!!  :o))


Have a good day all,
Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Allsorts Challenge Blog ~ Week 110 ~ Free and Easy

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Kraft Card from Papermania, Wild Rose Studio's 'Gorgeous Ginghams' paper stack, Forever Friends 'Hugs and Cuddles' paper stack

Stamps & Images ~ Pollycraft Little Stars Collection 'Superstar', Elzybells 'Pitter Patter' and 'It's a Boy'

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles and Bid Scalloped Circles, Go Kreate Concentric Tags #1

Embellishments ~ Button from Woodware, Ribbon from stash

Other ~ Faux Stitching (I don't own a sewing machine!), Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E21, E00, E000, R20, R00;  Clothes ~ B00, B000, B0000;  Bear ~ E51, E50;  Other ~ C3, C1, C0, C00, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Iced Blue, Baby Blue, Pale Brown

Warning, super cuteness alert!!

Morning All!

And how is everyone on this happy Saturday?  It's looking like a lovely day out there today, hope the sun is shining wherever you are too?  Ooooo, I may even get a few cheeky rays in!! Well I think I deserve a little rest after the week I've had, lol!  You would think that not working you'd have loads of time to craft the day away but no chance let me tell you, this job hunting malarky is sooooo time consuming!!  There I was yesterday morning planning what cards I was going to make (chasing my tail as usual!) when I get a phone call about a job I'd applied for asking if I was free in the afternoon for a telephone interview.  Not that I'm complaining, I'd much rather be busy with interviews than not!!  But I've not had an interview for about 10 years so that was the card making out the window as I then spent about 3 hours getting prepared for it.....and it lasted about 20 mins, lol!!  I have no idea how I got on, I was myself and if they don't want me then hey ho.  I'm not going to pretend I'm really ambitious and want to be the CEO in six months time as that's just not me, but I am hard working so if they're after someone who's happy, bubbly, ditsy but will get the job done then I'm their gal!  But we'll watch this space ay...  Not that I told them this but I work because I haven't won the lottery yet, isn't that what we all do??  I guess there are some people out there who want to be the big boss.....but in my opinion they just haven't found crafting to fill their time yet, lol!!

Ok, mega long chat over (hope you're still with me, lol!) and onto my card.  This is my Sketch Saturday DT card, fab sketch from my teamie Bente who's hosting this week.  I thought it would work perfectly for my nephew's birthday card, what do you think?...

Close up of LOTV's 'Little Lorry Bear', told you there was a super cuteness alert!!...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

As I said earlier, this is my Sketch Saturday DT card and here's this week's sketch...

Loved it Bente, thank you!  This week we have a new sponsor...

Papilio Stamps who are a small Norwegian company where the owner, Malin, designs the most gorgeous images in both rubber and digital and she ships internationally!  :o))  The prize this week is four digital stamps, good huh!  Hope you can play along too?...

Right, I'm going to get moving and crack on.  I'm a bit of a Bond fan and ITV at the moment are showing a film each Saturday afternoon (I have them all on DVD but can't miss them if they're on the TV, go figure?!).  So I've been spending my Saturday afternoon's in my craft room watching a bit of Bond, LOVE IT!!  :o))  Sad I know, lol!!

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

LOTV Challenge Blog ~ Challenge 103 ~ Celebrate!

Totally Papercrafts ~ Let's Play Bingo!  I've used 1 down; Brads, Buttons and Punch / Die Cuts
Cards For Men ~ Challenge 13 ~ Stars

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Kraft Card from Papermania, Frances Meyer 'Vroom Vroom' and Making Memories 'Stripe Pitter Patter Oliver'  (which is a bit spooky as my nephew is called Oliver!)

Stamps & Images ~ LOTV 'Little Lorry Bear', Anita's 'Happy Birthday'

Dies & Punches ~ George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge (stars)

Embellishments ~ Buttons from Doddlebug, Ribbon from Papermania, Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Gem Brads and Charm from stash

Other ~ Cricut Create, Doodling and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Fur ~ E51, E50, R20;  Car(!) ~ E23, E34, E31, C7, C5, C3, C1, C0, C00;  Balloon ~ B32, B21, B000;  Other ~ W5, W3, W1, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Black, Dark Brown, Steel Grey, Pale Brown and Pale Blue

I'm soooooo lame, lol!!

Hiya!

Hope you're all well on this sunny afternoon?  Well, I hope it's sunny for you?  It's much cooler today after yesterday's massive thunder storms, gosh someone above the clouds was in a bad mood, lol!  I'm pleased it's cooled down though, one sleepless hot and bothered night was enough for me.  Although I do love the sun, it puts us all in a good mood doesn't it, but I don't like not sleeping!!  And I'm umpiring tonight and to try and do that in Monday night's heat must've been unbearable!!  Speaking of netball, I went and watched my girls play last night (like a good captain does) and had a little practise shooting, my first time since the break!  I wasn't back playing or anything like that, just a little mess about with the girls before the game but I have to say I was very impressed with my shots on target and even more impressed that it didn't hurt too much either, wahooooo!!  I'm hoping to get back playing for the winter league (which starts in September) and after last night I'm feeling very hopeful that I'll do it, happy days  :o))

So, why am I sooooooooo lame??  Well it's because I've spent virtually the whole afternoon trying to sell myself for a job I've applied for, I'm really not a sales person and not good at bigging myself up!!  In fact it's safe to say I'm pretty damn useless at it, lol!!  But, as I was typing away responding to this email I thought to myself 'you're quite a clever girlie and you do know your stuff!'  So why does feel like you're pulling your teeth out?!!  Aggghhhhh, I know why.....because I'm so lame lol!!

Ok, enough waffle and onto my card!  This one I made for my Uncle...

Close up of LOTV's 'Deckchair Dreaming'.....hmmmm could do with some of that myself right now!...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Likey?

Right I'm going to get on now, I wanted to spend the afternoon in my craft room so I'm a bit behind now, lol!  Have a great evening all and I'll see you soon  :o))

Big hugs,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

LOTV Challenge Blog ~ Challenge 102 ~ Sketch by Donalda

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Kraft Card by Papermania, MME Quite Contrary Jack & Jill 'Favourite Thing'

Stamps & Images ~ LOTV Deckchair Dreaming, Stampendous 'So Birthday'

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

Embellishments ~ Ribbon and Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Sentiment Tag from Craftwork Cards, Pearls from Hobbycraft

Other ~ Cricut Create, Doodling and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers;  Fur ~ E53, E51, E50, R20;  Bird & Chair ~ E25, E23, E33, Y15, R29, C0;  Other ~ YG93, YG91, E50, B000, B0000, 0.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Brown Earth, Pale Brown, Dark Terracotta, Green and Light Green

Pollycraft DT, Challenge #99

Morning!

And a Happy Monday to you all  :o)  I wonder what this week has in store for us, something good I hope?!...

You know I said I was going to have a crafty day on Saturday?  Well I did, and managed to make.....ONE WHOLE CARD lol!!!  Don't you just hate it when that happens, definitely had a missing mojo day and it started off so well!!  I just couldn't decide on anything at all (except that I needed a take away curry for my dinner, yum it was too!).  My Pollycraft DT card that I'm sharing today took me about 6 hours to make!!  I fluffed about choosing papers, cutting papers only to change my mind and then choose and cut more papers, I was driving myself nuts let me tell you!!  But in the end I created this little beauty and after all the stress, I'm actually quite happy with it!!...

Close up of Pollycrafts Swings and Slides 'Nice Weather for Ducks'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

What do you think?  

Our theme this week over at Pollycraft is 'Make a Splash (water)' and after the weather we've been having in the UK (except for yesterday, wow scorchio!!) I thought this digi was perfectly apt for our summer so far, lol!!  This week we're sponsored by...

...Letraset who have donated a 5 pack of Promarkers as this weeks prize  :o)  So head on over to Pollycraft and have a little play, you'll have lots of fun!!  :o)

Ok I'd better get moving, I'm booked into the Legs / Bums / Tums class this morning.....well I've got to work that curry off somehow ay!!  :o)

Have a fab day all and see you soon...

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Papertake Weekly ~ Here comes the Sun!  (The digi reminds me of the summer in the UK lol!)

Totally Papercrafts ~ Challenge #72 ~ Spots and Stripes!

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling, MME Lime Twist 'Life of the Party'

Stamps & Images ~ Pollycraft Swings and Slides 'Nice Weather for Ducks'

Dies & Punches ~ X-Cut Retro Flower

Embellishments ~ Pearl Gems from The Glitter Pot, Sentiment from Craftwork Cards

Other ~ Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ E21, E00, E000, R20, R00;  Hair, Coat and Boots ~ E27, E25, E23;  Clothes ~ R29, R27, R24, R11;  Duck ~ Y02, Y00, YR04;  Other ~ BG10, BG000, BG0000.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Dark Brown, Deep Red, Blush Pink, Deep Cadmium, Iced Blue

Day Dreaming...

Hiya!

Hope you're all well on this dark, wet Wednesday?! You can tell Wimbledon has started ay, lol!!

I've used a Wee Stamp on my card today, Sweet Blossom. It's the first time I've used one of these digi's. I saw her used on a couple of other people's blogs and thought she was toooo cuuuute and had to have her, lol! So here she is...

Close up of Wee Blossom...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

Adorable isn't she?! To me she looks like she's sitting there day dreaming the day away.....she certainly wouldn't be out on that branch today, lol!

I've had real problems trying to upload my pictures today, is anyone else having blogger issues again?? Grrrrr, so annoying isn't it!! I'm using Google Chrome (was using IE before but then couldn't comment!) and have had to change my Post Editor Settings back to Old Editor and drag my pictures down the post (remember how we used to have to do that!!). Can anyone help?

See you soon guys,

Much love,

Cazza

xxx

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge 169 ~ Birthstones! I've used mine, Amethyst

CES Challenges ~ Challenge #41 ~ Lots of Sparkly Flowers

Cupcake Craft Challenges ~ Cupcake 147 ~ Sketcharoony! Fab sketcharoony!!

A Spoonfull of Sugar ~ Challenge 157 ~ Ribbons and Bows

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Kraft card from Papermania, Magnolia 'Bon Voyage' Vintage Hummingbird Plaid, 'A Little Yummy for your Tummy' Pink Chef Plaid and 'Butterfly Dreams' Violet Butterfly

Stamps & Images ~ Wee Stamps 'Sweet Blossom', LOTV Clear Sentiment Stamps, Stampendous 'So Birthday'

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles and Big Scalloped Circles, Go Kreate Concentric Tags #1

Embellishments ~ Pearl Gems are Opaline by Basic Grey, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Ribbon from stash

Other ~ Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers: Skin ~ E21, E00, E000, R20, R00; Hair and Dog ~ E27, E25, E23; Clothes ~ V04, V12, V91, V000; Other ~ B00, B000, B0000, YG03, 0. Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Brown Earth, Royal Purple, Bright Lilac, Deep Fuchsia

Pollycraft GDT to DT wahooooooo!!!

Morning All,

And this week is most definitely a Happy Monday for me as Paula (aka The Pollycraft Boss!) has asked me if I'd like to stay on the design team permanently!!  Obviously I had to seriously consider this for about half a nano second before saying YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS PLEEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEE!!  :o))  I'm so, so chuffed to be joining the amazing Pollycraft DT and can't wait to play with all the fabulous digi's every week  :o))  

For those of you who have entered the DT Call over at Pollycraft please DON'T PANIC!!  The DT Call is still running and Paula would like more newbies to join Mary J (the other GDT for June who's also joining the DT) and I.  The DT Call is running for another week so if you haven't entered yet there's still time  :o))

Ok, enough waffle and onto this week's challenge which has been set by..........ME!!  And the theme this week is Travel / Holidays (Vacations) - can you tell I was thinking about my Isle of Wight jolly when I set it, lol!!  Here's my card (my 1st as a proper fully fledged Pollycraft DT Member, wahooooo!!  I'm still a bit excited lol!!)

Close up of Sonny Honeycloud Life's a Beach.  I bought the shell at The Needles on the Isle of Wight...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

This week we're sponsored by...

My Mums Craft Shop who have donated a £10.00 voucher to spend in their store for the lucky winner - cool huh!!  Head over to Pollycraft to see my uber talented teamies projects, they're amazing!!  And I hope you can play along too this week, I'd love to see your creations using my theme  :o))

Ok, better get busy but I'll catch up with you all soon,

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

A Spoonfull of Sugar ~ Challenge 156 ~ Splish Splash
Allsorts Challenge Blog ~ Week 108 ~ 3-2-1

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Kraft Card from Papermania, MME Lime Twist 'Fly a Kite', MME Stella and Rose 'Gertie Papers', MME Fine & Dandy 'True Blue' and 'Tickled Pink'

Stamps & Images ~ Pollycraft Sonny Honeycloud 'Lifes a Beach'

Dies & Punches ~ Nesties Standard Circles

Embellishments ~ Shell from The Needles on the Isle of Wight, Gems from Papermania, Yellow Ribbon from Lisa B Designs, Blue Ribbon, Charm and Flower are all from my stash

Other ~ Doodling and Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ R20, R00, E21, E00, E000;  Hair ~ E53, E51, E50;  Clothes ~ E25, E23, R85, R83, RV00, RV000, RV0000, BG04, BG01, BG000, BG0000;  Towel ~ YR02, YR00, Y11, Y00.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor ~ Dark Brown, Pale Brown, Deep Fuchsia, Pink Lavender, Iced Blue, Bright Orange, Deep Cadmium

Happy Fathers Day!!

Morning All,

Here in the UK it's Fathers Day today so Happy Fathers Day to all but especially to my amazing Dad, Father-In-Law, Step Father-In-Law and special hugs and thoughts for my Hubby, lots of love to you all xxx

So my card today is my Dads Fathers Day card and after all the help and hard work he's put into my garden I had to use a gardening stamp for his card!  Here it is...

Close up of Wild Rose Studio's 'Grandad Gardening'...

Inside of card...

And a side view...

I'll be popping over to see him later with his favourite bar of Fruit 'n Nut, mmmmm!

Hope you all have a great day, whatever you're up too.  The sun is shining here at the moment but I'm not sure how long it'll last?...  

Much love,

Challenges I'm entering my card in:

Cupcake Craft Challenges ~ Cupcake 146 ~ Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!

Papertake Weekly ~ Dads & Lads

Card Ingredients:

Papers & Card ~ Bazzill Bling, MME Stella And Rose 'Gertie Papers'

Stamps & Images ~ Wild Rose Studio 'Gardening Grandad', Elzybells 'Happy Fathers Day' sentiment

Embellishments ~ Twine from The Ribbon Girl, Flower Button from Doodlebug, Sentiment from Craftwork Cards

Other ~ Glamour Dust

Colour Mediums ~ Copic Markers:  Skin ~ R20, R00, E21, E00, E000;  Hair ~ E27, E25,E23;  Clothes ~ B95, B93, B91, YG93, YG91, R59, R39, C0;  Other ~ E49, YG23, YG03, YG11, E42, E41, E40, BG10, BG0000.  Derwent Coloursoft Pencils blended with Sansodor:  Dark Brown, Pale Brown, Loganberry, Indigo, Litchen Green, Green